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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

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

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

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

Jul 24, 2018 | Alumni

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

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

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

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

Alumni taking selfie together.

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