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Fuel cells turn chemicals into electricity. Now, a team from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has adapted…
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The new principal of University College wants to remove the “but” that sometimes appears when students and alumni describe the University of…
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The risk of catching the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Canada many other countries remains low, but that hasn't stopped fear from…
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The coronavirus epidemic started one month earlier than is commonly reported and has yet to be brought under control, a new disease-transmission…
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Ellie Lutz knows more students in her tiny first-year foundation seminar at Innis College than in all of her other University of Toronto classes…
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An elaborate system of filaments, liquid droplet dynamics and protein connectors enables the repair of some damaged DNA in the nuclei of cells,…
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Tackling abuse in Canadian sports has long been a topic of discussion – one that gained even more momentum in the wake of the #MeToo…
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Hip hop saved Marcus Singleton’s life. The music, the lyrics and the culture of hip hop were a way for the Chicago-born Singleton to think and…
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To mark Black History Month, students and alumni from the University of Toronto’s engineering community shared their thoughts on challenges they faced…
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Thanks to advocacy efforts and public outreach campaigns, mental health issues have shed much of the stigma they once carried. Health-care…
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The University of Toronto’s department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science has announced plans to establish…
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A University of Toronto-led research team used deep sequencing of DNA to find a previously undetected tuberculosis super-spreader – an…