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From the longer-beaked Galapagos Island finches studied by biologist Charles Darwin – which enabled them to more effectively snatch…
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Matti Siemiatycki, director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto's School of Cities, is on a mission to create development…
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A team of researchers led by University of Toronto Professor Tim Barfoot is using a new strategy that allows robots to avoid…
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Each spring as early as 4 a.m., a choir of tweeting and chirping birds known as the “dawn chorus” produces a musical wake-up call – in more ways than…
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On a recent sunny afternoon at the University of Toronto’s back campus fields, Lua Mondor took her place in front of the cameras. With music by…
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Soon after Ariya Ahona began learning American Sign Language (ASL) at the University of Toronto, she realized that language would be only one of the…
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Thelma Abu wants her research to make a difference. For her, this starts with ensuring everyone has access to a human right and necessity:…
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The University of Toronto’s annual spring Alumni Reunion returns May 25 to 29, with more than 75 ways for alumni to catch up with old friends,…
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What is happening to the nursing workforce in countries around the world? The question was on the mind of James Buchan long before…
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Astronomers this week revealed the first image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy not so far, far away – our home…
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As scientific director of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, Fahad Razak’s job is to explain experts’ scientific data and evidence…
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Angelique Belcourt and Kristine Keon recently took the stage at a graduation event, held at First Nations House, that celebrated Indigenous students…