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It may seem like a big jump from studying ancient hominins to coywolves, but for paleoanthropologist Lauren Schroeder, understanding the hybridization…
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Law at the University of Toronto is 10th in the world in a new ranking of subjects by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) released today.…
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University of Toronto faculty and students are helping the City of Toronto to reach its greenhouse gas reduction goals, develop policies to ensure…
Sitting is probably killing you slowly – whether you exercise vigorously every day or not. Sitting has been referred to as the new smoking. And a…
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A new technology emerges that allows people to spread information to massive groups of people faster than ever before. While it’s used to promote new…
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More than 200 health researchers, students and industry professionals – many connected to the University of Toronto – gathered at JLABS @ Toronto…
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Three U.S. researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their discovery of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time. Rainer…
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Most new mothers experience baby blues – a few weeks of emotional upheaval that may include being irritable or crying easily. But some mothers…
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It was Vincent Tembo's keen interest in artificial intelligence, machine learning and the University of Toronto’s ground-breaking work in deep…
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Launching a startup is difficult enough – never mind one that requires a yet-to-be realized technology to succeed. That’s the daunting…
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Julie Payette, a University of Toronto alumna, engineer and astronaut who was the second Canadian woman in space, was installed as Canada's 29th…
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When online retail giant Amazon announced it was planning to build a second headquarters in North America and put out a checklist for its desired…