Rent Anything!
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
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
A university community helps a neighbourhood transform
Vote Compass helps citizens sort one politician’s views from another’s. Now, municipal voters will get to try it
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
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
Three Techno participants share the vision for their companies
Coursera brings online learning to the masses
As we become inseparable from our mobile devices, the risk of identity theft is growing
New technologies are taking art directly to the people, forcing galleries and museums to adapt
Practising courtroom skills was a lot more fun in the days of student pranks
How do you bring basic sanitation to two billion people in low-income countries? Inventing a toilet that works for pennies a day is a start
Discoveries in brain science are prompting new theories about how our senses work – and how they affect our understanding of the world
U of T’s evergreen commitment to student aid
Support for medical students is a key plank of the Faculty of Medicine’s campaign
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
Genetic testing may reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with the fewest side effects
Eugenia Duodu wins award for her research into targeting cancerous cells, and for teaching kids science
The simple, inexpensive device matches the function of far more costly technology
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
Yasmin Razavi helps students start their own businesses
Rather than warning students away from Wikipedia, some professors are now embracing it
Suneet Singh Tuli has engineered an affordable tablet computer for the developing world
Donald Sutherland performs in Hart House Theatre’s The Tempest
Love can bloom anytime and anywhere on U of T's three campuses
What one of the world’s largest mortality studies is teaching us about public health
Fourth-year student Rudy Silvamer hopes to pursue all of his passions
U of T is partnering with five top media companies to foster a new kind of reporter
Rachel Sklar is a champion for women in the media and tech fields – and she makes a lot of people's "lists"
Fifty years after the publication of his most famous works, we’re still making sense of all Marshall McLuhan had to say
Donny Ouyang, a second-year commerce student, has high hopes for his online tutoring service. The question is: Will students pay?
Gala fundraiser at Great Hall in Hart House will mark Blues milestone
Barbara Dick wants to ensure that grads can build on their academic experience throughout their lives
Entrepreneur David Lucatch is tearing down online language barriers
Gymnast Alexandra Borowik was one of 12 Varsity Blues athletes inducted recently into the U of T Sports Hall of Fame
From India to Thailand, Vijaya Selvaraju has filmed her travel and culinary adventures
U of T’s high-tech recruitment strategy is yielding more top-notch applicants
A new way of peering inside teeth could find lesions before they become cavities and eliminate the need for “drilling and filling”
New long-term study could translate into better health policy and clinical practice
Will the uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East usher in lasting change?
In her literary debut, lawyer Emma Ruby-Sachs wonders about the personal costs of activism