Find a story
![](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-31-Kepler-startup-showcase.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=qDLdcBUX)
They pitched, they networked, and they demoed – fledgling student entrepreneurs worked the room at the Startup Showcase, the final event in…
![photo of Hinton at talk](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-31-hinton-talk.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=nkrthUU_)
Artificial intelligence and deep learning will dramatically change our lives – and Canadian companies need to lead the charge to stay at the forefront…
![](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/Level%20Up%20Showcase%20lead%20image%20%28white%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=oQvi5SOP)
Designing the next Angry Birds isn't all fun and games. “There are a million reasons why a game can fail, compared to the few reasons that…
![Lucie Lalumiere on augmented-reality tour of campus](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/Lucie%20looking%20out%20the%20window%20and%20her%20phone%20%28for%20web%20lead%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=ApSMDGIo)
All aboard the magic school bus. Nima Yasrebi, a recent U of T grad, welcomed a dozen people onto a bus Friday to give them a tour of…
![women in house](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-31-women-in-house.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=r2lNaamJ)
Canada’s House of Commons welcomed 50 University of Toronto students for this year’s Women in House event, where young women with an interest in…
![photo of meric gertler at Shanghai Jiao Tong University](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-28-gertler-china-lead.jpg?h=e3784ac9&itok=VYzZTXnY)
President Meric Gertler has become one of the few North American scholars to receive an honorary degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the…
![Christopher Yip](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/Christopher%20Yip%20%28lead%20for%20web%29.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=P0bfN0XZ)
Professor Christopher Yip, a leading researcher in the field of single-molecule biophysics, has been appointed the University of Toronto’s first…
![photo of medical sciences building](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-31-med-sci-building.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=xBTynlHO)
The Medical Sciences Building is “safe for general occupancy,” concludes a new report that looks at more than 200 air samples taken in and around the…
![photo of researchers and president](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-30-vector-event.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=nue0ByEM)
With the creation of the Toronto-based Vector Institute, Ontario and Canada are choosing to lead in the booming field of artificial intelligence, said…
![Jessewente](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/2017-03-27-LEAD-JESSEWENTE.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=SB_2pBOC)
How to reconcile with Indigenous peoples was the central theme of a conference at U of T last week. It was a day filled with heartbreaking…
![Ankit in the laboratory](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/Ankit%20for%20web.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=JMzJbFsy)
Ankit Jain first came to the University of Toronto for a summer research internship. Years later, he returned as a post-doctoral researcher in…