A Quicker Fix
A new app aims to smooth out the often prickly relationship between residents and property managers Read More
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
How to Build a Sustainable City
Can Toronto cut emissions by 80 per cent? If it’s up to Nadine Ibrahim, yes Read More
A Reunion to Remember
Ann Nguyen and Paul Hiscock, two engineers from different worlds, decide to put a ring on it Read More
A Real-Life Cloaking Device
Invisibility appears possible as researchers use an electromagnetic field to hide objects Read More
Security in a Heartbeat
Tired of typing in passwords? A new device can identify you by your unique cardiac rhythm Read More
Pictures from Above
Remote-controlled drone makes aerial cinematography much faster and cheaper Read More
A Promise to Future Generations
A U of T group encourages participants to protect the Earth for future generations Read More
Garbage into Gas
An idea developed at U of T would help turn polluting oilsands waste into clean-burning hydrogen gas Read More
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 Read More
Lighting a Revolution
Three grads have developed an LED that uses a fraction of the electricity of other light bulbs Read More
The Tiny Perfect Keyboard
As devices get smaller, a U of T company has created a keyboard that makes typing easier while using less screen space Read More
Stress Buster
How personal changes led Bailey Vaez to promote wellness at work Read More
U of T Engineering turns 100
The Lady Godiva Memorial Band serenades students on Founder’s Day Read More
Pauline Chan and Keith Thomas
Friendship came first for Chan, a CTV news anchor and Thomas, CEO of Vive Nano Read More
Frugal Thinking
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 Read More
An Incubator for Innovation
A new applied science facility will give engineering students a place to develop entrepreneurial ideas Read More
Rotary Club
How does one build a human-powered helicopter? Read More
Digital Prophet
Wattpad co-founder Allen Lau predicts a book publishing revolution Read More
George and Barbara Rooke
For this Fonthill, Ontario, couple it was a match made in music. And almost 65 years later, they’re still in tune Read More
A Spark of Genius
U of T engineers use playing cards to replicate a Paris landmark Read More
Going the Extra Mile
Graduating engineering students raise thousands for their faculty Read More
Deep Innovation
The Lassonde Mining Building supports student learning and adds sustainable features Read More
Bringing the Internet to Millions
Suneet Singh Tuli has engineered an affordable tablet computer for the developing world Read More
Land Speed Record
A bicycle that can exceed 110 km/h? U of T engineering students have designed and built one Read More
Fighting Tooth Decay
A new way of peering inside teeth could find lesions before they become cavities and eliminate the need for “drilling and filling” Read More
Bicycle Power!
Why not use exercise bikes to supply electricity back to the grid? Read More
Rooftop Gardener
Sarah Wilson was one of 177 graduating students to win a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award this year for extracurricular contributions Read More
Sidewalk Surfin’
Professor Mark Kortschot has invented a new kind of skateboard Read More
The Aviator
Brave, dashing and touched by the spirit of adventure, Douglas McCurdy became the first person to fly an airplane out of sight of land Read More
Like a Bird
A U of T engineering student has become the first ever to fly a human-powered “ornithopter” Read More
These Boots Are Made for Walking
Jennifer Hsu is studying how people walk in icy conditions in the hope of designing “smarter” footwear Read More
Start Your Engines!
Building your own formula race car? At university? How cool is that! Read More
Calling All Businesses
Francis Shen credits luck, good ideas, timing and avoiding complacency for his success with Aastra Technologies Read More
Skule Idol
Engineering science alumni reveal a talent for opera Read More
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” Read More
Ronda Wabie and Greg Evans
A second meeting at the Victoria College pub brought two students eye to eye Read More
The World’s First ICBBM
That's Intercontinental Beer-Burning Ballistic Missile Read More
Ms. Universe
Astronaut Julie Payette prepares for her second journey into space Read More
Women Wanted
Engineering faculty hopes mentorship, new image will reverse slide in female enrolment Read More
A Cleaner Future
Just how close are we? Read More
They Say They Want a Revolution
Internet organization assists young social activists Read More