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Joseph Wong says his job as professor isn’t just to impart skills and knowledge, but to teach students to ask more questions and take risks. “As a…
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In business and research, leaders help motivate others to navigate a clear path forward. To help prepare future computer scientists for these roles,…
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Robert McNutt, a professor emeritus of geochemistry and former principal of U of T Mississauga, has died. “Bob McNutt was an outstanding leader,…
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Looking for creative ways to fund efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, the University of Toronto brought together the financial community,…
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If you’ve ever caught an episode of Star Trek or Game of Thrones, picked up a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, or watched the movie Avatar, you’ve probably…
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A choir made up of Syrian children will stay in Canada rather than risk getting caught up in the Trump administration's travel ban on mostly…
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Six undergraduate students at the University of Toronto have been recognized for their outstanding research, which required delving deep into archival…
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A group from the Tamil community in Canada and the United States is teaming up to pledge $3-million to create a chair in Tamil studies at the…
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For the 3,000 Canadians living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), there is no effective treatment or cure. The neurodegenerative disease, also…
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Justin Teodoro wasn't alone in feeling baffled by American first lady Melania Trump's choice of attire for a trip to a centre for migrant children…
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A team from University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has won an international clean energy design competition. Its design…
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For more than a decade, a small team of high-energy physicists and graduate students from the University of Toronto have helped push the boundaries of…