Awards

From Shy to Shining

A YWCA Toronto Women of Distinction Award winner reflects on a pivotal first-year program at U of T

Giving Younger Academics a Boost

The Hart Professorships support the next generation of engineering research pioneers

What is Real?

Philosophy prof Ian Hacking’s ideas about science earn him $800,000 prize

A Tuna Loonie in the Food Bank

U of T engineers and architects won the award for structural ingenuity at Toronto’s annual Canstruction competition

Walking in Mandela’s Footsteps

A new U of T student award promotes the ideals of Nelson Mandela

A Better University

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

Design on the Fly

A team of U of T students have won a 24-hour challenge to redesign the front entrance of Toronto's central Y

Popular Scientist

Eugenia Duodu wins award for her research into targeting cancerous cells, and for teaching kids science

The Value of Great Teaching

U of T is committed to providing students with a unique, globally oriented learning experience

Premier Painter

Governor General's Award-winner Shirley Wiitasalo says "I didn't choose painting, it chose me"

Rooftop Gardener

Sarah Wilson was one of 177 graduating students to win a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award this year for extracurricular contributions

The Accidental CEO

Computer engineering student Vincent Cheung's photo software has become an Internet hit

Wendy Cecil Wins Volunteer Award

Other accolades: Rotmans named outstanding philanthropists and two honorary degrees awarded

Milestones

Eleven U of T alumni and faculty named to the Order of Canada

A Classicist’s Legacy

The M.B. Wallace Memorial Graduate Award in Classics

Five Grads Named to Top 40 Under 40

Jewison and Cronenberg receive film honours, and Kelly Nelson Doran wins Canada Council for the Arts’ Prix de Rome in Architecture

Awarding Outstanding Native Students

Faculty named to the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario

History Professor Creates Holocaust Essay Prize

Endowed essay prize recognizes academic excellence in Holocaust Studies

Days of Service

The benefits of volunteering

Making Peace

Donation gives students of social change opportunity to work in Sri Lanka

A Constant Quest

For these five professors, great teaching is less about supplying a "magic" answer than encouraging students to ask the right questions

What Inspires Us

Little things sometimes mean a lot

The Origins of English

Grant will support research and writing of dictionary entries for the earliest English words

Top 40 Under 40

Alumni and faculty recognized in the annual top executives list by The Caldwell Partners

African Writer Honoured

Chinua Achebe, the "father of the modern African novel," receives honorary degree

Oscar Gold

Faculty members get nod from Academy, and the inaugural LGBTOUT Student Awards are presented

A Woman of Distinction

Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko founded the Canadian Association for Girls in Science

A Way with Words

U of T students win the 2006 World University Debating Championship

On a Good Note

Composer James Rolfe wins $10,000 Ontario award

Stem Cell Scientists Win Lasker Award

Researchers also honoured in mental health research and engineering

Law Grad Wins Emmy

David Shore honoured for medical drama House

U of T Profs Win Teaching Fellowships

Kenneth Barrett and David Dunne among 10 recipients of national prize

And the Honorary Degree Goes To…

Former United Church of Canada moderator among several who received award at spring convocation

English Prof wins Killam Prize

Bruce Kidd and professor Roberto Abraham among other recent award winners

Alumni Named Women of Distinction

Honorees include champion of women's equality in the church

Trudeau Foundation Names Mentors

Authors Irshad Manji and Ken Wiwa will promote public discussion of human rights

Honouring the Black Community

Student essay leads to creation of Canada's first black alumni association

Aga Khan Receives Honorary Degree

Mirvish family also awarded degrees at June convocation

Proponents of Peace

The Dalai Lama awarded honorary degree at Convocation Hall

Awards of Excellence

Alumni Association honours faculty, staff and students

Prescription for Success

U of T grad scores nation's highest mark on pharmacy exam

Jewison picks up GG

Pitblado couple honoured for longtime commitment to arts advocacy

Kudos

Alumni Association Awards of Excellence, Northrop Frye Awards and other alumni recognitions

Accolades

Random House of Canada Student Award in Writing and Order of Canada inductees

Kudos

Alumni named to the Order of Canada and other honours

Kim Vicente Wins McLean Award

Prof is first engineer to receive $100,000 prize

Two Profs Win Killam Prize

Lap-Chee Tsui and Ian Hacking each win $100,000 award

U of T Magazine Picks Up Nine Awards

Honours include gold for best writing and silver for best magazine

Ydessa Hendeles Wins GG-Award

Awards of Excellence honour members of U of T community

Profs Win GG Awards

Thomas Homer-Dixon nabs non-fiction prize, George Elliott Clarke picks up poetry award

Daniel Brooks Picks Up $100,000 Theatre Prize

In other awards, prof Robin Armstrong receives honorary degree

Forestry Grad Among Arbor Winners

Monte Hummel, president of World Wildlife Fund Canada, was one of 92 Arbor Award nominees

Profs Nab Major Academic Awards

Kalow wins Killam Prize, Mitrovica picks up McLean Award

Birgeneau Elected to Royal Society

Former president Robert Prichard named president of Torstar, and three profs pick up Killam Fellowships

Why They Give

Giving back to U of T