Skule Idol
Engineering science alumni reveal a talent for opera
People
Wendy Cecil Wins Volunteer Award
Other accolades: Rotmans named outstanding philanthropists and two honorary degrees awarded
The Media’s Fault?
Tiger Woods doesn't think personal sins should require public confessions. Media ethics prof and U of T alum Tom Cooper half agrees
The Dragon and the Stars
Writer Tony Pi draws on his Chinese heritage to create a magical alternate history
A Canadian Doctor in Chicago
Educated at U of T, Dr. Martha Gulati sings the praises of universal health coverage to a sometimes skeptical audience
The Imagined City
In her new book, writer Sarah Elton aims to put Toronto on the literary map next to New York, Dublin and Paris
Mining Innovations
Entrepreneur Pierre Lassonde and Goldcorp help fund a new mining centre
Star Turn
Wendy Freedman earns major cosmology prize for her research into the Hubble constant
Alumni Connection
UTAA president Carl Mitchell wants to get to know you better
Stories from the Intensive Care Unit
Tilda Shalof's books unmask the high-pressure world of nursing
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
Giller Prize winning book adapted for TV series
Ed and Florence Gross
"Our main advice is: marry young and don’t die."
The Political Circus
Gabe Thirlwell gives new meaning to the term "puppet regime"
60 Seconds with Robert Herjavec
Advice from the Dragon's Den judge: don't be cutthroat, but don't be a pushover, either.
Atom Egoyan Establishes Innis Scholarship
U of T Arbor Awards recognize volunteers for their outstanding personal service to the university
Urban Jungle
Photojournalist Brent Lewin captures the plight of Thailand's city elephants
Harley Pasternak Inc.
The Hollywood fitness guru and former U of T grad student turns his marketing game up a notch
Spy Games
Actor Nazneen Contractor enters 24's world of espionage
The Boy in the Moon
Journalist Ian Brown offers a profoundly honest portrayal of life as a parent of a disabled child
Meet Your New Alumni Governors
William Crothers and John Switzer join U of T's senior governing body
Architecture’s New Frontier
U of T architecture grads submit designs for Inner Mongolian cultural district
60 Seconds with Hal Niedzviecki
"The more we entertain ourselves by looking at other people's lives, the less we connect to them as human beings"
Milestones
Eleven U of T alumni and faculty named to the Order of Canada
Melanie Moore and Brad Tapson
"Sometimes Brad plays his guitar, I play the piano and we sing together. I swear, we’ll wind up being the von Trapp family someday."
That’s One Way to Chop Lettuce…
Astrophysics-and-math grad Aidan Koper's latest stunt dazzles Ellen audience
T is for Trans
It’s time to cast off dated notions about masculinity, femininity and "opposite" sexes
Reaching Higher
The Gordon Cressy Awards recognize new graduates who have made outstanding contributions to U of T. For these past winners, helping others has become a way of life
Kieran Hayward
"My dream is to be one of the inspired citizens who shape Toronto for the better"
Helen Tewolde
"My deepest ambition is to focus on learning and practising leadership in new and challenging contexts"
Breese Davies
"The privilege of living and working in Canada comes with the duty to protect the fundamental rights of the most vulnerable."
Preena Chauhan
"I can always do more for others"
Aly-Khan Rajani
"One wishes for a day when people everywhere can live with dignity"
Gurjit Sangha
"Leadership isn’t just about having vision – it’s about having the right people work with you, because you can’t do it alone"
Matthew Cimone
"It is amazing to me the encouragement we get from those we are ostensibly trying to help"
Stephen Tracy
"I believe we should each apply our own unique skills for the betterment of humanity"
Steve Dennis
"My goal isn’t to end global conflict, but to end the suffering of people who live in places where conflict takes away their basic human rights"
Dr. Andrew Pinto
"Life outside the classroom is vital to one’s education"
Melissa Kluger
"The award motivated me to dream up new ideas and take risks"
Dr. Rahim Hirji
"I dream of writing a book on leadership and self-improvement, and traveling the world as a motivational speaker"
Dr. Geoff Ibbotson
"This is what leadership means to me – serving people"
Michael Goldberg
"I would love to contribute to the cure for cancer"
Mark Slade
"The global financial crisis is forcing everybody to think differently about business"
Best of the Blues
U of T’s Sports Hall of Fame names its 2009 inductees
In Memoriam: Warren Goldring
Mutual-fund guru Warren Goldring was an outstanding volunteer and caring philanthropist at U of T
Food for Thought
Nick Saul serves up healthy meals and civic engagement at The Stop
Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Economist Jeff Rubin's new book contemplates life after the Oil Age
60 Seconds with Victoria Banks
The Nashville songwriter has released her first CD
Five Grads Named to Top 40 Under 40
Jewison and Cronenberg receive film honours, and Kelly Nelson Doran wins Canada Council for the Arts’ Prix de Rome in Architecture
Ronda Wabie and Greg Evans
A second meeting at the Victoria College pub brought two students eye to eye
Master of Medieval Combat
David Cvet teaches U of T students the finer points of grappling and single-hand sword work
River Rambler
Helen Mills explores Toronto’s past through its lost waterways
Screen Saver
Film savvy helped Brett Hendrie land one of Hot Docs’ top jobs
The World’s First ICBBM
That's Intercontinental Beer-Burning Ballistic Missile
Fungi Magic
Director Ron Mann pays homage to an unusual obsession
The Finance Crisis and Rescue
What Went Wrong? Why? What Lessons Can Be Learned?
Ben and Larissa Bathgate
A big blue bird brought the law and drama students together
60 Seconds With Alison Jutzi
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Powerful Women
U of T grads named to the Women's Executive Network's 100 most powerful women in Canada
The Dalla Lanas Make Their Mark
$20-million gift to the U of T will help refurbish Canada's role as an innovator in public health
The City That Never Was
In Unbuilt Toronto, Mark Osbaldeston explores an alternate civic destiny