Can We Solve the Mystery of Consciousness?
For almost 150 years, we’ve struggled to explain conscious experience. One U of T philosopher thinks an answer may be within reach Read More
How Does Alzheimer’s Begin?
We can detect Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear. Now, researchers are racing to understand what sets the disease in motion
Big Questions
We Asked 100 Students What They Hope Humanity Will Solve in Their Lifetime
The most popular answer was defeating disease – but their ideas ranged from the practical to the profound Read More
New Clues to How Life on Earth Began
Scientists are closing in on an answer to one of humanity’s oldest questions Read More
Sleep
Sleep Is Essential. So Why Do We Need So Little?
The answer may help explain how humans came to thrive Read More
People
Why This English Professor Stepped into the Wrestling Ring
For Daniel Scott Tysdal, the experience opened up a new way to think about storytelling – and teaching Read More
The Women’s Health Stories That Never Get Told
After years of having her own symptoms dismissed, Sarah Hime turned the experience into a film – and the start of a new creative direction Read More
Arts and Culture
The Studio That Helped Reinvent Music
Long before synthesizers went mainstream, musicians at U of T were creating sounds that challenged the idea of what music could be Read More
Three Indigenous Artists Who are Challenging the Way We See
A closer look at works from U of T’s growing collection of contemporary Indigenous art – and the ideas they bring into view Read More
New Gift Will Support Technology and Innovation in Music
An endowed chair will give future deans greater flexibility to invest in student learning, creative practice and emerging areas of music Read More
Ideas
Can a Test Really Tell Who’s Dangerous?
A U of T study questions the reliability of a psychological assessment that has been widely used in Canadian courtrooms Read More
Innovation
How a New Fund Could Help University Startups Grow
Many promising entrepreneurs stall before their companies succeed. Now, a U of T collaboration aims to help them overcome one of innovation’s biggest hurdles Read More
This Wearable Tech Turns Touch into a Language
A DeafBlind mountaineer will put the device to the test on Everest – but its potential reaches far beyond the mountain Read More
Campus
Three Commitments for U of T’s Next Chapter
Some challenges can’t wait for long-range planning. President Melanie Woodin outlines where U of T will focus its efforts now Read More
You Don’t Have to Leave Toronto to Study the Wild
UTM students waded through rivers and trekked through woodlands as they designed their own field studies Read More
When the World Cup Came to Convocation
For almost 150 years, we’ve struggled to explain conscious experience. One U of T philosopher thinks an answer may be within reach Read More
This Lab Starts with a Cold Plunge
Students put their own bodies to the test in a biology course designed to teach science by doing it Read More