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U of T's Maria Drout's research focuses on the lives and evolution of massive stars, as well as supernovas and other short-lived astronomical phenomena (photo courtesy of Carnegie Observatories)

Sep 6, 2018 | Research

U of T astronomer Maria Drout wins 2018 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Award

New University of Toronto Chancellor Rose Patten says she hopes to leverage her 30 years of experience working at the intersection of business, academia and the public sector to help promote U of T’s mission on a global stage (photo by Lisa Lightbourn)

Sep 6, 2018 | Campus

U of T’s new chancellor on life as a Bay Street executive and university leader – and a dramatic turning point in her career

An aerial view of Gurugram, India: With support from Tata Trusts, U of T will be establishing the University of Toronto School of Cities Alliance in India – a network of Canadian and Indian researchers (photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty)

Sep 4, 2018 | Research

U of T partners with Tata Trusts on urban research and entrepreneurship centres in India

U of T Mississauga's Instructional Centre: The campus has expanded study spaces for the larger incoming class (photo by Paul Orenstein)

Sep 4, 2018 | Campus

U of T Mississauga gets ready for significantly larger incoming class

Pepper the robot is the newest addition to U of T Engineering’s Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab. It is the first humanoid robot capable of recognizing and adapting to human emotions (photo by Liz Do)

Sep 1, 2018 | Alumni

U of T to host inaugural alumni boot camp on machine intelligence for engineers

Students chat at the University of Toronto (photo by Johnny Guatto)

Aug 29, 2018 | Campus

The University of Toronto "bucket list"...How did you do?

“There was a recent survey of high school students that found Canadians don’t know much about personal finance, but it’s really something that everyone needs to be cognizant about,” says Professor Mihkel Tombak (photo by rawpixel via Unsplash)

Aug 27, 2018 | Alumni

U of T alum's personal finance course for first-year students to triple enrolment to meet demand

Professor Emeritus Robert McNutt was principal of University of Toronto Mississauga from 1995 to 2002

Aug 27, 2018 | Campus

Robert Harold (Bob) McNutt, a respected geochemist who "showed a lot of leadership" as principal of U of T Mississauga

Alumnus Kevin Wang meets Nobel laureate Michael Young

Aug 22, 2018 | Alumni

For this U of T medicine alumnus, a chance to meet his Nobel laureate heroes

Shiz Aoki, the CEO of BioRender, holds up a journal whose cover art was made with her startup’s web-based software (photo by Chris Sorensen)

Aug 21, 2018 | Alumni

From clunky to cool: U of T startup helps life sciences researchers struggling to illustrate their work

Asal Aslemand (BSc 2011 UTM, MSc 2014, PhD 2018) has adopted a unique format for her courses to fight statistics' "bad rep" and lower students' anxiety

Aug 17, 2018 | Alumni

"Statistics anxiety": How this alumna is using art to help students overcome their fear

Two-time Olympian Tamara Tatham will continue to coach Varsity Blues women's basketball while working with Raptors 905 (photo by Martin Bazyl)

Aug 16, 2018 | Campus

U of T basketball coach Tamara Tatham joins Raptors 905 as first Canadian woman in the role

University of Toronto Scarborough students outside the Social Sciences Building. Photo by Ken Jones.

Aug 15, 2018 | Campus

U of T among top 25 global universities in academic, research rankings by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy

A researcher working in a chemistry lab. (photo by Ken Jones)

Aug 14, 2018 | Campus

U of T ranks fourth in world in research-focused National Taiwan University Ranking

Deepa Kundur, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, will receive more than $340,000 for her research into the security of power grids (photo by Romi Levine)

Aug 13, 2018 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T researchers to receive more than $11.5 million in NSERC funding

Alumni and graduate student interns from U of T’s computer science and industrial engineering departments were part of the Layer 6 AI team that won the RecSys challenge and placed second in the Google Landmark Retrieval Challenge (photo by Ryan Perez)

Aug 9, 2018 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T alumni and graduate students part of Layer 6 AI's win in global competition

Nazli Kaya wears the eye-tracking device used to accurately assess where drivers were looking when turning at intersections (photo by Laura Pedersen)

Aug 9, 2018 | Research

More than half of Toronto drivers in U of T study didn't look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right

Earth's oceans from space. Image by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory. The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

Aug 7, 2018 | Research

U of T scientists draw new connections between climate change and warming oceans

A bust of the Bard in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)

Aug 7, 2018 | Research

Can a computer write a sonnet as well as Shakespeare?

Called Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities, or ECHO, the program introduces cardiovascular researchers to the world of startups and provide them with basic training, networking and funding opportunities (photo by U of T Advancement)

Aug 2, 2018 | Research

U of T to quicken pace of commercialization in heart research with new entrepreneurship program

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