Jemy Joseph Receives Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
Fresh from earning a newly minted MSc in Medical Sciences from the University of Toronto mere months ago – Jemy Joseph continues to aspire for greatness. Joseph was awarded the medal from her local MP,...
View ArticleNigel Spencer Wins Third Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation
What Nigel Spencer has achieved with the translation of Marie Claire Blais’s Mai au bal des prédateurs is nothing short of brilliance. He has met the formidable challenge of conveying in English the...
View ArticleGoogle Acquires U of T Neural Networks Company
University Professor Geoffrey Hinton and two of his graduate students from the Department of Computer Science have sold their startup company to Google Inc. Google acquired the company, incorporated by...
View ArticleBernard Choi Wins Gold Medal for Excellence in Public Service
Congratulations to Dr. Bernard Choi for his Gold Medal award. Dr. Choi won the Gold Medal from the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada for his vision and contributions to public...
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LGBTQ History and Scholarship Celebrated at this Year’s Snowflake Event
On February 28th dozens of alumni and friends gathered at the Royal Conservatory of Music on Bloor Street West for a fun-filled evening of mingling, entertainment and edification. Since Snowflake was...
View ArticleShort-term, applied research won’t win Canada any Nobel prizes
There’s a popular myth about universities as ivory towers full of fat-cat academics and loopy students asking unanswerable questions. Their willful irrelevance is a waste of taxpayers’ money, so the...
View ArticleAlumni win Gates Cambridge scholarships
Two University of Toronto alumni are joining 90 of the world’s most academically brilliant and socially committed young people from 24 countries across the world as Gates Cambridge Scholars. (Source: U...
View ArticleU of T and The MasterCard Foundation to develop next-generation African leaders
The University of Toronto will join The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, with a USD 22.5 million grant announced April 18 by The MasterCard Foundation. More information (Source: U of T News)
View ArticleFast, cheap methods of diagnosing infectious disease are coming
Scientists at the University of Toronto have devised a cheap and rapid method of testing for numerous infectious diseases, that can be administered by anyone who can tell red from purple. All that’s...
View ArticleDr. Allan Vescan performs balloon sinuplasty
Dr. Vescan did his residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at U of T. He is well-known in Toronto for performing Balloon Sinuplasty – a minimally invasive technology that is improving patient...
View ArticleU of T Next Steps Conference
In advance of June convocation ceremonies, more than 4000 Arts & Science students are preparing to conclude their current studies at the University of Toronto. These students will join a globally...
View ArticleTim Sze helps create an ad hoc supercomputer
U of T alumnus Tim Sze, as part of a team of four, has developed a new breed of software that lets you pool the processing power of potentially thousands of machines just by pointing them to a single...
View ArticleLearning, connecting and celebrating mark Spring Reunion 2013
With more than 500,000 graduates in 180 countries, U of T’s alumni community is an ever-expanding multi-generational network of talent and expertise with impact across a broad range of professions and...
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Spring Convocation: Celebrating our graduates, honouring exceptional individuals
.wp-post-image { display: none;} More than 12,500 students graduated as the Class of 2013 this past June. As is customary at convocation ceremonies, honorary degrees were also conferred upon 12...
View ArticleSixteen new Order of Canada appointments for U of T
Governor General David Johnston has appointed 16 members of the University of Toronto community to the Order of Canada. (Source: U of T News)
View ArticleEngineering alumni make aeronautical history
An aerospace team with strong U of T Engineering connections has made history by winning the $250,000 AHS Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Prize, for the first-ever sustained flight of a...
View ArticleU of T ranks among top universities in QS World University Rankings
U of T’s strong academic and research performance continues to rank among the best in the world – and is ranked the best in Canada – in the 2013 QS World University Rankings. (Source: U of T News)
View ArticleMacArthur ‘genius’ grant goes to alumna Sara Seager
The MacArthur Foundation awarded astrophysicist and University of Toronto alumna Sara Seager one of its prestigious fellowships — often referred to in popular culture as a “genius grant” — last week....
View ArticleU of T first in Canada, among world’s top 20 in new rankings
The University of Toronto has been recognized as the top university in Canada and one of the top 20 in the world according to the 2013 Times Higher Education (THE) World University report. (Source: U...
View Article2013 Arbor Award Recipients
When David Scandiffio thinks about the University of Toronto, he thinks family, and not just because his parents and two grandparents also went to U of T. Scandiffio is one of 112 people who received...
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