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Online courses are big, bold and potentially game-changing for higher education
Online courses are big, bold and potentially game-changing for higher education
U of T has offered nine MOOCs since September 2012
A strategy for maintaining and advancing U of T’s global standing
Tired of typing in passwords? A new device can identify you by your unique cardiac rhythm
Seamless Mobile Health aims to reduce hospital readmissions following surgery and save millions in medical costs
3-D printing is creating new opportunities – and raising intriguing questions – as digital and physical realms meld
At the end of David Naylor’s term as president, the student experience is stronger, research and innovation are booming and the global impact of Toronto alumni is greater than ever
David Naylor talks about the past eight years and his plans for the future
Personal librarians help first-year students understand U of T’s libraries
You’ve heard of crowdfunding. With crowdmarking, a U of T prof hopes to change how students are evaluated
At Derrick Fung’s site, fans buy more than music – they buy musical experiences
While on a mission to save the Borneo rainforest, Emily Hunter realized environmentalism needs a rethink
The inaugural Toronto Science Festival, hosted by U of T, will feature leading scientists addressing fundamental questions about human existence
What's different about today's environmental activists? Tools of the trade, says Emily Hunter, and a sense that change must happen now
Many of us have valuable stuff we rarely use. Now you can rent it out, thanks to a peer-to-peer platform from grad Martin Wong that works just like Airbnb
A Toronto startup is using technology to reinvent how homes are bought and sold
Digital synergy for higher education
If you think Google has made doing scholarly research a cinch, U of T’s chief librarian Larry Alford has news for you
Three grads have developed an LED that uses a fraction of the electricity of other light bulbs
To help save animals and the environment, we should grow meat in a lab
Tania Grafstein-Ho’s entrepreneurial spirit and love of desserts motivated her to start an artisanal baking business
Katherine Larson infuses her study of English with a passion for music to find new meaning in literature
Joyce Poon is developing optical devices that could make computers vastly more powerful and a whole lot faster
Emma Master imagines a world with much less garbage, thanks to new organic materials she’s researching
A university community helps a neighbourhood transform
UTM entrepreneurs win $2,500 for their eJuked app
Vote Compass helps citizens sort one politician’s views from another’s. Now, municipal voters will get to try it
Intellectual property rights are intended to foster innovation. But could they actually be stifling it?
In 1940, Joyce Taylor graduated in physiotherapy – and soon set off to war
As a genealogical researcher, Kristina Bedford’s work runs the gamut from interpreting 11th-century documents to locating family gravestones
Tired of having her name mispronounced, Ritu Bhasin developed an app to address the problem
A U of T prof is looking at the relationship between traffic emissions, health and how close people live to major roads
The world is certain to end – just probably not this year
It seems that every era has its scourge
Science students get a month-long crash course in turning an idea into a viable business at U of T’s “Techno” program
Jeremy Hutton nudges Hart House Theatre in a new direction
Coursera brings online learning to the masses
As we become inseparable from our mobile devices, the risk of identity theft is growing
The Royal Canadian Mint has finally produced its last penny. Is it time to get rid of the nickel, too?
New technologies are taking art directly to the people, forcing galleries and museums to adapt
Richard Iorweth Thorman helps restore the M1917 tank - a rare piece of Canadian history
Practising courtroom skills was a lot more fun in the days of student pranks
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?
Support for medical students is a key plank of the Faculty of Medicine’s campaign
New Rotman School of Management building opens on St. George Street
It's like a flash mob, but motivated to buy
Security cameras are everywhere. A new app invites Torontonians to help map them
Wattpad co-founder Allen Lau predicts a book publishing revolution
ZED.TO's interactive narrative experience simulates the end of the world
What’s the solution to Toronto’s traffic problems?
A new U of T research centre will investigate the curative power of music
Eugenia Duodu wins award for her research into targeting cancerous cells, and for teaching kids science
You don’t need an Olympic training regimen to get healthy through exercise
The challenge to improve online dating
ABC correspondent Muhammad Lila reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan
What started as a regular U of T alumni event for Jiyoung Park turned into something much, much more
Laura Suen, a recent U of T grad, placed second in the CBC show Canada's Smartest Person
U of T’s Northrop Frye conceded that other scholars were “infinitely more accurate” than he. But he claimed to have something they lacked – genius