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U of T President Meric Gertler and I.P. Park, the president and CTO of LG Electronics, sign a five-year, multimillion-dollar collaborative research agreement focused on AI technologies (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)

Aug 1, 2018 | Campus

LG signs research partnership with U of T, sets up AI research lab in Toronto

Paul G. Walfish

Aug 1, 2018 | Alumni

Paul Walfish, a leader in thyroid research, developed screening for babies used around the world

“There have been other AI optimization engines that have been developed," says Aaron Babier. "The idea behind ours is that it more closely mimics the current clinical best practice” (photo by Brian Tran)

Aug 1, 2018 | Research

Smarter cancer treatment: AI tool cuts time of developing radiation therapy plans from days to hours

Clarion Alley in San Francisco: "In the alley, people are yelling back through the words they write on the walls," says U of T's Tracey Bowen (photo by John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Jul 31, 2018 | Research

The writing on the wall: a U of T expert's look at graffiti and the fight against gentrification

A proposed condo building in Toronto includes 400 to 500 trees in its design (rendering by Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects)

Jul 30, 2018 | Research

U of T part of team designing Toronto’s first vertical forest

U of T researcher Tarek Awad shows two samples: a stainless steel surface treated to trap simple cooking oil (left) and an uncoated surface (photo by Liz Do)

Jul 30, 2018 | Research

U of T researchers propose a new weapon in the battle against food-borne bugs: cooking oil

smartARM wins the Imagine World Cup Finals: Undergraduates Hamayal Choudhry from UOIT and Samin Khan from U of T, who is demonstrating the prosthetic (photo courtesy of Microsoft Imagine Cup)

Jul 27, 2018 | Research

U of T student part of team that wins Imagine Cup over 40,000 other students with design of prosthetic robotic hand

Anna Taddio on using needles on children: “Not managing pain and fear can have serious long-term consequences, including less uptake of vaccines and avoidance of health care throughout life” (photo by Chris Sorensen)

Jul 25, 2018 | Research

U of T expert in children’s pain wins million-dollar CIHR grant for work reducing fear of needles in youth

Jake Miller leads the team who developed the BikeSpace app (photo by Romi Levine)

Jul 25, 2018 | Alumni

U of T alumni build app to crowdsource issues with bike parking in Toronto

A rendering of phase one of the new University of Toronto innovation centre at the corner of College Street and University Avenue, as viewed from the west (all renderings courtesy of Weiss/Manfredi Architects)

Jul 24, 2018 | Campus

U of T innovation centre to help form ‘new cornerstone’ of the Canadian economy

Kofi Hope brings professional and academic knowledge of urban inequality to his new role at U of T (photo by Romi Levine)

Jul 24, 2018 | Alumni

Alumnus Kofi Hope to address urban inequality with new role in U of T's department of geography and planning

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with White House Physician Rear Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson following his annual physical in January (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Jul 23, 2018 | Research

Did media coverage of Trump's cognitive exam compromise the test for others? U of T research

Every word spoken in Canada’s parliamentary debates is transcribed, and has been since 1880 (photo by Shutterstock)

Jul 23, 2018 | Research

U of T team brings Hansard, one of Canada’s most important documents, into the digital age

Students in Instructional Centre at U of T Mississauga. Photo by Paul Orenstein.

Jul 19, 2018 | Campus

U of T in top 10 for seven subject areas by influential global ranking firm

Taylor Stark, a U of T alumnus who is returning for a master's degree in classics, rode his unicycle "Caroline" from Vancouver to Toronto (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)

Jul 18, 2018 | Alumni

U of T alum takes long way back to grad school, unicycling across Canada

Jill Ker Conway receives a 2012 National Humanities Medal from U.S. president Barack Obama during a ceremony on July 10, 2013. Conway was recognized for her contributions as a historian and trailblazing academic (photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Jul 17, 2018 | Alumni

Jill Ker Conway, trail-blazing historian and feminist, was U of T's first female vice-president

Commuters are absorbed in their smartphones on a train platform (photo by rawpixel via Unsplash)

Jul 13, 2018 | Research

Time for a digital detox? U of T expert training journalists for the ‘fake news’ era

Michael Ondaatje speaks after winning the Golden Man Booker Prize at The Royal Festival Hall on July 8, 2018 in London, England (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

Jul 9, 2018 | Alumni

Celebrated writer, U of T alumnus Michael Ondaatje’s "The English Patient" voted best-ever Man Booker Prize winner

Groundbreaking research by associate professor Ana Andreazza, a professor in the department of pharmacology and toxicology in the Faculty of Medicine, could link mood disorders with cell dysfunction...and point to new treatments.

Jul 9, 2018 | Research

Canada’s Top 40 Under 40: U of T professor links cell "generators" to mood disorders

Peter Rekai is chair of the Rekai Centres, multilingual long-term care facilities started by his father and uncle to care for Toronto's diverse residents (photo courtesy of the Rekai Centres)

Jul 9, 2018 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T alumnus honoured for helping deliver long-term care to Toronto's multicultural residents

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