U.S. of Eh?
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening
A study has found that Academy Award winners live an average of four years longer than their less well known peers
A silver chalice honours 18 men of the 67 Battery who died during the First World War
Alumni have been the life blood behind Doctors Without Borders
Measha Brueggergosman, Russell Braun, Amber Meredith, James Rolfe, Patricia O'Callaghan and Adam Goddard
Paul Giannaris, Dionne England, Eira Thomas, Natalie Townsend and Leonard Asper
Krista Sutton, Jean Yoon, Kim Gaynor, Elvira Kurt and Kate Taylor
Avi Lewis, Nora Young and Ruby Bhatia
Rachel Tyndale, Vincent Tropepe, Deborah Fels, Shaf Keshavjee, Ed Doolittle, Akiko Iwasaki
Kenneth Oppel, Andrew Pyper, Lynn Crosbie, Cristina Kuok, David Layton and Tim Long
Banu Khurana, Andrew Jones and Sywa Sung
Dentist Ken Montague eschews the factory-method of treatment, and runs a photography gallery in his spare time
Despite its role as a public venue, 93 Highland is the rambling kind of place that Harry Potter could inhabit quite nicely.
Narrowing the student-faculty visible minority gap
U of T Magazine undergoes a facelift
60 years later, Rupert Schieder can still fit into his red college jacket
Purists claim the arts should not be sullied by business. Pragmatists devalue the BA for failing to impart job skills. A pox on them, for they are all wrong. A defence of the liberal arts degree
"Look at the Jewish history books on my shelves written in the prewar period. Tremendous erudition, but encased in a mythological framework so thick that it severely limits their usefulness"
Pérez-Leroux wants to break down prejudices about bilingualism. She notes that some immigrants, sadly, do not pass their native language on to their children
To New Yorker scribe Malcolm Gladwell, little things make a huge difference. Right now, he has his eye on his next big idea – french fries
The past is always intensely present for poet, novelist and classicist Anne Carson
Ensconced below grade, Hart House Theatre provided a foundation for Canadian theatre, but recently it almost disappeared entirely
The truly educated should be able to navigate the boundary where art and science meet
Discovering the path of granite magma
Annual scholarship for Sexual Diversity Studies program
Researchers to study how new immigrants overcome difficulties and settle in Canada
Supporting education
Alumni, like the 30 profiled here, have given to the campaign for diverse reasons. No matter what cause they support, their help serves one central purpose — nurturing students
Alumni and friends are providing the solid support that the university will need in the future
After 30 years of flat growth, new buildings are beginning to pop up all over
Endowing graduate student assistance will ensure that U of T can compete for stellar doctoral students, like the four profiled here
U of T will establish 271 Canada Research Chairs over the next five years, and some of them will be secured in perpetuity
The spirit of Edward S. Rogers Sr. is energizing a new wave in communications
U of T hosts four-part series on globalization broadcast live by TVOntario
Art gift to Graduate House residence
Scholarship established scholarship in honour of favourite Canadian PM
$2-million endowment supports International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design
In other award news, curator Ydessa Hendeles receives an honorary degree
The kid who used to wow adults with his math prowess has returned from the halls of Yale, Oxford and MIT to take on the presidency of his Alma Mater. For Bob Birgeneau, coming home could be his greatest challenge yet
A team of U of T scientists has won an international fight to control light and make it dance like electrons. A new era in telecommunications and computing is about to enter the ring
New treatment for fibroids
Canadian singer awarded honorary degree
Inspired, energetic, driven – nothing ever stopped Robert Prichard in his tracks during 10 years as president, not even a near tragedy
From dramatic to subtle, 13 men have given us their interpretation of the leading role at U of T
The inspiration for the fanciful novels of Guy Gavriel Kay and Caroline Roe sprang from the U of T campus
Study shows women with severe arthritis are half as likely to undergo surgery than men
Professor emeritus John Moffat is questioning Einstein's theory of relativity
Giving to future engineers
Poll of recent grads
The magnificent robe was created in 1985
Leading in science, research and thought
Theatre, literature and fine arts alumni
Individuals who helped ideas prosper
Alumni who exemplify the positive roles individuals can play in communities
Theirs are the names that pass back and forth in conversations around the world
Alumni wanted an organization to keep them in touch with their alma mater, and the wife of the president recognized that there is strength in numbers. The time was right to establish the University of Toronto Alumni Association
New technologies will enrich, not replace, interaction between members of the university
How do you get 10 scholars to wax anything but bored about the millennium? Scratch the surface of the Y2K hype and ask them to predict the future of their fields
A 1969 article in The Varsity ignited students to start the Canadian environmental movement
Ophthalmologist James Oestreicher circles the globe to treat patients in a converted DC-10