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The foundation of new transportation infrastructure – from elevated highways to new subway lines – isn’t earth and concrete: It’s data. Since 1986,…
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India has avoided about one million deaths of children under the age of five since 2005, driven by significant reductions in mortality from pneumonia,…
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Three university leaders, including University of Toronto President Meric Gertler, are calling on Ottawa to respond to the government-commissioned…
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Inmar Givoni knows how important it is to have strong female role models. When she was completing her PhD in computer science at the University of…
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University of Toronto's Sharon Straus still remembers the first time she met Dr. David Sackett. She had just arrived at the University of Oxford…
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Social media has become the misinformation superhighway. With so many conflicting perspectives being shared online, it’s becoming harder to…
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With the official launch of a new co-working space for startups, the University of Toronto and its partners are taking another bold step toward…
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More than 200 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck Mexico for a second time in less than two weeks. Rescuers are…
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After a long day of studying, you might think you’d be less motivated to hit the books again in the evening. But according to new University of…
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If there’s anyone qualified to talk about the transformative role parasport can play, it's Ontario’s former lieutenant-governor David Onley. In…
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Thinking of launching a startup? Building a business and shaping your own destiny can be incredibly rewarding – but being an entrepreneur may not suit…
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. is setting up a new research and development centre in Toronto to create the next breakthroughs in quantum-inspired…