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Christopher Rutty (photo by Alie Rutty) After decades studying the 100-yea r-old discovery of insulin and its later development, Christopher…
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An estimated 15 to 20 per cent of expectant and new mothers experience mental health issues such as anxiety or postpartum depression – and the…
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Imagine being able to listen to Kimberly Nixon describe, in her own words, being turned away as a volunteer at a Vancouver rape crisis centre because…
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Sport and public policy expert Bruce Kidd – a champion of fairness and equity ever since his days as an Olympic runner – has been named the University…
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A team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Toronto has shown that Anolis lizards, or anoles, are able to breathe underwater with the aid…
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A new study from researchers at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health suggests that improving your cardiorespiratory fitness…
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With more than 3,300 trees – including Ontario’s largest concentration of elms and the city’s healthiest collection of ashes – the University of…
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Geoscientists at the University of Toronto and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a process in plate tectonics that shows tremendous damage…
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Mechelle Thomas, a student at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW), is providing weekly online counselling to a…
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Working out of community centres and hockey arenas, University of Toronto faculty, staff and students are helping run pop-up vaccination clinics in…
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The University of Toronto community is mourning the loss of Alfonso Gracia-Saz, an associate professor, teaching stream, in the department of…
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With an eye to supporting Canada’s pandemic recovery and preparing for future threats to public health, the federal government recently announced $2.2…