Heard It Through the AI
Ilya Sutskever is building artificial intelligence that’s mastering a new skill – language
Ilya Sutskever is building artificial intelligence that’s mastering a new skill – language
By Alec Scott
Eileen de Villa targets opioids and homelessness as Toronto’s new medical officer of health
By Alec Scott
The former chancellor is remembered for her wit and warmth
By Alec Scott
U of T alumna Margaret Russocki was a leading modernist architect in Toronto – and one of the few women in her field
By Alec Scott
Heather Johnston helps combat AIDS in Malawi as president of Dignitas
By Alec Scott
Tarek Ibrahim wants to make personal flying machines a reality
By Alec Scott
Astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg not only researched the stars, but explained them in a heavenly manner to students and the public
By Alec Scott
Recent cases in international law suggest the idea is gaining momentum
By Alec Scott
Fred and Norah Urquhart's lifelong quest for the hidden kingdom of the Monarch butterfly
By Alec Scott
Erin Bardua and Maureen Batt founded an opera company that’s not highbrow or high-cost, but simply fun
By Alec Scott
From the moment she arrived in Canada, Katerina Atanassova was drawn to the Group of Seven
By Alec Scott
Ted Kotcheff made almost 20 movies during his career - but it was a pair of small films that really got critics to take notice
By Alec Scott
A network of Syrian expats is bringing youth abroad to study in safety
By Alec Scott
How many new dinosaur species can one person help find? Professor David Evans is up to eight
By Alec Scott
Research finds that pop music is getting more melancholy – a sign, perhaps, of the times?
By Alec Scott
U of T’s Northrop Frye conceded that other scholars were “infinitely more accurate” than he. But he claimed to have something they lacked – genius
By Alec Scott
Moncton’s annual Frye Festival attracts thousands, including many distinguished authors
By Alec Scott
“Computers” have assisted humans through history
By Alec Scott
Fifty years after the publication of his most famous works, we’re still making sense of all Marshall McLuhan had to say
By Alec Scott
$1.8-million campaign will revitalize U of T’s culture and technology program and build on McLuhan’s legacy
By Alec Scott
In her literary debut, lawyer Emma Ruby-Sachs wonders about the personal costs of activism
By Alec Scott
Justin Rutledge talks about the art of writing lyrics, working with Michael Ondaatje and surviving cat attacks
By Alec Scott
Joy Fielding explores a tangled mother-daughter relationship in her new book, Now You See Her
By Alec Scott
Brave, dashing and touched by the spirit of adventure, Douglas McCurdy became the first person to fly an airplane out of sight of land
By Alec Scott
A U of T engineering student has become the first ever to fly a human-powered “ornithopter”
By Alec Scott
Shelley Saywell explores so-called “honour killings” in her new film
By Alec Scott
In her new book, author Marni Jackson searches for the right level of involvement in her adult son's life
By Alec Scott
Professor Natalie Zemon Davis gives new life to history’s outsiders
By Alec Scott
Westerners who reject mainstream culture as “inauthentic” may, in fact, be status seekers, says Andrew Potter
By Alec Scott
Dionne Brand releases her new collection, Ossuaries, while serving as Toronto’s poet laureate
By Alec Scott
Economist Jeff Rubin's new book contemplates life after the Oil Age
By Alec Scott
While everyone else was tearing down historical buildings and throwing up mega-developments, architect Joan Burt spoke up for preservation
By Alec Scott
Celebrated American academic Richard Florida heads up the new Martin Prosperity Institute at U of T
By Alec Scott
U of T grads John Kenneth Macalister and Frank Pickersgill trained as spies during the Second World War. An unlucky break brought their lives to a tragic end
By Alec Scott
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