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With the creation of the Toronto-based Vector Institute, Ontario and Canada are choosing to lead in the booming field of artificial intelligence, said…
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How to reconcile with Indigenous peoples was the central theme of a conference at U of T last week. It was a day filled with heartbreaking…
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Ankit Jain first came to the University of Toronto for a summer research internship. Years later, he returned as a post-doctoral researcher in…
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From John Tuzo Wilson originating the concept of plate tectonics to Frederick Banting and Charles Best’s discovery of insulin, the University of…
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Japan is contributing US$5 million to the University of Toronto to establish an endowed chair in Japanese politics and global affairs, and…
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During a recent visit to the University of Toronto, the founders of ROSS Intelligence, who landed on the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 List, reminisced…
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In a dimly lit room at University of Toronto’s Cumberland House, a group of about 15 students belt out an upbeat South African hymn called…
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A new op-ed by U of T's Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb in the Harvard Business Review examines the trade-offs faced by AI…
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A recent survey of Canadian historians and political scientists, conducted by the University of Toronto and York University, has found that there are…
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A team of globally renowned researchers at the University of Toronto is driving the planning of a new institute staking Toronto’s and Canada’s claim…
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Geoffrey Hinton, the University Professor Emeritus of computer science and vice-president engineering fellow at Google, has been…