A Real-Life Cloaking Device
Invisibility appears possible as researchers use an electromagnetic field to hide objects Read More
Research & Ideas
Beyond the Group of Seven
Grad student Sara Angel has an ambitious idea to make Canadians more aware of our rich visual arts heritage Read More
Word Perfect
New software will help people with speech problems be more clearly understood Read More
The Meaning of Mandela
A South African reflects on the life and legacy of a human rights champion Read More
The World’s Worst Greenhouse Gas
Widely used industrial chemical has 7,100 times the potential climate impact of carbon dioxide Read More
Kiss Me, Choose Me
How did locking lips become the ultimate romantic gesture? Read More
Help in a Heartbeat
Toronto’s public defibrillators could save more lives if they were placed in better locations, U of T researchers find Read More
Arctic Sea Ice in Century-Long Decline
U of T scientist uses long-lived algae to track annual changes in northern climate back to 1300s Read More
An Urban Science Partnership in New York City
New York’s applied sciences research hub inspires new thinking in higher education Read More
London’s Insight into International Students
International students play a pivotal role in strengthening the city Read More
Screen Time
Online courses are big, bold and potentially game-changing for higher education Read More
Online Learning through U of T
U of T has offered nine MOOCs since September 2012 Read More
Concussion Solution
U of T students call on Ottawa to do more to protect athletes Read More
The Play’s the Thing
A PhD student hopes video will spice up Shakespeare for high school readers Read More
Speaking Out
U of T is working on multiple initiatives to combat homophobia in sport Read More
Security in a Heartbeat
Tired of typing in passwords? A new device can identify you by your unique cardiac rhythm Read More
Get Better, Sooner
Seamless Mobile Health aims to reduce hospital readmissions following surgery and save millions in medical costs Read More
A Foot in Two Worlds
3-D printing is creating new opportunities – and raising intriguing questions – as digital and physical realms meld Read More
Pictures from Above
Remote-controlled drone makes aerial cinematography much faster and cheaper Read More
Whose Values?
Does the proposed Quebec Charter guarantee a secular society, or more votes for the Parti Québécois? Read More
Aging Cities
Global population of seniors will triple by 2050, creating challenges for urban planners, report says Read More
What the Red Army Did
Soviet officers' attitudes during the Holocaust depended on where they were stationed, grad student finds Read More
Duddy and Me
Ted Kotcheff made almost 20 movies during his career - but it was a pair of small films that really got critics to take notice Read More
Public Health Gets a Promotion
The Dalla Lana School becomes the university’s newest faculty Read More
YouTube’s Favourite Doctor
Prof. Michael Evans' videos on health are viral sensations Read More
Onoscatopoeia
Hart House’s choir members only use one instrument: their voices Read More
Making Boardroom Equality a Reality
Rotman’s programs for women help bolster careers and leadership abilities Read More
A Promise to Future Generations
A U of T group encourages participants to protect the Earth for future generations Read More
An “A” for Teamwork
You’ve heard of crowdfunding. With crowdmarking, a U of T prof hopes to change how students are evaluated Read More
The Augmented Body
A learning tool that combines gaming software, 3-D modelling and a CT scan could change how students learn anatomy Read More
Nanofacturing
From making golf clubs stronger to designing water repellant garments Read More
When Germs Get Tougher
An Internet-based surveillance system gives physicians the ability to track dangerous new strains of tuberculosis in real time Read More
The Geography of Pollution
A PhD candidate’s low-cost sensors could be deployed across cities to gather highly local air-quality data Read More
Eyes Everywhere
Recent revelations about governments spying on their citizens should have us all concerned about abuse of power Read More
First Contact
A professor at the Dunlap Institute is trying to answer one of the biggest questions in all of science: Is there intelligent life beyond Earth? Read More
Garbage into Gas
An idea developed at U of T would help turn polluting oilsands waste into clean-burning hydrogen gas Read More
Business Ties
Governments should do more to encourage immigrant entrepreneurs to forge links with businesses in their native countries, according to a U of T report Read More
Leaning Left
Meditation might make you more liberal, according to new U of T research Read More
Taking on Goliath
A Toronto startup is using technology to reinvent how homes are bought and sold Read More
Backpacking with a Purpose
David Berkal wants to change the way people think about tourism Read More
Beauty in Numbers
Nadia Amoroso helps clients interpret complex data quickly and present it memorably Read More
Uncovering Fraud
Computer science grad Stephen Piron is helping banks stay on the right side of regulators Read More
A Grateful Mindset
MindFest promotes mental health awareness through crafts Read More
Into the Wild
U of T partners with the Jane Goodall Institute to send students to Uganda to study endangered wildlife Read More
Housing First
It turns out that a good way to help homeless people is to actually give them a home Read More
Making Traffic Smarter
An intelligent transportation system could reduce wait times at traffic lights in Toronto by more than half Read More
Lighting a Revolution
Three grads have developed an LED that uses a fraction of the electricity of other light bulbs Read More
The Tiny Perfect Keyboard
As devices get smaller, a U of T company has created a keyboard that makes typing easier while using less screen space Read More
The Glutamate Riddle
Grad student Christina Nona seeks to unlock the role of an important brain chemical in Alzheimer’s and addiction Read More
Intelligent Clothing
Architecture grad student Stacie Vos has developed a "smart" shirt that can detect germs and protect its wearer from them Read More
Starving Cancer Cells
Many scientists work for years to find a cure for a single type of cancer - Patrick Gunning has his sights set on four Read More
Literary Songbird
Katherine Larson infuses her study of English with a passion for music to find new meaning in literature Read More
Speed of Light
Joyce Poon is developing optical devices that could make computers vastly more powerful and a whole lot faster Read More
Goodbye to Plastic?
Emma Master imagines a world with much less garbage, thanks to new organic materials she’s researching Read More
The Art of Activism
Naisargi Dave investigates what inspires someone to take up a cause Read More