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Marielle Balanaser wanted to study ancient Greek and Latin to understand the roots of medical terminology and ethics, but it was the…
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U of T’s Suzanne Stewart is transforming research in Indigenous mental health and homelessness in Canada. The rate of homelessness for First…
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It took two days and five flights for University of Toronto PhD student Daniel Szulc to get to Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories – all for the…
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From Australia to Zimbabwe, students from abroad are applying to the University of Toronto in record numbers. For the seven months leading up…
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Celebrated author and University of Toronto alumnus Margaret Atwood and U of T professor and poet George Elliott Clarke will join other renowned…
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New research from the University of Toronto shows that people genetically intolerant to lactose, the main sugar found in dairy, have lower blood…
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Ormia ochracea's sense of directional hearing is second to none in the animal kingdom. “These flies have highly specialized ears that provide the…
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White and privately educated Olympic athletes – particularly Winter Olympic Games athletes – are over-represented on Olympic teams…
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Fresh off closing a $300 million venture fund with a buy-in from some of Canada’s biggest banks and financial institutions, John Ruffolo will be at…
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A thriving innovation ecosystem needs both homegrown startups and scale-ups, as well as knowledge-intensive multinationals investing locally in…
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Researchers at the University of Toronto and Baycrest Rotman Research Institute (RRI) have discovered a potential brain imaging predictor for…
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Shawn Glinter, the CEO of Nashville-based Pendant Biosciences, was born in Winnipeg and played hockey in college. But it took a leading University…