The back half of an electric car, with its charging cable plugged into a large inflated Earth globe

Can Electric Vehicles Save the Planet?

Eliminating gas-powered cars and trucks may help avert a climate catastrophe. But they are only part of the solution

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Science

Black and white photo of astronomers Clarence Chant and Reynold Young kneeling and sitting, respectively, on the ground. Young is looking through the eyepiece of a long cylindrical-shaped camera positioned perpendicular to the ground and attached to a square tube covered with a cloth-like material. Chant is holding a black rectangular board underneath the tube.

The Einstein Camera

A century ago, a U of T astronomer led a small group of Canadians on a daring expedition to remote Australia. Their mission? To prove the Theory of General Relativity

Fourteen brass spherical resonators of increasing size from top to bottom, attached to the right side of a steel frame, which is attached to a rotating mirror on the left side. Rubber hoses are connected to several of the spheres.

Ode to Ingenuity

U of T’s collection of scientific artifacts shows how researchers pursued discovery – and sometimes made history

Artificial Intelligence

David Rokeby in glasses and a black T-shirt, standing in front of a screen, with multiple colours in various patterns projected on the screen

The Theatre of Tomorrow

A U of T lab is working with actors, writers and directors on how they could harness AI and other emerging technologies to generate new ideas and – just maybe – reinvent theatre

Society

U of T Mississauga professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah in a blue T-shirt and ripped jeans, sitting on a concrete boulder, behind which is a paved footpath with a short concrete wall and a grassy hill with trees on the other side

The High Road to Justice

Now that cannabis is legal, Canada owes a debt to the communities that paid a steep price during the war on drugs

Alumni

Outdoor photo of Cody Caetano in a white T-shirt under an off-white short-sleeved button-up shirt, revealing tattoos along his forearms. He is seated on a wooden bench with a flower bed.

Healing with Humour

Cody Caetano has written a painfully honest – and sometimes hilarious – memoir of growing up in a wayward family

Mental Health

Coloured graphite drawing of a woman asleep in bed under a green and yellow leaf-patterned blanket, next to a blue alarm clock and a blue-shaded lamp.

Improving Your Shuteye

Anthropologist and sleep expert David Samson offers five useful ideas for getting a better night’s rest

Campus

A bald man in a white lab coat stands mid frame. He's talking to someone next to him, but we can only see his purple lab gloves. To their left is a large blue container and a glass covering. There are three large oval shaped openings with black edges that allow researchers to get inside the container, presumably to do experiments

Accelerating Progress

A global consortium based at U of T has received the largest ever Canadian research grant, worth $200 million

Building engineer Gurtaj Bajwa is writing on a small notepad in a room with large white pipes running parallel to the walls and ceilings, housing the geothermal system at U of T Scarborough's Instruction Centre

Clean Machine

Geothermal systems like this one will help U of T Mississauga meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by mid-century

Artist rendering of a collaboration space in the Sam Ibrahim Building, with wooden tables joined together in a zigzag shape, and a screen hanging from the ceiling.

Scarborough Strong

A $25-million gift will establish a new centre for entrepreneurship at U of T Scarborough

Faculty

Professor Thy Phu, with thick blue-framed glasses and the front strands of her black hair dyed in red, stands with one hand on her hips and the other resting against a tall grey wooden fence. Behind and above her is a tree branch laden with leaves and white flowers.

Unseen Stories

The American perspective dominates our understanding of the Vietnam War. In her new book, Professor Thy Phu offers a glimpse from the other side

Campus

First-year student Reva Birla, in a black shirt, mauve hoodie and ripped blue jeans, is sitting on the side of her bed next to a large, black suitcase and looking out the window of her dorm room.

Living in Harmony

For Reva Birla, a cozy new home. For U of T Scarborough, a student residence that meets one of the most energy-efficient design standards in the world