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Stem cell pioneer Andras Nagy has a way of describing the work of your immune system: “It’s surveillance inside our body.” That surveillance does…
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The University of Toronto is launching a review of its sexual violence policy, as well as the supports that are available to students and other…
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A University of Toronto-wide initiative to support research excellence among Black faculty and students will launch on Oct. 8 with an online event…
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A group of prominent Black health researchers in Canada have come together to provide Black health education for health professionals and…
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When Ian Williams was in Grade 6, a teacher told him that he shouldn’t attempt to play the French horn because the mouthpiece was too small…
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Female athletes in aesthetic sports are the target of degrading comments and other forms of body shaming that are equal to emotional abuse and can…
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For nearly a year, the University of Toronto has required everyone visiting its three campuses to complete a self-screening questionnaire to…
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that immune cells from the upper respiratory tracts of children, taken years before the pandemic…
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In Toronto and other cities around the world, clusters of aging high-rise apartments surrounded by trees are a familiar fixture on the urban…
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Non-melanoma skin cancers – particularly in people under age 35 – increased 30 per cent in Ontario between 2003 and 2017, according to new…
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International students who come from around the world to study at the University of Toronto reap huge rewards – including a top education,…
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Living out of balance with the natural world can have grave ecological consequences, as evidenced by the current climate change crisis. That’s why…