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Meric Gertler leaning on a desk in his office

Meet Our Next President

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

Wedding photo of Tanya Koivusalo in a strapless wedding gown and white veil, holding a bouquet, and Adam Nayman in a suit, posing against the trunk of a tree, their cheeks nuzzling

It Happened One Night

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

Headshot of Michael Walsh in black wire-rimmed glasses, a blue collared shirt and a blue-striped red tie

A Rare Find

A book collector for more than 40 years, Michael Walsh has acquired several thousand antiquarian volumes of western philosophy

Collage of two photos of George and Barbara Rooke: the left photo, in black and white, shows the couple on their wedding day; the right photo is a current one of them cutting a cake together

George and Barbara Rooke

For this Fonthill, Ontario, couple it was a match made in music. And almost 65 years later, they’re still in tune

Past Vic One students Maria Roman (left), Alexander Pytka (middle) and Christian Julien (right)

A Vision for Tomorrow

Victoria University, the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Tanz Centre recently launched their own campaigns

Supreme Court justices Michael Moldaver (BA 1968 UC, LLB 1971) and Andromache Karakatsanis (BA 1978 Vic)

Holding Court

Last fall, two U of T grads were appointed to the nation's highest court

More than 800 members of the U of T community filled Convocation Hall on Nov. 20, 2011, for the official public launch of the Campaign for the University of Toronto

Boundless!

U of T launches a historic $2 billion fundraising campaign

Photo Courtesy of Alexandra Borowik

Vaulting to Fame

Gymnast Alexandra Borowik was one of 12 Varsity Blues athletes inducted recently into the U of T Sports Hall of Fame

Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid, courtesy of Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto

Premier Painter

Governor General's Award-winner Shirley Wiitasalo says "I didn't choose painting, it chose me"

Sarah Wilson

Rooftop Gardener

Sarah Wilson was one of 177 graduating students to win a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award this year for extracurricular contributions

Sunny, external view of Robarts Library from the corner of Sussex Avenue and St. George Street

Claude Bissell on Campus

Claude Bissell’s final term as U of T president ended almost 40 years ago, but his remarkable contribution as a scholar, administrator and leader is recognized on the St. George Campus today, with buildings, portraits and other tributes honouring Bissell’s legacy

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Mumblecore

What kind of films are part of the "mumblecore" movement?

Photo courtesy of Luis Jacob

You Are What You Wear

In artist Luis Jacob's new exhibition, bodies are framed within the environment and surroundings are incorporated into bodies

Photo by Summer Harris

Skule Idol

Engineering science alumni reveal a talent for opera

Tomatoes

VB6

Converts say that VB6 can do wonders for you

Photo of a gospel choir

Redemption Songs

U of T's Gospel Choir gives the closing performance at the Toronto Jazz Festival

Photo of men on the beach with the aquabot

Aquabot

Engineering students build a robotic "submarine"

Book cover: the boy in the moon

The Boy in the Moon

Journalist Ian Brown offers a profoundly honest portrayal of life as a parent of a disabled child

Milestones

Eleven U of T alumni and faculty named to the Order of Canada

Image of a cigarette

Third-hand smoke

Toronto Star reported in January that the alarm is sounding over "third-hand smoke"

Powerful Women

U of T grads named to the Women's Executive Network's 100 most powerful women in Canada

Wii controller

Wii-hab

Jo-Anne Marcuz is using Nintendo’s Wii video game system to help kids in recovery