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The University of Toronto's Faculty of Dentistry Museum collection, for which Dr. Anne Dale (BA 1953 UC, DDS 1958) has been honoured (photo by Erin Vollick)

Oct 30, 2018 | Alumni

The keeper of teeth: The alumna who curates the U of T Dentistry Museum is recognized with an international award

A makeshift memorial located outside of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh includes the name Joyce Fienberg, who was a U of T alumna (photo by Brendan Smialowski/ AFP/Getty Images)

Oct 29, 2018 | Alumni

U of T remembers Joyce Fienberg, killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Writer Karen K. Ho, a graduate of the joint-journalism program at U of T Scarborough, landed on the international cover of TIME magazine for her feature on Crazy Rich Asians. (Photo by Kristin Foster)

Oct 29, 2018 | Alumni

U of T Scarborough journalism alumna Karen K. Ho lands a TIME magazine cover for her story about Crazy Rich Asians

Kristen Facciol (BASc 2009) has become the 14th Canadian to earn a CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certification (photo courtesy of Kristen Facciol/NASA)

Oct 26, 2018 | Alumni

A front-row seat to space: U of T alumna Kristen Facciol earns elite designation to control space robotics missions

“This is my first, open, fully cracked autobiographical fiction," says Randy Boyagoda, principal and vice-president of University of St. Michael's College. "It’s the most personal book I’ve written" (photos by Nick Iwanyshyn)

Oct 16, 2018 | Alumni

The many vocations of U of T's Randy Boyagoda: Scholar, Catholic intellectual, novelist with a hit on his hands

Sara Santos (BKin 2018) and student Natasha Bruno, the innovators behind “Humans that CAN” (photo by Nick Iwanshyn)

Oct 12, 2018 | Alumni

Yes we can: U of T alumna and student create prize-winning IDeA project for accessibility

Nick Frosst, a U of T computer science alumnus and Google Brain researcher, will be appearing on a panel during a Nov. 3 conference focused on AI research opportunities for graduates with bachelor's degrees (photo by Nina Haikara)

Oct 10, 2018 | Alumni

How one U of T alumnus went from slinging drinks in undergrad to Geoffrey Hinton's AI lab

Luna Yu, founder and CEO of Genecis, completed her master's degree at U of T Scarborough. Genecis is scaling up operations and looking at developing other materials from food waste (all photos by Don Campbell)

Sep 27, 2018 | Alumni

U of T startup that turns food waste into high-quality bio-plastic eyes next phase of growth

Christopher Dela Cruz and Patrick Atienza’s sound-based exhibit, Long Distance Relationship, will be part of the 2018 Nuit Blanche

Sep 27, 2018 | Alumni

U of T artists connect Scarborough to downtown with sound installation as part of Nuit Blanche

Leila Keshavjee (BKin 2016), who landed a $150,000 deal on CBC's Dragons' Den, shows off her ice pops during U of T's clubs day (photo by Chris Sorensen)

Sep 24, 2018 | Alumni

Cool under pressure: U of T Happy Pops startup lands Dragons' Den deal

Allen Lau, a U of T alumnus who co-founded the story-sharing platform Wattpad, says Toronto is an ideal place to launch a global company as long as entrepreneurs take advantage of the city's diversity of cultures and languages (photo by Chris Sorensen)

Sep 19, 2018 | Alumni

Wattpad's secret to success? Think globally and hire locally, co-founder and U of T alumnus says

Nicole Latulippe has joined the departments of human geography and physical and environmental sciences at U of T Scarborough as an assistant professor. Photo by Alexa Battler

Sep 11, 2018 | Alumni

Alumna Nicole Latulippe brings passion for Indigenous environmental governance and advocacy to U of T

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

“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

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

Paul G. Walfish

Aug 1, 2018 | Alumni

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

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

Kofi Hope brings professional and academic knowledge of urban inequality to his new role at U of T

Jul 24, 2018 | Alumni

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

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