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On June 5th, 2012, the world will be watching as the planet Venus passes in front of the Sun. And the best place to watch the transit of Venus will be…
Auto research at the University of Toronto is pulling into the fast lane with new grants for projects such as building cars out of trees and plants…
The need to better understand, treat and even prevent diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s grows increasingly urgent as…
They gave the world the first human-powered “ornithopter” for bird-like flight. Now, a University of Toronto-based design team has a new…
Students were front and centre as more than 325 members of the U of T Mississauga community gathered on May 23, 2012 in the Instructional Centre to…
In 1776, Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations theorized that the free market economy was the solution to increase the wealth of a country. Almost 250…
Three U of T research projects have been awarded nearly $6.7 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) new…
They have been stereotyped as a “model minority.” But when they don’t conform to common racial stereotypes, such as being…
When you turn on your tap, you probably don’t give a second thought to the quality of the water that comes out. North Americans can generally…
University of Toronto geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar is receiving the prestigious Eni Award for the Protection of the Environment, in recognition…
When historian Joan Simalchik arrived at the University of Toronto in 1976, she expected to focus on her master's studies and to get to know her…
In the fourth and final instalment of her series on diabetes and U of T research into the exploding global epidemic, writer Jenny Hall speaks to…