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Attempts to replicate classical scientific studies have been failing. These alarming failures have hit psychology, the life sciences and other fields,…
The federal government recently spent $4.5 billion to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline, a move that highlights the significant political risk…
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Fall is a wonderful time of year to explore the city – beautiful foliage serves as the background for all the events that play out over the month…
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The fractious Senate confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh appear to have supercharged political polarization in the United…
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For Suzanne Rochford, getting her purse stolen was a major blow. Rochford, who was a fourth-year engineering student at the time, was about to cash…
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Consider the student transcript: For more than a century it has been a paper record of a student's academic achievements – documenting courses…
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The University of Toronto's Faculty of Law has announced a $30-million campaign to significantly deepen the financial aid pool and enhance the…
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Imagine a time in Toronto before city lights and skyscrapers, when you could look up and see the night sky, bright with stars and planets. Matt…
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Tianhao Wang started the new school year with a job offer after a successful internship facilitated by an initiative offered by the University of…
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Big data has the potential to create new life-saving knowledge in medicine and health, but only if we know how to make sense of large data…
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Toronto’s tech boom – driven in part by artificial intelligence research at the University of Toronto – has prompted talk of a “Silicon Valley North.”…
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In the middle of a classroom, where the tables have been pushed to the sides and the chairs placed in a circle, sit a series of blankets. They include…