About Face
A popular social networking website is changing how students interact
Research & Ideas
Donating BCE Shares Yields Tax Benefit
U of T and donor benefit from donated shares
Oceans on Mars
Ridges on the red planet might have been shorelines
A Bad Wrap
Food packaging is a potential source of chemicals in the bloodstream
A Million Dollars, Baby
Computer science team vies for Netflix prize
How to Feel Rich Quick
Currencies with a high face value such as the Japanese yen make people feel wealthier
What You Eat Says about You
People who eat "good" foods are perceived as more trustworthy, study finds
The Complete Cowboy Junkies
Media Commons collection spans 20 years of Canadian band’s history
Cause Celeb
Do Hollywood stars change the public's perception of issues?
Can a Brain Change?
Dr. Norman Doidge argues that the brain is far more malleable than previously thought
Under the Toronto Sun
U of T teams with ARISE and Portlands Energy Centre to design the city's first solar power research facility
Cancer Killer
Implant infused with drugs can treat ovarian cancer, minus the chemo side effects
Braking News!
New kind of tail lights could reduce vehicle accidents
The Problem of Pain
A pioneering Toronto clinic takes a new approach to a baffling medical problem
Leading the Green Revolution
Forestry scientists are at the forefront of environmental research
King of Infinite Space
Donald Coxeter, who taught geometry at U of T for more than 60 years, is the subject of a new book
A Meditative State of Mind
What are people really doing when they’re meditating?
One Latte with Dopamine Blocker, Please
Study could lead to new treatment options for people with addictions
One Person, Half a Vote?
Ontario, Alberta and B.C. being shortchanged in Parliament, study finds
Digital Nip/Tuck
Software simulates plastic surgery
The Memory Keeper
Mingjin Lu is finding connections between early Chinese and Western thought
Bottoms Up
A social history of booze
Show of Faith
U of T's ecclesiastic alphabet once began and ended with "A" for Anglican, but now embraces everyone from Ahmadis to Zenists
Religion Versus the Charter
Canada's commitment to multiculturalism is being tested in new and unexpected ways
Trash Talk
Can new technology make Toronto's garbage problem disappear?
Remembrance of Things Past
Margaret MacMillan examines a week that changed the world
To Catch a (Bike) Thief
"Bike bait" program uses GPS technology to track stolen property
Fresh Obsessed
U of T to bring local farmers' produce to campus
Poplar Science
An international team has decoded the genetic sequence of a tree
Enemies of the State
In her book Villa Bel-Air, Rosemary Sullivan asks why totalitarian regimes are so afraid of art
Flash Physics
Prof's online animations help students prepare for experiments
The Vegan Advantage
Vegetable diet a healthy choice for Type 2 diabetics, study finds
Last Neanderthals on Earth
Adjunct professor Clive Finlayson found that Neanderthals survived thousands of years longer than previously believed - in Gorham's Cave in Gibralter
School Ties
Research by child development professor Carl Corter shows that providing daycare at elementary schools benefits children, parents and teachers
Deep Sea Excitement
There is still no machinery for sea floor mining, but the technology exists
Museum of the Missing
An estimated 100,000 works of art have disappeared
OMG I Luv IM
Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds
Drug Provides Key to Halting Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice
Researchers discover new breakthrough in fighting Alzheimer’s disease
The Agony of Ecstasy
Long-term study of the cognitive effects of regular ecstasy use
The Nature of Things
Robert Bateman, 76, talks about wildlife art, conservation and the joys of painting predators
Seven Days on the Amazon
A journey into one of the world's most mysterious - and endangered - natural realms
Life Ever After
Years of university – then what? As John Fraser discovered, first jobs can lead in unexpected directions
HIV on the Rise in Ontario
U of T study finds rate of increase in HIV diagnoses highest among heterosexuals
Freedom to Surf
The Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre takes on growing worldwide Internet censorship and surveillance
What Prejudice Does
Belonging to a stigmatized group reduces the self-control students use regulate to their behaviour
Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
Decoding the meaning of physical gestures and things
Rooms with a Breeze
A compact cottage experience
Early Warning
"Flake Awake" takes first prize in the Idea Competition sponsored by the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bringing CanCon to the World
Law professor Michael Geist is making the case for a Canadian digital library
How Much Are Drugs Worth?
A fledgling medical science attempts an answer
School of Jazz
For U of T Music students, it's all about the passion and the desire to play
A Twist of Fate
Raymond Reilly was looking for a better way to diagnose breast cancer. Instead, he discovered a new way to treat it
Pinpoint Delivery
Professor Christine Allen uses nanotechnology to ensure cancer-fighting drugs get where they need to go
Outdoor Sweatshops
U of T geography professor Ken MacDonald is challenging unfair labour practices on the slopes of the Karakoram Mountains
Dinosaur’s “Duck Bill” Not Linked to Sense of Smell
PhD student reconstructs the brain and nasal cavity of the lambeosaur
The Politics of Suspicion
Ideas-oriented periodical explores the politics of suspicion in a post-9/11 world
Rinse May Identify Risk of Gum Disease
New oral rinse developed by Professor Michael Glogauer at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry
Heavenly Dance
"Gravitas: Portraits of a Universe in Motion."
Placental Problems Linked to Heart Disease
U of T study led by Dr. Joel Ray of the department of medicine
Ghost Worlds
The search for other Earths