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A 12-metric tonne magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI) that landed on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto last week will make a…
For many high-performance athletes, the 2016 Rio Olympics represent the pinnacle of countless hours of intense physical and mental preparation. After…
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University of Toronto chemical engineering professor Elizabeth Edwards and her team have developed a secret weapon in the war against pollution: a mix…
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George Elliott Clarke, Canada's parliamentary poet laureate, is the E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. An…
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Mapping the City is an ongoing series on the stories we can tell about people and places in Toronto through maps created by University of Toronto…
The University of Toronto is seeking more information about the diversity of its faculty and staff with a new voluntary survey sent to more than…
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Just hours after U.S. President Barack Obama addressed police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana he faced cameras again –…
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All eyes are on Toronto. We’ve got Drake as our celebrity hype man, the Jays and the Raptors proving our pro sports teams are playoff-worthy…
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They looked like fossils of seaweed – but experts now say they were homes made by a creature called Oesia, which lived an…
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They helped welcome refugees, launched startups, won countless awards, and led research breakthroughs on cancer-causing proteins, why everyone is…
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An international team of archeologists from United States, Israel and Canada have discovered stunning new floor mosaics decorating the interior of a…
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The world has been shaken by terror in widely separated cities over the past week. Bombers struck in three cities in Saudi Arabia. At least 157…