Escaping Gridlock
What’s the solution to Toronto’s traffic problems?
Perfect Harmony
A new U of T research centre will investigate the curative power of music
How Music Gets Inside
At its simplest, music is just sound. And sound is just vibration. So how does it get inside us, and influence us?
Revolutionary Road
Forty years ago, an intrepid group of professors and students sparked progress for women across U of T
In This Issue
The Joe College-Betty Coed Consciousness-Raising Blues
Myrna Kostash reflects upon the new women's studies course at the University of Toronto in a 1972 Miss Chatelaine article
Feminist Revolution at U of T
Milestones over more than a century
Serendipitous Circumstances
The Toronto region is a great home for a global university
Facing an Emergency?
Traumatologist Dr. Homer Tien advises that you don’t waffle
In Pursuit of Justice
Two U of T students recommend reparations for victims of child soldiers in Uganda
Exploring Narrative Expression
Prof. Catherine Heard recently instructed each of the 17 students in her class to create a graphic novelette
Unlimited Potential
U of T Mississauga campaign targets pressing societal challenges
A Vision for Tomorrow
Victoria University, the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Tanz Centre recently launched their own campaigns
A Spark of Genius
U of T engineers use playing cards to replicate a Paris landmark
Popular Scientist
Eugenia Duodu wins award for her research into targeting cancerous cells, and for teaching kids science
The Mobile Scholar
As students and faculty snap up smartphones, U of T aims to make Wi-Fi fast and ubiquitous
Intelligent Fellows
Mellon Foundation grant will bring leading post-doctoral scholars to U of T’s Jackman Humanities Institute
A Woman’s Place
Dorothy Shekter was often told she didn't belong at university. But she persevered -- and did some amazing things as a social worker
An Artist’s Legacy
Doris McCarthy’s life’s work finds a permanent home at U of T Scarborough
Going the Extra Mile
Graduating engineering students raise thousands for their faculty
Engineering a Cure
Undergraduate students design their own experiments to address important medical questions
A Cut Above
U of T researchers have devised a way to refurbish donor lungs before they’re transplanted
Debugging
A forestry prof believes a local parasite could help protect Ontario’s ash trees from a deadly invader
Words, by the Numbers
What can a computer reveal about a work of fiction? Plenty, it seems
The $100 Artificial Leg
The simple, inexpensive device matches the function of far more costly technology
Faster, Higher, Stronger
You don’t need an Olympic training regimen to get healthy through exercise
Labour Days
Chinese propaganda posters from the 1960s celebrate work as an act of nation-building
Computer Says No
The challenge to improve online dating
Clear and Present Danger
ABC correspondent Muhammad Lila reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan
Urban Farmer
Ran Goel is leading an agricultural revolution
Parenting 101
In Katrina Onstad’s new novel, a couple gets a crash course in raising a child
From Stage to Screen
Measha Brueggergosman hits gold with a new album, a TV show and an opera
Mehreen and Arsalan Rashid
The heart wants what the heart wants, but Mehreen and Arsalan offer a lesson in the virtues of patience
Peaceful Pursuits
Jothi Shanmugam is devoted to bringing together communities for change
Forest Warrior
Charlotte Gill reminisces about life as a professional tree planter
60 Seconds with Murray Foster
A Cocksure Lad
Medical Pioneer
Dr. Vera Peters saved lives with her treatments for breast cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma