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Faces of ’14: After First Year

What six first-year students have to say about their experiences at U of T so far Read More

Photo of a person sitting on wood stairs behind a laptop.

The Long Goodbye

ROSI, the aging online student service, is being replaced over the next several years with a friendlier, more flexible system Read More

How Big is Ford Country?

Rob Ford garnered more support downtown in last fall's Toronto election than initially thought, analysis shows Read More

Quidditch Craze

Harry Potter's favourite sport is sweeping Canadian campuses Read More

Ilya Sutskever in a black jacket and blue jeans standing beside a statue of a reclining robed figure inside a museum.

A Neural Network for a New Millennium

Canada’s first Google fellow, Ilya Sutskever, is making breakthroughs in computer science Read More

These Boots Are Made for Walking

Jennifer Hsu is studying how people walk in icy conditions in the hope of designing “smarter” footwear Read More

Quantum Physics: The Dance

U of T grad student Krister Shalm cut the rug to explain his thesis in the "Dance Your PhD" contest Read More

Members of U of T’s Formula SAE team are involved in every aspect of building a race car, from initial design through manufacturing, prototyping, physical testing and development

Start Your Engines!

Building your own formula race car? At university? How cool is that! Read More

Faces of ’14: Frosh Week Approaches

They're smart, globally aware, tech savvy -- and still a little nervous about starting at U of T Read More

Maryan Issa (left) and Malik Paris learn about intubation from surgical resident Emily Partridge

A Month in Medicine

Mentorship offers high schoolers a close-up look at a career in health Read More

Tasty, Affordable – and Sustainable

Hot Yam serves up the greenest lunch on campus Read More

Unplugged

Residence program seeks to change how students think about energy use and conservation Read More

Nature Study

Every year, Arthur Weis welcomes more than 500 undergrads to Koffler Scientific Reserve Read More

Singers and dancers from the Etobicoke School of the Arts entertain young patients at the Hospital for Sick Children with a lively and colourful rendition of “Oh the Thinks You Can Think”

Seuss Power!

Student group recruits talented young musicians to perform for children in hospitals Read More

Urban Living

Architecture grads imagine new forms of city housing Read More

The Accidental CEO

Computer engineering student Vincent Cheung's photo software has become an Internet hit Read More

Books Outbound

A new campus group wants to send leftover books from college book sales to schools that could use them Read More

Fashionista

How did first-year student (and former tomboy) Anna Cunningham end up writing a fashion column online? Read More

A Toronto protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament drew about 5,000 people to Dundas Square. A Facebook group protesting the same thing claims more than 200,000 members.

On “Slacktive” Duty

Are Internet protests as effective as real-world ones? Read More

Boosting Your Cultural IQ

U of T programs help immigrants such as Norma Mendez re-establish their careers in Canada Read More

Messenger of Peace

Student journalist Jasmeet Sidhu is named one of Glamour's Top 10 College Women Read More

U of T’s Varsity Blues women’s hockey team

Double Threat

Two new hockey recruits use their "twin telepathy" on the ice Read More

Caffiends is non-profit and run by students, its goals are different from those of the big coffee chains. “The whole idea at the café is that it’s not a business - we sell everything at almost wholesale prices,” says co-manager Emily Gilbert.

Ditching the Paper Cup

As Toronto considers a ban on take-away cups, a Victoria College café is forging ahead on its own Read More

Secular Hecklers

Protesting the world’s blasphemy laws Read More

Sandro Gianella recently spent a summer at U of T Berlin studying urban planning. For him and his fellow students, the city became a laboratory. “It wouldn’t make sense to go to Berlin and sit in a classroom all day,” he says

A World of Opportunity

Spending a term abroad used to be considered an expensive frill. Now many students see it as their key to a rewarding career Read More

Follow the Green Path

University of Toronto Scarborough program helps students from China adapt to a new culture Read More

Redemption Songs

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

Buddhism and the Brain

Foundation gives $1.8 million to innovative New College program Read More

Pole Star

Top-ranked pole vaulter Jason Wurster hits the European circuit Read More

LGBTQ Wants You!

U of T's LGBTQ alumni are building a stronger community Read More

U of T Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies

Gay Studies Branches Out

In a single decade, U of T’s Sexual Diversity Studies program has become one of the largest of its kind in North America Read More

Aboriginal studies professor Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux with Canadian Roots Exchange founders, David Berkal and Ronan MacParland.

Our Home and Native Land

Recently, students travelled across Ontario to learn about the province’s First Nations Read More

Shower Beers

And ice cream for breakfast: What you learn from living with strangers Read More

The Ties that Bind

Survey reveals that a large minority of students are caregivers Read More

Marathon Man

Runner Danny Kassap recovers from a near-death event, with a little help from his friends Read More

Etiquette 101

U of T’s Faculty Club serves up a helping of manners to alumni, students and staff. Read More

Female engineering students are more likely to choose environmental and biomedical disciplines because they believe advances in these fields have a direct impact on today’s pressing issues

Women Wanted

Engineering faculty hopes mentorship, new image will reverse slide in female enrolment Read More

In August, Joshua Sutherland cycled to native reserves in Western Canada to promote higher education

The Bicycle Messenger

Métis law student Joshua Sutherland has something to say to native youth Read More

Stay Awhile!

New rules let international students reside in Canada for longer after graduating Read More

Brain Gain

Many talented Canadian researchers are returning home from the U.S. And it's not for the maple syrup. Read More

The Streak Ends

U of T's football team snaps string of consecutive losses at 49 Read More

Lunchtime Express

Five years, and thousands of meals later, Victoria students are still delivering lunches to those in need Read More

The Jazz Singer

Commerce student Sophie Milman wins a Juno Read More

Headz over Heels for Hip Hop

Student club Hip Hop Headz is devoted to all aspects of hip hop culture Read More

Awarding Outstanding Native Students

Faculty named to the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario Read More

Checkmate!

The Hart House Chess Club makes some strategic moves at the Pan American tournament Read More

Omar Peters, in a white T-shirt, blue jeans, baseball cap and white sneakers, stands with an elbow resting on the shoulder of Prince Peprah, who is wearing a yellow T-shirt, black track pants and black sneakers. They are standing in front of a building with a panelled window and red-brown bricks.

The Schools We Want

U of T's Centre for Urban Schooling aims to help youths in disadvantaged neighbourhoods succeed Read More

Bird's eye view of Jordan Poppenk, wearing white headphones, lying on a grassy field with a portable radio next to his head

Green Radio

CIUT's environmental show advocates for change Read More

Speakers of the House

Two second-year students take home top debating prize Read More

Natural Selection

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada forms partnership with U of T Read More

153 Students Receive Cressy Awards

Eleanore Gann honoured for Darfur advocacy Read More

Going Back

Returning to university after 20 years can be scary and bewildering. But it can also be wonderfully enriching Read More

Supercommuter

Second-year student David Topping turns TTC stations into art Read More

Making Peace

Donation gives students of social change opportunity to work in Sri Lanka Read More

Field of Dreams

For international students, summer at U of T is about much more than learning English, especially during the World Cup Read More

Making Language Come Alive

U of T's English language program teaches 2,000 annually Read More

Shiny Happy People

Newmindspace duo bring community and fun to public spaces Read More

Will That Be a Master’s or a Doctorate?

Expanding graduate enrolment at U of T Read More

Careering Wildly

U of T's Career Centre helps students answer the question: "What now?" Read More

Exit Interview

What one student thought of U of T Read More