Winter 2007

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U of T Magazine edition Winter 2007

Featured Posts

Rows of wooden pews inside a sunlit chapel, with a pulpit in the centre

Religion Versus the Charter

Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism is being tested in new and unexpected ways Read More

Helping Hands

An astonishing 112,819 donors gave to the Campaign for the University of Toronto. Here, a few explain why they contributed so generously Read More

On the Air

After 20 years of broadcasts, CIUT is still taking chances Read More

Trash Talk

Can new technology make Toronto's garbage problem disappear? Read More

In This Issue

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 Read More

Days of Service

The benefits of volunteering Read More

The Alumni Connection

There are many ways for alumni to stay engaged with U of T Read More

Supercommuter

Second-year student David Topping turns TTC stations into art Read More

Remembrance of Things Past

Margaret MacMillan examines a week that changed the world Read More

A Sustainable Peace

U of T's chaplain launches a week to question the very idea of war Read More

To Catch a (Bike) Thief

"Bike bait" program uses GPS technology to track stolen property Read More

Fresh Obsessed

U of T to bring local farmers' produce to campus Read More

Author Wins Order

Professor George Elliott Clarke receives Nova Scotia honour Read More

Poplar Science

An international team has decoded the genetic sequence of a tree Read More

Enemies of the State

In her book Villa Bel-Air, Rosemary Sullivan asks why totalitarian regimes are so afraid of art Read More

Flash Physics

Prof's online animations help students prepare for experiments Read More

The Vegan Advantage

Vegetable diet a healthy choice for Type 2 diabetics, study finds Read More

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 Read More

School Ties

Research by child development professor Carl Corter shows that providing daycare at elementary schools benefits children, parents and teachers Read More