Dream Job
Cybill Lui worked for years on Wall Street, then followed her heart into the high-risk world of film production
Taking on Goliath
A Toronto startup is using technology to reinvent how homes are bought and sold
Backpacking with a Purpose
David Berkal wants to change the way people think about tourism
Beauty in Numbers
Nadia Amoroso helps clients interpret complex data quickly and present it memorably
Uncovering Fraud
Computer science grad Stephen Piron is helping banks stay on the right side of regulators
In This Issue
Taking Care
Mary Jo Haddad came to Sick Kids to look after ill children. As CEO, she helped nurse the whole hospital back to good health
Online and In Person
Digital synergy for higher education
Supporting African Scholars
A $22.5-million donation from MasterCard Foundation will bring bright young students to U of T
Blasts from the Past
Fascinating characters populate a new history of the Faculty of Arts and Science at U of T
A Grateful Mindset
MindFest promotes mental health awareness through crafts
A Club for Women
Canada’s first university women’s club sought to improve the lives of women and children
Into the Wild
U of T partners with the Jane Goodall Institute to send students to Uganda to study endangered wildlife
Search and Discovery
If you think Google has made doing scholarly research a cinch, U of T’s chief librarian Larry Alford has news for you
History’s Turning Points
A major gift to Trinity College will help bring recent events into sharper focus for students
Global Leaders
Prestigious new award from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation will enable PhD students to conduct research abroad
In Memoriam: Michael Hough
The founder of landscape architecture at the University of Toronto was an eco-pioneer
In Memoriam: Robert Madden
Robert Madden believed that teaching was the art of sharing knowledge
Housing First
It turns out that a good way to help homeless people is to actually give them a home
Making Traffic Smarter
An intelligent transportation system could reduce wait times at traffic lights in Toronto by more than half
Lighting a Revolution
Three grads have developed an LED that uses a fraction of the electricity of other light bulbs
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
The Unsure Thing
The conditions for entrepreneurs in Canada are good, says Rotman professor Will Mitchell. It’s our attitude that needs work
Naturally Cool
An experimental green roof is built atop the Daniels Faculty
The Glutamate Riddle
Grad student Christina Nona seeks to unlock the role of an important brain chemical in Alzheimer’s and addiction
Renaissance Man
Dominic Man-Kit Lam’s World Eye Organization has improved countless lives. He’s also a successful artist. Next on his list: edible vaccines
Stress Buster
How personal changes led Bailey Vaez to promote wellness at work
Bon Appetit, Paris
A food truck in a world culinary capital? With great fare, Jordan Feilders proves it’s possible
Perfect Harmony
For Brian Finley and Donna Bennett, it was a match made in music.
Global Citizen
Remi Kanji transforms her sense of global citizenship into action
Test Tube Burgers
To help save animals and the environment, we should grow meat in a lab
Comic Book Hero
Peter Birkemoe went from engineering to running a comic book store
Ontario’s First Female Architect
After convocating, Esther Marjorie Hill went on to design rooms of her own