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Saad Shahid Shafiq smiles as he stands in a leafy U of T quad at night.

Nov 18, 2021 | Alumni

After scaling a scholarly summit, U of T grad Saad Shahid Shafiq to help others realize their own dreams

Jacqueline Wetton smiles while standing on a lawn outdoors.

Nov 18, 2021 | Alumni

From petroleum to public health: U of T nursing grad embarks on second career

Zihan Gao smiles, standing in front of a stone wall outdoors.

Nov 18, 2021 | Alumni

Zihan Gao, U of T's youngest graduate this fall, is one step closer to career as a clinician-scientist

Alexandra Gaspar sits on a pebbled, tree-lined beach, leaning her head on one hand and smiling. Waves roll in behind her.

Nov 17, 2021 | Alumni

How U of T grad Alexandra Gaspar took action and advocated for a sustainable future

Marquela Nunes smiles happily, standing on the shores of a lake.

Nov 17, 2021 | Alumni

'Not content with the world': U of T grad Marquela Nunes writes fantasy to pursue real-life change

Amna Adnan laughs as she stands next to a large sign that says University of Toronto Mississauga.

Nov 17, 2021 | Alumni

'There are lots of ways to achieve your goals': Amna Adnan graduates as a mentor and role model

Selfie of Gloria Williams smiling.

Nov 16, 2021 | Alumni

Nurse Gloria Williams returned to U of T after 40 years to earn degree

A hand holds a smartphone. On the screen, a young man makes a wry face. A text caption reads: Academic TikTok?!

Nov 16, 2021 | Research

TikTok teaching? U of T research on the best ways for academics to use the platform

Wearing glasses and gloves, Aaron Cabal reaches into protectively walled lab bench that contains chemistry equipment.

Nov 15, 2021 | Alumni

Q&A: U of T grad Aaron Cabal poised for a career in drug discovery

SIde-by-side images of Amna Adnan, Khaled Elemam, and Devlin Grewal, each dressed in academic robes and smiling.

Nov 15, 2021 | Volunteer & Awards

'Very humbling': U of T students, alumni to celebrate their peers at virtual fall convocation

Four portraits, arranged in a grid, of Hebatullah Hussein, Alice (Fang-Chi) Li, Justin Bubola and Nashat Cassim.

Nov 15, 2021 | Alumni

Dentists, scholars: U of T dentistry graduates set their sights on research and teaching

At a podium in a classroom, Christine Allen and Christine Loth-Brown lift a cloth to unveil a metal plaque.

Nov 12, 2021 | Campus

100 years of Insulin: Parks Canada unveils commemorative bronze plaque at U of T

Text reading: Scarborough Charter, on anti-Black racism and Black inclusion in Canadian higher education.

Nov 12, 2021 | Campus

Canadian universities to sign Scarborough Charter fighting anti-Black racism, promoting inclusion

Portrait of Lee Maracle smiling.

Nov 11, 2021 | Campus

Writer, teacher, 'knowledge carrier': U of T joins country in remembering Lee Maracle

A compostite image shows a pencil sketch of a 1940s pilot in an airplane cockpit, and a painting of Frederick Banting.

Nov 11, 2021 | Alumni

Remembering: U of T's Frederick Banting helped create aviation medicine during the Second World War

A close-up of miniature beads sewn into an elaborate patterm of leaves and flowers.

Nov 9, 2021 | Alumni

Reading the beads: Indigenous visual storytelling materials reveal their own history

A photo looking up at Convocation Hall. The building is hung with banners that say, Congratulations to all our graduates.

Nov 8, 2021 | Alumni

‘Let’s hear your voice and lead the way’: U of T’s Class of 2021 to be celebrated at virtual fall convocation

A man wearing a face mask walks past a planter filled with ornamental grasses in a large atrium.

Nov 5, 2021 | Campus

U of T among seven universities globally to rank in the top 30 of 11 subjects by Times Higher Education

Willy Wong stands in front of a blackboard covered with an oval-shaped diagram and mathematical formulae.

Nov 3, 2021 | Alumni

Discovering a new law of physiology ... while on the elliptical machine

Daniel Drucker smiles as he leans on a tree in full fall colour.

Nov 3, 2021 | Alumni

"The Swiss Army knife of metabolism," this diabetes-controlling hormone could treat far more diseases

Alumni taking selfie together.

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