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Rogers Foundation Gives $90 Million to Usher in New Era in Cardiac Care

Gift will enable the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research to expand its research into heart failure – and save lives Read More

A researcher observes data on a laptop, while an athlete wearing an oxygen mask pedals a machine with a hand-operated wheel.

From Strength to Strength

U of T’s new Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport will help athletes at all levels perform better Read More

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Doors Open

A new network will support research excellence, mentorship and collaboration among Black scholars at U of T Read More

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Law Firms Pledge Support to Black Future Lawyers

New U of T program encourages Black undergrads to consider law school Read More

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A New Era in Medicine

How a historic $250-million gift to U of T will transform medical education–and improve patient care Read More

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Hope in a Difficult Time

Three reasons to feel inspired about U of T in an otherwise challenging year Read More

Alessandra and Paul Dalla Lana standing beside a tree with Alessandra's arms clasped around Paul's shoulder

Twice the Impact

Paul and Alessandra Dalla Lana give U of T a second $20 million for public health and health-care systems Read More

From left: Jeff Reading, Howard Hu, Lee Vernich and Earl Nowgesic have all been involved with U of T’s cancer study in the First Nation community at Northwest Angle 33.

A Community Grapples with Cancer

Researchers at the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health have teamed up with a First Nation in northwestern Ontario to solve a generation-old medical mystery Read More

Patrick Gunning, a principal investigator at U of T Mississauga's Centre for Medicinal Chemistry

Advancing Drugs to Fight Cancer and Other Diseases

A research centre at U of T Mississauga aims to speed up the development of new life-saving cancer medications Read More

The Myhal Centre Is Made for New Ideas

The facility will encourage collaborations among students, faculty and industry in all engineering disciplines Read More

Exploring Toronto’s Tamil Heritage

Students at UTSC will be able to learn much more about Tamil language and culture, thanks to a $2-million gift Read More

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Tiff Macklem helped steer the Bank of Canada through the financial crisis, making it the envy of its global peers. Now, he aims to place the university’s business school among the world’s best Read More

Helping Students Boost Academic Skills

Donor Robert Gillespie knew from experience how tough it can be to study without help Read More

Degrassi Creator Gives Back

Linda Schuyler’s $1-million gift to U of T celebrates cinema Read More

From left: U of T professors Craig Simmons and Peter Zandstra and PhD students Jennifer Ma and Curtis Woodford are among the dozens of researchers who will work to advance treatments for heart patients at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. Photo: Q Media

A Boon for Heart Health

Largest private donation in Canadian health-care history will improve cardiac care across the lifespan Read More

Transforming Health Care

Pharmacists will be crucial to developing a more efficient health-care system in Canada Read More

Daisy Ho (fourth from right) and Porcia Leung (fourth from left), president of the U of T Alumni Association in Hong Kong, pose with other members of the gala organizing committee. Photo by Oscar Yu

Eastern Promise

U of T celebrates its connections to the Asia-Pacific region Read More

Students from the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study

Opening Doors

Gifts totalling $8 million for the newly named Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study will help position U of T as a global leader in the study of early human development Read More

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Defeating Dementia

Mark Tanz’s $5-million gift will support research into Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases Read More

Janice Stein, founder and director of the Munk School of Global Affairs

A Global Affair

Armed with $80 million in new funding, the Munk School aims to become one of the top international relations programs in the world Read More

Warren Goldring (right) sitting with his arms crossed, next to U of T President David Naylor

In Memoriam: Warren Goldring

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

A Nobel Gesture

Dr. Oliver Smithies has created a visiting lectureship to inspire students Read More

Raising the Bar

Law grad Cathy Spoel provides a boost for track and field Read More

U of T Launches School of Public Health

$20-million gift from Paul Dalla Lana creates new medical hub Read More

Rotman Roars Ahead

Key donors provide $28 million for programs and expansion Read More

Social Work Receives $15 Million

Faculty renamed in honour of Lynn Factor and Sheldon Inwentash Read More

Hal Jackman Doubles Gift to the Humanities

Largest commitment ever by an individual to the humanities at a Canadian university Read More

Out of the Blue

$1.5-million gift surprises Emmanuel College principal Peter Wyatt Read More

To Our Health

$10 million Bloomberg gift will transform nursing faculty Read More

Making Peace

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

Good Karma

Buddhist group Tung Lin Kok Yuen, gives $4 million to U of T Read More

Embracing Korea

Centre for Korean Students established with $3.2-million gift from the Korea Foundation Read More

The Evolution of Medicine

Donation creates the Pauline M.H. Mazumdar Chair in the History of Medicine Read More

Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies Receives $1 Million

Centre receives its largest donation since the undergraduate program was founded Read More

Renowned Scholar Joins Dentistry

Nobel Biocare Chair in Prosthodontics Read More

Stepping Up

HSBC Bank Canada Steps to University program opens the door to post-secondary education Read More

Learning to Lead

Seminars and workshops bring alumni back share their expertise with students Read More

Science Librarianship Established at UTM

AstraZeneca Canada provides $250,000 for reference librarian Read More

Educating CEOs

Centre for Integrative Thinking gets $10-million boost from Marcel Desautels Read More

A Divine Campaign

Gift will create the Margaret E. Fleck Chair in Anglican Studies Read More

Keeping Kids Safe

Donations will help fight Internet bullying and improve welfare services for children and their families Read More

Journey of a Lifetime

Bequest will fund annual lecture at Joint Centre for Bioethics Read More

Beating Kidney Disease

Endowed chairs in nephrology aim to improve lives of two million Canadians affected by kidney disease Read More

Faculty of Medicine Honours Surgeon

Dr. Bernard Langer created the surgeon scientist program Read More

Life Before Shakespeare

Records of Early English Drama marks milestone at U of T Read More

“My Beloved Department”

Donation will support research, faculty and fellowships in plastic surgery Read More

The Ghost of Business Past

Chair in business history will examine the evolution of commerce in Canada Read More

Kindling a Spark

Victoria College establishes professorship in honour of writer and activist June Callwood Read More

Dollars & Sense

Deans, directors and principals report on how your campaign money has been put to work to create a better U of T Read More

Helping Hands

An astonishing 112,819 donors gave to the Campaign for the University of Toronto. Here, a few explain why they contributed so generously Read More

Student Affairs

Donor contributions have helped make watershed changes to the student experience. How? Here are just a few of the thousands of stories Read More

Progressive Programs

These three campaign-funded programs are enabling U of T students to experience unique learning opportunities Read More

A Commanding Vision

Yes, the campaign raised $1 billion. But it also created a community committed to seeing U of T stand tall with the best in the world Read More

Mapping U of T’s Success

A sampling of new programs, chairs and buildings that are changing the face of U of T, thanks to campaign dollars Read More

Keeping the Faith

In a time of tight budgets, U of T’s Jewish Studies program succeeds by combining faith, scholarship and private funding Read More

In Search of Yiddish

A Toronto couple’s gift will help preserve a declining language Read More

Hal Jackman’s Gift to Last

As our 30th chancellor concludes his term, his one-of-a-kind contribution will live on Read More

Defending the Arts

Chancellor Hal Jackman helps create $45-million endowment for the humanities and social sciences Read More

Yiddish Gets a Boost

$600,000 gift will support Yiddish Studies program Read More