River Rambler
Helen Mills explores Toronto’s past through its lost waterways
My Generation
Twixters take on 20-something stereotypes
A Meditative State of Mind
What are people really doing when they’re meditating?
Deep Sea Excitement
There is still no machinery for sea floor mining, but the technology exists
Museum of the Missing
An estimated 100,000 works of art have disappeared
The Agony of Ecstasy
Long-term study of the cognitive effects of regular ecstasy use
Spring Reunion Shakeup
Young alumni network at global Shaker
Al Jazeera’s Bridge-builder
Shereen El Feki is host of current affairs show, People and Power
Scene Stealer
Michelle Ong's jewelry plays a starring role
Top 40 Under 40
Alumni and faculty recognized in the annual top executives list by The Caldwell Partners
African Writer Honoured
Chinua Achebe, the "father of the modern African novel," receives honorary degree
Experiments with Violin
Faculty of Music graduate, Owen Pallett, composes new rules for classical music
At the Quinte Hotel
Bruce Alcock animates one of the most famous poems of Canadian poet Al Purdy
Awards of Excellence
U of T Alumni Association (UTAA) Awards of Excellence ceremony
Hong Kong Convocation
10th anniversary of the University of Toronto (Hong Kong) Foundation's scholarship program
Culinary Conquerors
Students compete in Sodexho challenge
Living off the Grid
Every day is Earth Day in the Ketchum’s custom-built sustainable home
Meet the President
Michael Deck takes the helm of the UTAA
On a Good Note
Composer James Rolfe wins $10,000 Ontario award
Sociology Alumni Unite
Sociology launches their Alumni Association at Spring Reunion
Dangerous Liaisons
Zoologist Maydianne Andrade makes an intriguing discovery about the bizarre mating habits of redback spiders
Yesterday’s News
A look back at 125 years of The Varsity
Waves of Support
U of T community responds to Hurricane Katrina, South Asia earthquake
Centres of Discovery
Three new facilities provide cutting-edge venues for biomedical research, public health and the arts
Arbor Awards
Annual awards recognize voluntarism at U of T
Before Night Falls
Two U of T staff members aim to raise awareness about Uganda's 19-year civil war
They Say They Want a Revolution
Internet organization assists young social activists
What Makes Us Happy?
Science offers surprising new answers
Feeling Good vs. Doing Good
The meaning of happiness has changed over time
Stranger Music
Two alumni push musical boundaries
Robert Pontisso
Lexicographer helped produce the first Canadian Oxford Dictionary
Anne Swift
Glamour magazine names student one of "10 college women who will change the world"
Robert Nichols
Exploring the political implications of disappearing Indigenous languages
Catherine Manoukian
Violinist debuted with Vancouver Symphony at age 12, and is now working on her fourth CD
Samuel Chow
Artist and activist tackles racism and homophobia
Swimming with Sharks
Marine biologist takes danger in stride
Proponents of Peace
The Dalai Lama awarded honorary degree at Convocation Hall
Awards of Excellence
Alumni Association honours faculty, staff and students
Green City, China
Architecture grad wins international design competition for mammoth project
Calling Senior Volunteers
Lots of short- and long-term assignments to choose from
Helping Hands
An astonishing 112,819 donors gave to the Campaign for the University of Toronto. Here, a few explain why they contributed so generously
Miller Rising
Mayor plans to work with U of T on the shared goal of revitalizing Toronto
Eco-Odyssey
Filmmaker Ron Mann chronicles Woody Harrelson's hemp-fuelled journey down U.S. West Coast
Class Structures
Students find space to work, socialize and dream in cutting-edge campus buildings
Class Structures: Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
A revolutionary approach to academic collaboration
Class Structures: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building
High-tech with harmony
Class Structures: U of T Scarborough Student Centre
Bright, open, accessible
Class Structures: Erindale Hall, UTM
Bringing the outside in
Class Structures: Bahen Centre for Information Technology
Attracting the best researchers
Class Structures: Morrison Pavilion
New study space fills up fast
The Family Business
Law grad Jean Teillet continues the fight of great-granduncle Louis Riel – in the courtroom
Paradise Regained
AGO curator embraces range of art, from popular to esoteric
Unearthing Past Glories
Archeologists find the "story behind the fact"
Honouring Matt Cohen
Park at Bloor and Spadina named for Toronto writer
Celebrating Past and Future
First women to perform in the UC Follies receive Chancellor's Medals
Bravo, Miss Brown!
With the help of a devoted tutor who acted as her eyes and ears, Mae Brown became Canada's first deaf-blind university graduate
Chew on This!
David Jenkins and Janet Polivy both explore the power of food. He probes its impact on the body, while she studies its connection to the mind
High Marks for Icing
An urban art assignment results in a outdoor rink on front campus
Eye in the Sky
Ophthalmologist James Oestreicher circles the globe to treat patients in a converted DC-10