The Limits of AI
As artificial intelligence advances, humans need to pay closer attention to what it can and can’t do
Faculty of Information
Editor Extraordinaire
Francess Halpenny helped turn U of T into an academic publishing powerhouse
Your Education Will Be Televised
A U of T library student delivers a high-tech talk
Seniors Want to Know Whom They Can Trust Online
U of T study finds older Canadians are highly concerned about digital security – sometimes to their disadvantage
Astroturfing
The practice of faking a grassroots movement gets an update in the age of social media
How Do You Eat in Space?
UTM students design educational games about life on the International Space Station
Music to the Ears
Margaret Lam’s company aims to reduce ticket prices for concertgoers
Hail to the Chef!
A golden borscht soup helped alumna Mary Berg win the title of MasterChef Canada. She now serves up her recipes on CTV’s “Your Morning” show
In the Pink
Anabela Piersol showcases independent clothing designers, as well as her own lovely creations
Muscle and Metal
How a unique collaboration is making life better for a student with cerebral palsy
Paperbacks Alongside 3D Printers
New Toronto city librarian Vickery Bowles wants everyone to read, write, create
North of 60
Museum Studies grad Jake Paleczny comes up with fun ways for visitors to learn about the moose, elk and other animals that make up the “living collection” at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve
Erik Spicer was a Great Librarian
He modernized Canada‘s Library of Parliament, then helped other countries to do the same
The Mighty Pen
The War of 1812, as seen by political cartoonists
What Happens to Our Digital Selves When We Die?
For Facebook and other technology companies it’s still an open – and troublesome – question
The Big Tasty
How Zella Palmer Cuadra’s MA project became a cookbook
A Foot in Two Worlds
3-D printing is creating new opportunities – and raising intriguing questions – as digital and physical realms meld
Interface Architect
Rebecca Niles turned an opportunity that came up during her thesis into a full-time job at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Do the Locomotion
U of T’s Knowledge Media Design Institute challenges its students to use media to raise awareness
Watchful Eyes
Security cameras are everywhere. A new app invites Torontonians to help map them
Odd Bedfellows
Rather than warning students away from Wikipedia, some professors are now embracing it
Global Nerve Centre
$1.8-million campaign will revitalize U of T’s culture and technology program and build on McLuhan’s legacy
The Next Big Idea
Ten concepts that could shape the future: from digital credentials to safer drugs to DNA-tailored diets and more
60 Seconds With Autumn Haag
What information studies grad won a spot on Jeopardy, got her Daily Double right and found out something surprising while on set?
The Evolution of the Book in Canada
New volume traces print back hundreds of years