Two Profs Win Killam Prize
Lap-Chee Tsui and Ian Hacking each win $100,000 award
People
Pulp and Paper Just Got Stronger
New research chair created in pulp and paper engineering
Bequest Supports Medical Research
$2-million endowment will fund Banbury Chair in Medical Research
Making Law Accessible
Barrier-free classroom opens at U of T law school
Shall We Dance?
U of T Ballroom Dance Club celebrates 20 years
Medicine Men
Two U of T alumni work their magic to keep Toronto’s Jays and Raptors running
Ydessa Hendeles Wins GG-Award
Awards of Excellence honour members of U of T community
Good Works
Gordon Cressy Leadership Awards celebrate 136 remarkable students
A Champion of Alumni
Former alumni affairs director Bert Pinnington set up first planned giving program
A Feast of Thought
These 20 thinkers brought their stunning intellect to U of T's table and enlivened the world of ideas
Curing Injustice
Brilliant and determined, three U of T trailblazers challenged the prejudices of their day and changed the profession of medicine
Testimony to Tragedy
Countless U of T alumni were touched by the September 11 terrorist attacks. Here are just some of their stories
U of T Forestry: Top of the Class
School was first of its kind in Canada when it opened in 1907, and it continues to lead in the development of new programs
Dramatic Findings
Theatre historians are gathering new information about early British entertainment
The Tenor Returns
Renowned singer Ben Heppner teaches a master class at U of T
Life’s Unsolvable Problems
An anonymous donor has created a math scholarship to honour U of T student Nicholas Martin, who passed away earlier this year
A Guarantee for Grad Students
U of T becomes the first Canadian university to offer guarantees of financial support to doctoral students
The Melody Lingers On
Jazz scholarship will assist a first-year student in the Faculty of Music
A Tale of Two Cities
New York resident Laura Chunosoff made a donation to U of T in honour of her lifelong friend in Toronto
Profs Win GG Awards
Thomas Homer-Dixon nabs non-fiction prize, George Elliott Clarke picks up poetry award
Making History
Dominion Institute aims to inform Canadians about their own history
Daniel Brooks Picks Up $100,000 Theatre Prize
In other awards, prof Robin Armstrong receives honorary degree
The Beat Goes On
A West African drumming class inspired Kathy Armstrong to make a career out of it
And the Winner Is…
1941 grad finally receives award she won more than 60 years earlier
Blues Oldies and Goodies
86 players named to U of T football's "all-century" team
Forestry Grad Among Arbor Winners
Monte Hummel, president of World Wildlife Fund Canada, was one of 92 Arbor Award nominees
A Down-to-Earth Geographer
Biography chronicles Donald Fulton Putnam's 40-year association with U of T
Bronfman Chair Named
Emanuel Adler will be inaugural holder of Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair in Israeli Studies
East Meets West
Gift will fund scholarship for students from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Profs Nab Major Academic Awards
Kalow wins Killam Prize, Mitrovica picks up McLean Award
And Then There Was None
A silver chalice honours 18 men of the 67 Battery who died during the First World War
Aggressive Humanitarianism
Grads provide medical services in some of the world's most violent regions with Doctors Without Borders
A Geodetic Monument
Sculpture celebrates U of T grad who helped develop the theory of plate tectonics
Institute of Child Study Marks 75th
600 alumni of the lab school gather to mark an historic occasion
Mentoring a Part of Social Work
Program brings back master of social work alumni to help new grads develop job search strategies and make contacts
Good Medicine
Alumni have been the life blood behind Doctors Without Borders
Young Offenders
Admit it. You find impressive young people irritating. Prepare to be bugged. Here is the University of Toronto Magazine's first-ever list of alumni 40 and under who are taking the world by storm
The Sorcerer
Since leaving tax law, David Ben has become one of the world's greatest sleight-of-hand artists
Music Mavens
Measha Brueggergosman, Russell Braun, Amber Meredith, James Rolfe, Patricia O'Callaghan and Adam Goddard
Big on Business
Paul Giannaris, Dionne England, Eira Thomas, Natalie Townsend and Leonard Asper
Drama Queens
Krista Sutton, Jean Yoon, Kim Gaynor, Elvira Kurt and Kate Taylor
Media Stars
Avi Lewis, Nora Young and Ruby Bhatia
Mad About Science and Math
Rachel Tyndale, Vincent Tropepe, Deborah Fels, Shaf Keshavjee, Ed Doolittle, Akiko Iwasaki
In Their Own Write
Kenneth Oppel, Andrew Pyper, Lynn Crosbie, Cristina Kuok, David Layton and Tim Long
The Tangled Web
Hal Niedzviecki, Eva Lau, Elliot Noss, Tara Ariano and Bobby John
Good Eggs
Maliha Chishti, Bhante Saranapala, Jim O'Mara, Lesra Martin, Bindu Dhaliwal and Duff Conacher
Grand Designs
Banu Khurana, Andrew Jones and Sywa Sung
Star Students
Tilo Kunath, Naana Jumah and Sheila Heti
Sweet Tooth
Dentist Ken Montague eschews the factory-method of treatment, and runs a photography gallery in his spare time
Birgeneau Elected to Royal Society
Former president Robert Prichard named president of Torstar, and three profs pick up Killam Fellowships
Keeping Canada on the Radar Screen
New chairs established at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
All in the Family
Three generations of women work or study at U of T
Malcolm McGrath Retires
Assistant engineering dean helped start U of T Day and established the Leaving Class Pledge
Michael Morgan Named Moss Scholar
UTAA honours students, staff and faculty with Awards of Excellence
Brave New Worlds
In the fresh vocabulary for teaching the humanities, the old must mix with the new
Keren Rice
Rice's research has led to mapping out Dene grammar, a learned book on Athapaskan verbs and a training program for native teachers in Dene languages
George Elliott Clarke
Our expanded view of literature
Derek Penslar
"Look at the Jewish history books on my shelves written in the prewar period. Tremendous erudition, but encased in a mythological framework so thick that it severely limits their usefulness"
Ana Teresa Pérez-Leroux
Pérez-Leroux wants to break down prejudices about bilingualism. She notes that some immigrants, sadly, do not pass their native language on to their children
There Are No Small Potatoes
To New Yorker scribe Malcolm Gladwell, little things make a huge difference. Right now, he has his eye on his next big idea – french fries