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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

Lisa Ng

“Urban Girl” Guide

Through her blog, Lisa Ng inspires women to go on road trips, attend rock concerts and scale volcanoes, among other things

Hamlet 2.0

Writer Ryan North raised more than half-a-million dollars through social media to publish his Shakespeare-adventure book

Family History Sleuth

As a genealogical researcher, Kristina Bedford’s work runs the gamut from interpreting 11th-century documents to locating family gravestones

U of T landscape architecture students Gregory Bunker, Jessica Wagner and Daniel Garcia Marquez hold their winning design

Design on the Fly

A team of U of T students have won a 24-hour challenge to redesign the front entrance of Toronto's central Y

Rebecca Niles

Interface Architect

Rebecca Niles turned an opportunity that came up during her thesis into a full-time job at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Donald Sutherland, Lorne Michaels and Norman Jewison

Star Power

Hart House's notable theatre, film and television personalities

Abdel-Khalig Ali. Photo by Mark Balson

Secrets of Arabic

Award-winning professor Abdel-Khalig Ali shares the rewards and challenges of teaching Arabic

Students of ONE program. Photo by Nadia Molinari

Hands-on Learning

New College’s ONE program gets students into small classes – and out of the lecture hall

Lindsay Zier-Vogel. Photo by Mark Balson

She Loves You

Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s eight-year quest to make strangers’ days a little better – through the magic of love letters

Holocaust Heroine

Julija Šukys captures the life of a Lithuanian woman who aided the ghetto resistance

Randy Pepper with his sister Leanne at the 2009 Oxfam Canada Trailwalker. Photography by MaryAnn Jansen

Power Walker

How lawyer Randy Pepper discovered that walking 100 km in 48 hours is a powerful way to raise funds.

Madeleine Bisson

Spontaneous Success

Learning to stay in the moment gave Madeleine Bisson the key to great improv acting - and to her first film role.

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

Khaiam Dan, Seniha Yildiz and Abier El Barbary were among the first to enrol in the Muslim Studies Program at Emmanuel College

Leap of Faith

New degree program designed to promote understanding between Christians and Muslims

Lifelong Learner

Jessie Current believed in the value of education, and created scholarships so others could follow their academic dreams

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

Hunting for Gold

Victoria Nolan is dubbed “The Metronome” for her ability to row perfectly in synch with her teammates

Bullseye!

Crispin Duenas will represent Canada in archery at the London Olympics

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

Photo by Nicolle Wahl

Popular Scientist

Eugenia Duodu wins award for her research into targeting cancerous cells, and for teaching kids science

Courtesy of Lorie Shekter-Wolfson

A Woman’s Place

Dorothy Shekter was often told she didn't belong at university. But she persevered -- and did some amazing things as a social worker

Mengqi Wang and Rozita Abdoli examine cervical cancer cells at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

Engineering a Cure

Undergraduate students design their own experiments to address important medical questions