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Mychael Danna is an Academy Award-winning film composer recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic…
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Jean-Bernard Caron of the Departments of Earth Sciences and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, has uncovered a…
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Great universities need great cities, and great cities need great universities. That’s the message that University of Toronto president Meric…
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More than 12,500 students are expected to cross the stage at Convocation Hall this June, receive their hard-won undergraduate or graduate degrees, and…
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Convocation: a celebration surrounded by time-honoured traditions, pomp, pageantry – and levity? Many aspects of the ceremonies honouring…
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Did you know that wood residue can be used to manufacture automobile engine covers or that honeybees can recognize their half-sisters living two hives…
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Sarah Casson wasn’t yet in middle school when she discovered a love of robots. Her interest was sparked in 2010 when her mother and other…
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When Serena Song was a high school student in Jinan, China, the last thing on her mind was a career in academia. “I wanted to start a business…
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Tyler Tabobondung, a member of the Wasauksing First Nation who was raised in Toronto, believes his city upbringing has made him “a mediator…
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“You’ve got this. Just believe in yourself.” Those words, repeated often by her mother, are what buoyed Clarissa Ophelders during…
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David Ross Brillinger is a world-renowned statistical scientist who has distinguished himself as an innovator and leader in the fields of random…
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In his new book, The Persistence of Innovation in Government, UTSC Department of Management Professor Sandford Borins explores the changing landscape…