Living off the Grid
Every day is Earth Day in the Ketchum’s custom-built sustainable home
People
Meet the President
Michael Deck takes the helm of the UTAA
On a Good Note
Composer James Rolfe wins $10,000 Ontario award
Sociology Alumni Unite
Sociology launches their Alumni Association at Spring Reunion
Just “Rosie”
How does Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella find time to be an author and pianist and a judge? "Every day is a gift," she says. "I do what I can to make the most of it"
Stem Cell Scientists Win Lasker Award
Researchers also honoured in mental health research and engineering
Seeds of Hope
Gift to U of T will help students make the most of their opportunity
Sweet Devotion
Dawn Wilkinson's first feature film wins Audience Award at the 2005 Reel World Film Festival
Wikipedia Wonderboy
Victoria College alum is a daily contributor to the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia
Arbor Awards
Annual awards recognize voluntarism at U of T
Law Grad Wins Emmy
David Shore honoured for medical drama House
U of T’s Black Alumni Association awards gala
And the Award Goes to…
Behind the Music
John Tuttle looks at each convocation performance as a mini-concert
Learning about Learning
The Institute of Child Study kicks off a fundraising campaign as it marks 80 years
A Divine Campaign
Gift will create the Margaret E. Fleck Chair in Anglican Studies
A Room of Her Own
Law faculty will name a room after Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella
Tales from the Crypt
Rod Gudino runs his horror empire from a former funeral home
All Violent on the Western Front
David Cronenberg's new film is a relatively "normal" story of man killing man
And the Honorary Degree Goes To…
Former United Church of Canada moderator among several who received award at spring convocation
Seeking the Divine
Toronto's poet laureate rediscovered poetry through prayer
Heart and Soul
$1-million gift in honour of bank chairman will support scholarships at Rotman
Journey of a Lifetime
Bequest will fund annual lecture at Joint Centre for Bioethics
The Case of the Generous Mystery Writer
Author donates her manuscripts to Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
It’s Never Too Late
76-year-old grad receives doctorate, establishes award in Italian Studies
The Spirit of Sacrifice
Award is granted annually to a female Innis student who contributes the most to the community
Around the World at 80 Years
Daphne Schiff earned her pilot's license in 1970 at the age of 46 and has flown in so many races that she's lost count
They Say They Want a Revolution
Internet organization assists young social activists
Alumni Named Women of Distinction
Honorees include champion of women's equality in the church
Everyone Is Interesting
Toronto author Sheila Heti finds literary inspiration all around her
Green Grass, Cleaner Harbour
Mayor David Miller shares his dreams for Toronto
Life Before Shakespeare
Records of Early English Drama marks milestone at U of T
“My Beloved Department”
Donation will support research, faculty and fellowships in plastic surgery
Spirit in the Sky
Innis grad founds First Nations theatre company
Libeskind Receives Honorary Degree
Authors Jack Granatstein and Kenneth Oppel among other recent award-winning grads
Jewison’s Legacy
Director's gift supports cinema studies students
A Researcher’s Rare Legacy
Family creates fellowship in honour of PhD student Eric Hani
Sound Thinking
Sam Sniderman's gift will preserve music for future generations
Requiem for the Brave
Soldiers' Tower Committee honours two alumni for their military service during the Second World War
Stranger Music
Two alumni push musical boundaries
Terrence Donnelly’s “Nobel Factory”
$8-million gift will create post-genomic research centre
From One Bar to Another
Bronfman scholarship assists students in need
Double the Money
Savvy investor leaves $1 million to U of T
Sex and the Single Guy
Actor David Julian Hirsh draws on his university experience to bring his TV character alive
Friends for Life
1920s grads found each other at Spring Reunion
Scenes from a War
Filmmaker finds Second World War footage at U of T Archives
Aga Khan Receives Honorary Degree
Mirvish family also awarded degrees at June convocation
Trivia Pursuit
Alum's book of Canadian factoids contains six tidbits about U of T
Young Achievers
They're smart, creative, successful and ambitious. Meet the next generation of Canadian leaders
Rahnuma Panthaky
Drama grad is the founder of two theatre companies
Judd Palmer
Puppeteer blurs the lines between adults' and children's theatre
Mark “Dashan” Rowswell
Performer makes his mark in China
Camilla Gibb
Author's writing both gut-wrenching and hilarious
Ray Hsu
Poet will soon publish his first full-length book
Jennifer Gould Keil
Journalist parlays her Russian adventures into a book
Robert Pontisso
Lexicographer helped produce the first Canadian Oxford Dictionary
Kayla Perrin
For the successful romance novelist, life isn't all pink chiffon and strong-jawed suitors
Colin McAdam
Author's first book is being credited with "reinvigorating" Canadian fiction
Darlene Lim
Researcher aims to determine whether lakes once existed on Mars
Vivek Rao
Surgeon buys patients critical time while they wait for a donor heart
Leah Steele
Medicine grad hopes her research will make mental health services more accessible to low-income earners