Happy holidays, from U of T News

The University of Toronto’s U of T News is closed for the holidays and will re-open on January 4, 2016.

Until then, please check out President Meric Gertler’s holiday message – or linger here for a while, have a look around and enjoy some of the stories and photographs we’ve shared at U of T News throughout 2015. 

We published more than 676 stories during the year, along with podcasts and photo galleries – and you read those articles more than 1.3 million times. We couldn’t get to all the great stories, but we hope it was just enough to give you a glimpse of how students, faculty and staff across U of T’s three campuses were busy making history here at home and around the world – alongside U of T’s more than 540,000 alumni in more than 190 countries. 

Read the Year in Review 

If you work at U of T, you may have found your way to our stories through the Bulletin, the newsletter emailed to all employees of the university. (Visit the Bulletin archives)

If you're a student or alum, you may have seen our stories posted at the U of T Facebook page (visit the Facebook page) or shared on one of U of T's Twitter accounts (visit @UofT or @UofTNews). Many people find us through Google searches – and that's great, too.

Remember the three inspiring undergrads who were named Rhodes Scholars, the grad students and social entrepreneurs who made it to the global finals of the Hult Prize with Team Atollo, or the alumni behind Nanoleaf, the sustainable lighting startup? Why not take a moment to relive the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games and Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games hosted at U of T – or see what U of T experts had to say about the federal election? Learn about the president’s three priorities. Check out the social media highlights of the year. Revisit breakthrough research stories into everything from how much sleep you need to cancer-causing genes and proteins.

Then check out some stories that look ahead to next year, as U of T News beat reporters Alan Christie, Arthur Kaptainis and Terry Lavender share their reflections on what you can expect to see in 2016 on cities and city building and re-imagining undergraduate education – as well as the international challenges ahead.

Is there a great story you’d like us to pursue next year? Email us at uoftnews@utoronto.ca

Thank you for visiting and have a safe and happy new year.

See you in 2016, 

The U of T News Team