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Pole Star

Top-ranked pole vaulter Jason Wurster hits the European circuit

World-Class Scientists Unite

In October, U of T will host the Gairdner symposium, featuring the world’s top medical researchers

Revelations from Qumran

Ancient peoples may have viewed the Dead Sea scrolls much as we see the web – fluid, social and open to change

The Future of Regent Park

Will low-income tenants benefit from the neighbourhood's redevelopment?

Idaho Stop

Idaho lingo for slow down and yield

Computer Vision

Want to know where an unidentified picture was taken? A computer program being developed at U of T can help

Africentric Schools

Professor George Dei says parents of black children have been concerned for 30 years that the Toronto school system is not serving their children. “It was time to try a new approach.”

Aquabot

Engineering students build a robotic "submarine"

Exit Strategy

This fall, the City of Toronto will test a U of T program that offers youths alternatives to gang life

Spy Games

Actor Nazneen Contractor enters 24's world of espionage

The Boy in the Moon

Journalist Ian Brown offers a profoundly honest portrayal of life as a parent of a disabled child

Meet Your New Alumni Governors

William Crothers and John Switzer join U of T's senior governing body

Architecture’s New Frontier

U of T architecture grads submit designs for Inner Mongolian cultural district

Breaking the Cycle

The City of Toronto is not doing enough to make the streets safe for cyclists

60 Seconds with Hal Niedzviecki

"The more we entertain ourselves by looking at other people's lives, the less we connect to them as human beings"

Melanie Moore and Brad Tapson

"Sometimes Brad plays his guitar, I play the piano and we sing together. I swear, we’ll wind up being the von Trapp family someday."

Out and Proud

How students, faculty, staff and alumni brought queer activism to the University of Toronto and changed the campus forever

The March to Equality

40 years of sexual equality rights in North America and around the world

LGBTQ Wants You!

U of T's LGBTQ alumni are building a stronger community

T is for Trans

It’s time to cast off dated notions about masculinity, femininity and "opposite" sexes

Gay Studies Branches Out

In a single decade, U of T’s Sexual Diversity Studies program has become one of the largest of its kind in North America

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

Intelligence by itself doesn’t make you rational. Thinking rationally demands mental skills that some of us don’t have and many of us don’t use

How Rational Are You?

Five questions to get you thinking

Reaching Higher

The Gordon Cressy Awards recognize new graduates who have made outstanding contributions to U of T. For these past winners, helping others has become a way of life

Kieran Hayward

“My dream is to be one of the inspired citizens who shape Toronto for the better”

Helen Tewolde

“My deepest ambition is to focus on learning and practising leadership in new and challenging contexts”

Breese Davies

“The privilege of living and working in Canada comes with the duty to protect the fundamental rights of the most vulnerable.”

Preena Chauhan

“I can always do more for others”

Aly-Khan Rajani

“One wishes for a day when people everywhere can live with dignity”

Gurjit Sangha

“Leadership isn’t just about having vision – it’s about having the right people work with you, because you can’t do it alone”

Matthew Cimone

“It is amazing to me the encouragement we get from those we are ostensibly trying to help”

Stephen Tracy

“I believe we should each apply our own unique skills for the betterment of humanity”

Steve Dennis

“My goal isn’t to end global conflict, but to end the suffering of people who live in places where conflict takes away their basic human rights”

Dr. Andrew Pinto

“Life outside the classroom is vital to one’s education”

Melissa Kluger

“The award motivated me to dream up new ideas and take risks”

Dr. Rahim Hirji

“I dream of writing a book on leadership and self-improvement, and traveling the world as a motivational speaker”

Dr. Geoff Ibbotson

“This is what leadership means to me – serving people”

Michael Goldberg

“I would love to contribute to the cure for cancer”

Mark Slade

“The global financial crisis is forcing everybody to think differently about business”

Universities and the Innovation Economy

U of T is laying new foundations for prosperity

Women in Law

Some women leave the legal profession to raise a family. A new Faculty of Law program helps them return

Max Gluskin House

Renovation to the economics department wins second place in local people's choice architecture awards

Best of the Blues

U of T’s Sports Hall of Fame names its 2009 inductees

In Memoriam: Warren Goldring

Mutual-fund guru Warren Goldring was an outstanding volunteer and caring philanthropist at U of T

Connecting Communities

Investing in high-speed rail and clean electricity could help lift Toronto out of the recession – and set the stage for a sustainable future

The Ideal Distance from Farm to Fork

Local food isn't always environmentally the best, says geography prof Pierre Desrochers

What’s a CEO Worth?

Rotman dean Roger Martin says executive pay shouldn’t be tied to a company’s stock price, after all

Undermining Staying Power

If a business wants to enjoy the benefits of long-term staying power, it must reject theories built on shareholder value theory and replace them with a theory embedded firmly in the real market