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Fresh off closing a $300 million venture fund with a buy-in from some of Canada’s biggest banks and financial institutions, John Ruffolo will be at…
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A thriving innovation ecosystem needs both homegrown startups and scale-ups, as well as knowledge-intensive multinationals investing locally in…
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Researchers at the University of Toronto and Baycrest Rotman Research Institute (RRI) have discovered a potential brain imaging predictor for…
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Shawn Glinter, the CEO of Nashville-based Pendant Biosciences, was born in Winnipeg and played hockey in college. But it took a leading University…
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NASA's discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system earlier this year created excitement after three planets were found to be in the star's…
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One undergraduate student mentored some of her peers, who were the first in their family to go to university. Another student helped combat…
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In between interviews with top international business and technology publications from Forbes to Wired, U of T Associate Professor Raquel…
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Last week, Toronto Life magazine published an article about an empty, house-less plot of land in the Annex neighbourhood listed for $5…
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Policy and power, identity and federalism. These were some of the themes explored at the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics on…
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Cancer did not derail Precilla Veigas’s dream of achieving a PhD. Today, Veigas is receiving her PhD from the…
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The Globe and Mail's Alex Bozikovic calls the new home of the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design “one…
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Service learning and voluntourism – volunteer educational trips – are ways students often respond to global concerns by helping local…