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Photo of David Strangway and moon rocks
December 14, 2016

The University of Toronto’s David Strangway, who led U of T as president from 1983-1984, died yesterday. He was 82. The only person to serve as…

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December 13, 2016

One University of Toronto professor’s generosity and passion for Ethiopian heritage and culture turned a Grammy Award-winning pop star into a…

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December 13, 2016

U of T News is in NYC this week, where the University of Toronto is hosting free panel discussions with leading experts from the university to share…

December 13, 2016

“It’s an exciting time to be at U of T,” says Andrew Thomson, who was recently appointed to the newly created role of chief of government relations at…

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December 13, 2016

Thomas Hardy’s fictional region of Wessex can now be explored at U of T with 170 items, including Hardy's original manuscripts, first editions,…

December 13, 2016

A  team of Canadian researchers has identified promising drugs that could target a type of incurable brain cancer in children. That…

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December 12, 2016

As rhetoric flew during the U.S. presidential campaign, U of T Classics Professor Rachel Barney, a dual American and Canadian citizen, began…

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December 12, 2016

Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a way to make catalysis – the use of catalysts to facilitate chemical reactions – more selective,…

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December 12, 2016

At US$225 million, it’s one of the largest investments the biotech world has ever seen – and it positions Toronto as a world leader in the development…

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December 9, 2016

John Paul Morgan found himself in the middle of a civil war. It was 2006, and after completing his graduate studies in electrical engineering at…

December 9, 2016

CRISPR genome editing is quickly revolutionizing biomedical research, but the new technology is not yet exact. The technique can inadvertently make…