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On Monday evening, more than 50 people squeezed into a small room in University of Toronto’s McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology, the converted…
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Like most successful relationships, partnerships between doctoral students and their supervisors are a matter of finding the right fit. Supervisors…
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Twelve startups founded by engineering students pitched their visions to a room of judges, investors and faculty members at the fifth annual…
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Though you might not think of ants as formidable bodyguards, some do an impressive job protecting plants from enemies. Now, scientists at the…
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Audrey Macklin, director of the University of Toronto's Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, is one of five scholars in Canada to receive…
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Fluoride in the urine of pregnant women shows a correlation with lower measures of intelligence in their children, according to University of Toronto…
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One of the biggest challenges Albert Tai faced when launching a startup was finding the space to do it. The co-founder of Hypercare, a…
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Many amputees want to be physically active to regain their sense of independence, but a number have grander ambitions – to become elite athletes…
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U of T Engineering’s Human-Powered Vehicle Design Team has won the 2017 World Human-Powered Speed Challenge. The team's recumbent bicycle, named…
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Dorsa Fardaei remembers being in a New York airport with her family and friends, where she was told by her friends to stop speaking Persian. They…
The Handmaid’s Tale dominated the show at last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards, winning all five of the Emmys for which it was nominated, including…
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University of Toronto's Andrea Charise is the lead developer of Canada’s first undergraduate program in health humanities, which looks…