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Shiz Aoki has a simple but powerful way to demonstrate the need for BioRender, a University of Toronto startup whose web-based tool helps bioscience…
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Why did the Black boy drown? Because he couldn’t swim. And he couldn’t swim because learning to swim is one of those intersections where race,…
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The federal government recently announced a nationwide consultation on digital and data transformation, with roundtables that will inform the…
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This summer, Professor Andrea Most’s American Pastoral course taught students what it’s like to work in the field – literally. Going back to…
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For Kevin Wang, the idea of meeting some of his scientific heroes (and Nobel laureates) had been a dream – until this summer. The recent University…
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Plant diseases are a major challenge for greenhouse growers, often responsible for up to 20 per cent in annual crop loss. But a team of biologists…
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Weaving needles into silicon skin pads isn’t what you’d expect many high school students to do on their summer break. But this workshop in suturing…
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Psychology and neuroscience student Farnaz Vahadat waited until the last year of her undergraduate program to enrol in a statistics class…
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Deep learning algorithms allow computers to learn from large amounts of data and are known for advancing the state of the art in the…
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Tamara Tatham is making history. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s basketball assistant coach has just joined the coaching staff of…
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Richard Bazinet is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Brain Lipid Metabolism in the department of nutritional sciences at the…
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Three days away from the most high-profile game of their basketball careers, Daniel Johansson and Christopher Barrett are surprisingly calm. The…