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Some of the world’s biggest companies, from banks to carmakers, are poised to have their businesses transformed by new computing technologies –…
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Currently, no incidents of malware have been reported to U of T's information security team since the WannaCry attack began on…
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Building drones to locate the nests of four different types of geese in the Canadian wilderness – that's what a U of T engineering team had…
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Within the first half-hour of arriving at this year’s Science Rendezvous at U of T's downtown Toronto campus, I got my DNA…
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Marielle Balanaser wanted to study ancient Greek and Latin to understand the roots of medical terminology and ethics, but it was the…
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U of T’s Suzanne Stewart is transforming research in Indigenous mental health and homelessness in Canada. The rate of homelessness for First…
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It took two days and five flights for University of Toronto PhD student Daniel Szulc to get to Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories – all for the…
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From Australia to Zimbabwe, students from abroad are applying to the University of Toronto in record numbers. For the seven months leading up…
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Celebrated author and University of Toronto alumnus Margaret Atwood and U of T professor and poet George Elliott Clarke will join other renowned…
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New research from the University of Toronto shows that people genetically intolerant to lactose, the main sugar found in dairy, have lower blood…
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Ormia ochracea's sense of directional hearing is second to none in the animal kingdom. “These flies have highly specialized ears that provide the…
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White and privately educated Olympic athletes – particularly Winter Olympic Games athletes – are over-represented on Olympic teams…