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Lisa Strug
January 15, 2021

With 15 years of experience doing data-driven research in the field of genomics, the University of Toronto’s Lisa Strug is perfectly placed…

photo of a mailbox in a field
January 15, 2021

An empty mailbox is a sad sight. But for Stan Smurthwaite, that hasn’t been much of a problem lately.  The 95-year-old resident of Elmira,…

January 14, 2021

Download a transcript The pandemic has shone a light on the systemic and structural oppression of vulnerable populations, says the University of…

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January 14, 2021

When Malisa Zhou enrolled at the University of Toronto Mississauga this past fall, it was to study forensic science and anthropology. So she was…

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January 13, 2021

With games halted due to COVID-19, the women’s Varsity Blues basketball team has been practising mostly online since Thanksgiving – with interim…

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January 13, 2021

A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the year 2020 – unprecedented, unusual, challenging – but Christopher Yip, the dean of the…

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January 13, 2021

Researchers at the University of Toronto and Northwestern University are using machine learning to craft the best materials for different industrial…

A photo of the east side of First Avenue in Gimli, Manitoba
January 12, 2021

L.K. Bertram recalls growing up in Manitoba and realizing not everyone was raised eating “vínarterta” or believing in ghosts. But these…

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January 12, 2021

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s term draws to a close, many are wondering what the future holds for him and for the Republican Party in the wake of…

A bifacial perovskite/silicon tandem prototype
January 12, 2021

To increase the performance of solar panels, a team of researchers based in Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany and Canada has created a bifacial, or…

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January 11, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump no longer has access to the massive social media following that was a feature of his presidency after Twitter,…

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January 11, 2021

After a mob stunned the world last week by laying siege to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the University of Toronto’s John Scott-Railton…