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Photo of Amr Helmy and Han Liu
August 20, 2019

Shine a regular flashlight at thick fog and you won’t see much more than a grey blur. Yet that reflected light still contains useful information –…

Photo of woman dancing during a protest march in Bogota
August 20, 2019

Grito in Spanish can mean “to cry.” For example, the cries of despair of María del Pilar Hurtado’s son in a video that circulated throughout the…

Photo of Elizabeth Bagshaw packing her medical bag
August 20, 2019

In September of 1901, 19-year-old Elizabeth Bagshaw came to the University of Toronto to register for studies in medicine. She had just arrived in the…

Group photo of conference attendees
August 19, 2019

Ibadism is a theological sect within Islam that stands alongside the more widely practiced Shi’a and Sunni traditions. But it isn’t nearly as well…

David Evans  at a dig site in Montana
August 19, 2019

When paleontologist David Evans and his team discovered a triceratops skull in the fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation, the Globe and Mail was right…

Portrait of Gwen Benaway
August 19, 2019

As the first in her family to attend college or university, Gwen Benaway struggled with feeling a sense of belonging in higher education. “I didn't…

Image of Lianne Tokey with her own social media filter designs applied
August 19, 2019

With millions of users for her Facebook frames and Instagram filter designs, University of Toronto alumna Lianne Tokey has earned her place…

August 16, 2019

“I’m bored” is a statement many parents dread hearing during the summer holidays. Should parents scramble to fill the unstructured time of summer…

Photo of Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute students
August 16, 2019

A virus hits Toronto just as the Raptors clinch the NBA championship and crowds pour into the streets.  For 11 high school students, this was…

Photo of Robert Gerlai
August 15, 2019

Robert Gerlai recalls attending, at the age of six, a Christmas party at his father’s law firm in Hungary. Someone poured champagne – a lot of it –…