Research & Ideas

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Pathways’ Progress

A homework support program involving OISE students has more than doubled high school graduation rates in Regent Park

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Peace of Mind

A U of T project aims to bring better mental health to a country where most illnesses go untreated

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K-Pop

Will "Gangnam Style" open the doors for other South Korean artists?

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Patent Wars

Intellectual property rights are intended to foster innovation. But could they actually be stifling it?

End Times

"End-of-the-world" panics go back hundreds of years

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The Technopreneurs

Science students get a month-long crash course in turning an idea into a viable business at U of T’s “Techno” program

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Neighbourhood Health

People who live in less “walkable” communities, especially new Canadians, are more likely to develop diabetes

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Voter Inequality

In a federal election, why does a vote from Charlottetown count for more than one from Markham?

Tissue Printer developed at U of T

Second Skin

Machine-made skin being developed at U of T may be safer, faster and cheaper than traditional grafts

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Tossing a Coin

The Royal Canadian Mint has finally produced its last penny. Is it time to get rid of the nickel, too?

The Gates Foundation challenge to Reinvent the Toilet awarded third prize and US$40,000 to U of T's team from the Centre for Global Engineering, from left: Prof. Elizabeth Edwards, team leader Yu-Ling Cheng, Samiel Melamed, Prof. Mark Kortschot, Tiffany Jung, Meagan Webb and Zachary Fishman

Frugal Thinking

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

Frugal Fortification

A U of T nutritional scientist has developed a low-cost product to fight vitamin and mineral deficiency in developing countries

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The Sage of Bay Street

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?

A Shift in Perception

Discoveries in brain science are prompting new theories about how our senses work – and how they affect our understanding of the world

Digging Deep

How many new dinosaur species can one person help find? Professor David Evans is up to eight

Do the Locomotion

U of T’s Knowledge Media Design Institute challenges its students to use media to raise awareness

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Ingenious Medicine

Genetic testing may soon reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with fewest side-effects

Watchful Eyes

Security cameras are everywhere. A new app invites Torontonians to help map them

Personalized Medication

Genetic testing may reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with the fewest side effects

Subway to Mecca

The Saudi Arabian city is wrestling with a transit problem of Koranic proportions

Illustration by Pui Yan Fong

Perfect Harmony

A new U of T research centre will investigate the curative power of music

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How Music Gets Inside

At its simplest, music is just sound. And sound is just vibration. So how does it get inside us, and influence us?

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Revolutionary Road

Forty years ago, an intrepid group of professors and students sparked progress for women across U of T

Dr. Marcelo Cypel and Dr. Shaf Keshavjee.

A Cut Above

U of T researchers have devised a way to refurbish donor lungs before they’re transplanted

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Debugging

A forestry prof believes a local parasite could help protect Ontario’s ash trees from a deadly invader

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Labour Days

Chinese propaganda posters from the 1960s celebrate work as an act of nation-building