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Lingo: Hyperpalatable

Some foods are engineered to be so tasty they're difficult to resist, says nutritional scientist Venket Rao

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Game On!

Toronto's Pan Am Games will leave a golden legacy for U of T, its athletes and the city.

Cisgender

Applies to someone who is not transgender, and is often used to signal awareness of gender politics

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Seoulmates

Exploring a new country linked video bloggers Simon and Martina Stawski to each other… and to the world

The Power of Three

The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research brings together three of Canada’s leading centres for cardiac care and research

U of T’s women’s volleyball team hits the court at the new Goldring Centre

Flying High!

Students, staff and faculty take sneak peak at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport

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Biochar

Agriculture scientists have become interested in this potential environmental champion

Incredible Impacts

Incredible Impact

U of T’s ambitions to address a range of global needs and issues come to fruition – thanks to four generous gifts

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Fair and Impartial

After more than 50 years at the University of Toronto, Joan E. Foley is well positioned to see the big picture – which is exactly what you want in an Ombudsperson

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OISE’s New Direction

Education faculty to more than double the size of its graduate programs in teacher education, eliminate BEd by 2015

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“Innis Was My Oasis”

Mark Weisdorf took no classes at Innis, but the college's Town Hall became the heart of his U of T community

Honest Lying

Brain dysfunction can cause us to make false statements that we believe to be true

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Boundless Promise

A long family history at the university encouraged this couple to create a new scholarship

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Spreading Smiles

Johanna Schaeffer and Harold Isaacs brighten many lives through their volunteer work

Pink Ribbon represents Run for the Cure

Pink Is for Hope

More than 17,000 supported CIBC's Run for the Cure, held at U of T in October

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A Great Cause

David Naylor talks about the past eight years and his plans for the future

Group photo of the Hart House Jazz Choir, better known as Onoscatopoeia.

Onoscatopoeia

Hart House’s choir members only use one instrument: their voices

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International Love Affair

For Francesca Valente, an Italian cultural mediator, and Branko Gorjup, a Croatian scholar of Canadian literature, shared passions have resulted in a truly international love affair

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Meet Our Next President

World-renowned urban expert Meric Gertler will succeed David Naylor and serve as U of T’s 16th president

Tanya Koivusalo and Adam Nayman

It Happened One Night

For Tanya Koivusalo and Adam Nayman, it was a “blockbuster” beginning for a slow and steady romance