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Photo of Chantal Phillips
January 16, 2019

Growing up, Chantal Phillips was not sure whether medical school was for her. It wasn’t because she wasn’t interested, but because she couldn’t see…

Portrait of Carl Morey in Hong Kong in 2012
January 16, 2019

Carl Morey loved the sound of the human voice and spent his career teaching the joys of music to students and the public at large. Morey was a…

photo of ancient goosefoot seed and a wild, weedy relative
January 15, 2019

A mass of charred seeds found while clearing a home construction site in Brantford, Ont. has been identified as ancient, domesticated goosefoot,…

photo of pill bottle
January 15, 2019

A United States congressional report revealed last year that five opioid manufacturers made more than $10 million in payments to patient advocacy…

photo of burnt truck in Fort McMurray
January 15, 2019

Despite devastating 2016 wildfires that turned skies grey and forced an evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alta., University of Toronto researchers have…

photo of Alina Dormann playing volleyball
January 14, 2019

The University of Toronto’s Alina Dormann, a fourth-year Varsity Blues volleyball player, has been named a Top 8 Academic All-Canadian for…

January 14, 2019

Alfred Bader, CBE, a self-made chemical entrepreneur and an expert on baroque art, died on Dec. 23 at age 94. Together with his wife, alumna…

photo of gambling table
January 14, 2019

An international group of scientists that includes University of Toronto economist and geneticist Jonathan Beauchamp has identified 124 genetic…

January 14, 2019

University of Toronto researchers have discovered the genetic underpinnings of hypoxia – the low oxygen state that surrounds cancer tumours and helps…

photo of the DX-3 Vanguard drone and the team behind it
January 11, 2019

Jeremy Wang’s career in aerospace engineering started with folding a simple paper airplane.  Today, he’s leading a team of designers –…

photo of transparent skull model
January 11, 2019

Males – both men and mice – remember physically painful experiences and become stressed by them, according to a new study by researchers at the…