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Growing up, Chantal Phillips was not sure whether medical school was for her. It wasn’t because she wasn’t interested, but because she couldn’t see…
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Carl Morey loved the sound of the human voice and spent his career teaching the joys of music to students and the public at large. Morey was a…
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A mass of charred seeds found while clearing a home construction site in Brantford, Ont. has been identified as ancient, domesticated goosefoot,…
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A United States congressional report revealed last year that five opioid manufacturers made more than $10 million in payments to patient advocacy…
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Anna Goldenberg, a University of Toronto associate professor of computer science, is breaking ground in her new role at the Hospital for Sick…
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Despite devastating 2016 wildfires that turned skies grey and forced an evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alta., University of Toronto researchers have…
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The University of Toronto’s Alina Dormann, a fourth-year Varsity Blues volleyball player, has been named a Top 8 Academic All-Canadian for…
Alfred Bader, CBE, a self-made chemical entrepreneur and an expert on baroque art, died on Dec. 23 at age 94. Together with his wife, alumna…
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An international group of scientists that includes University of Toronto economist and geneticist Jonathan Beauchamp has identified 124 genetic…
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University of Toronto researchers have discovered the genetic underpinnings of hypoxia – the low oxygen state that surrounds cancer tumours and helps…
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Jeremy Wang’s career in aerospace engineering started with folding a simple paper airplane. Today, he’s leading a team of designers –…
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Males – both men and mice – remember physically painful experiences and become stressed by them, according to a new study by researchers at the…