Pathways’ Progress
A homework support program involving OISE students has more than doubled high school graduation rates in Regent Park
A homework support program involving OISE students has more than doubled high school graduation rates in Regent Park
UTM entrepreneurs win $2,500 for their eJuked app
Professor Allan Peterkin is the world’s leading facial-hair expert
A U of T project aims to bring better mental health to a country where most illnesses go untreated
Vote Compass helps citizens sort one politician’s views from another’s. Now, municipal voters will get to try it
Will "Gangnam Style" open the doors for other South Korean artists?
Understand and speak Mandarin? If not, a computer may soon do it for you
Intellectual property rights are intended to foster innovation. But could they actually be stifling it?
U of T team's video wins Scientific American challenge
Discovery suggests human ancestors began hunting with stone-tipped spears far earlier than previously thought
New U of T research upends theories about how the body adapts to less oxygen
Tired of having her name mispronounced, Ritu Bhasin developed an app to address the problem
A U of T prof is looking at the relationship between traffic emissions, health and how close people live to major roads
The world is certain to end – just probably not this year
"End-of-the-world" panics go back hundreds of years
The fascination with end times is everywhere in pop culture - including that Britney Spears song on your iPod
Could the machines we create one day destroy us?
It seems that every era has its scourge
What’s scarier, a zombie or vampire apocalypse?
Some blow out, others just fade away
Science students get a month-long crash course in turning an idea into a viable business at U of T’s “Techno” program
Three Techno participants share the vision for their companies
Art history prof Alexandra Palmer goes BIG with a ROM textile exhibition
Coursera brings online learning to the masses
U of T celebrates its connections to the Asia-Pacific region
As we become inseparable from our mobile devices, the risk of identity theft is growing
People who live in less “walkable” communities, especially new Canadians, are more likely to develop diabetes
There's nothing fluffy about this
In a federal election, why does a vote from Charlottetown count for more than one from Markham?
Machine-made skin being developed at U of T may be safer, faster and cheaper than traditional grafts
The Royal Canadian Mint has finally produced its last penny. Is it time to get rid of the nickel, too?
Will higher air temperatures affect Canada's evergreen forests?
Canada must co-ordinate its energy research better if it wants to be a global player, according to a U of T report
How do you bring basic sanitation to two billion people in low-income countries? Inventing a toilet that works for pennies a day is a start
A U of T nutritional scientist has developed a low-cost product to fight vitamin and mineral deficiency in developing countries
David Rosenberg warned of a financial crisis few others saw coming. So why, amid ongoing global turmoil, is Bay Street’s most noted pessimist ready to change his tune?
Discoveries in brain science are prompting new theories about how our senses work – and how they affect our understanding of the world
Companies appeal to hearing, taste and sight to affect consumer perception
How many new dinosaur species can one person help find? Professor David Evans is up to eight
U of T’s Knowledge Media Design Institute challenges its students to use media to raise awareness
Genetic testing may soon reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with fewest side-effects
Is ‘one’ really the loneliest number?
It's like a flash mob, but motivated to buy
Security cameras are everywhere. A new app invites Torontonians to help map them
Was the War of 1812 actually a civil war?
How does one build a human-powered helicopter?
Genetic testing may reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with the fewest side effects
The Saudi Arabian city is wrestling with a transit problem of Koranic proportions
What’s the solution to Toronto’s traffic problems?
A new U of T research centre will investigate the curative power of music
At its simplest, music is just sound. And sound is just vibration. So how does it get inside us, and influence us?
Forty years ago, an intrepid group of professors and students sparked progress for women across U of T
Myrna Kostash reflects upon the new women's studies course at the University of Toronto in a 1972 Miss Chatelaine article
U of T researchers have devised a way to refurbish donor lungs before they’re transplanted
A forestry prof believes a local parasite could help protect Ontario’s ash trees from a deadly invader
What can a computer reveal about a work of fiction? Plenty, it seems
The simple, inexpensive device matches the function of far more costly technology
You don’t need an Olympic training regimen to get healthy through exercise
Chinese propaganda posters from the 1960s celebrate work as an act of nation-building
The challenge to improve online dating