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May 30, 2012

Auto research at the University of Toronto is pulling into the fast lane with new grants for projects such as building cars out of trees and plants…

May 29, 2012

The need to better understand, treat and even prevent diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s grows increasingly urgent as…

May 29, 2012

They gave the world the first human-powered “ornithopter” for bird-like flight. Now, a University of Toronto-based design team has a new…

May 28, 2012

Students were front and centre as more than 325 members of the U of T Mississauga community gathered on May 23, 2012 in the Instructional Centre to…

May 28, 2012

In 1776, Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations theorized that the free market economy was the solution to increase the wealth of a country. Almost 250…

May 28, 2012

Three U of T research projects have been awarded nearly $6.7 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) new…

May 25, 2012

They have been stereotyped as a “model minority.” But when they don’t conform to common racial stereotypes, such as being…

May 25, 2012

When you turn on your tap, you probably don’t give a second thought to the quality of the water that comes out. North Americans can generally…

May 25, 2012

University of Toronto geochemist Barbara Sherwood Lollar is receiving the prestigious Eni Award for the Protection of the Environment, in recognition…

May 24, 2012

When historian Joan Simalchik arrived at the University of Toronto in 1976, she expected to focus on her master's studies and to get to know her…

May 23, 2012

In the fourth and final instalment of her series on diabetes and U of T research into the exploding global epidemic, writer Jenny Hall speaks to…

May 23, 2012

The Government of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) are investing $43 million in research and scholarship…