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Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair breaks from the past

Force for Change

Crime in Toronto is down, but after five years as police chief, Bill Blair knows he can't take the city's safety for granted

Professor Ron Deibert (centre) has emerged as a leader of a burgeoning global movement that champions free speech and human rights online

The New Freedom Fighters

Will the Internet help bring democracy to Iran? Professor Ron Deibert and the Citizen Lab champion free speech and human rights online

Illustration of a brain made of chain

Untangling Alzheimer’s

A U of T centre is hunting down the genes that cause this debilitating brain illness, and moving us closer to a cure

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Going Back

Returning to university after 20 years can be scary and bewildering. But it can also be wonderfully enriching

Jim and Verna Webb are co-treasurers of Trinity's Friends of the Library Committee

Helping Hands

Volunteers do everything from mentor students to organize book sales. U of T wouldn't be the same without them

CIUT technician Steve Birek

On the Air

After 20 years of broadcasts, CIUT is still taking chances

Cathie Long (BA 1971 Trinity) was part of an experiment by Prof. Raymond Reilly to find a new way to treat breast cancer

A Twist of Fate

Raymond Reilly was looking for a better way to diagnose breast cancer. Instead, he discovered a new way to treat it

CHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 25: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Center for International Human Rights presented its annual Global Jurist Award to Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 during a reception and dinner in the Bluhm Legal Clinic on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. The Global Jurist of the Year Award is granted annually to a judge in recognition of their contribution to the advancement of human rights or international law. (Photo credit: Randy Belice for Northwestern Law)

Just “Rosie”

How does Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella find time to be an author and pianist and a judge? "Every day is a gift," she says. "I do what I can to make the most of it"

One on One

With University of Toronto president David Naylor

The Infinite Library

Researchers are welcoming Google's plan to digitize millions of books, but the implications for libraries are profound

Miracle at Sick Kids

Zimbabwean twins Tinashe and Tinotenda Mufuka were born conjoined. A marvel of international co-operation brought them apart

Breathing Underwater

Joe MacInnis has spent his life exploring the world's oceans. Now he wants to save them

Happy Trails

How mountain bike racing became U of T's fastest growing sport

Back to Our Roots

At the heart of Canada’s largest urban centre, U of T’s landscape plan is creating a verdant oasis

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

The Corporate Connection

Do corporate donations influence what goes on in the classroom? Campaign chair Tony Comper feels that everyone’s a winner when business supports higher learning

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

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

Courage Under Fire

They cared for the ill, calmed a fearful public and put their own lives at risk. Meet some of the U of T professors and alumni who battled SARS

A Tale of Two Campuses

Suburban knock-offs no more, Mississauga and Scarborough are rapidly emerging as distinct institutions with their own unique approaches to teaching and research

Keeping the Faith

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

Class Structures

Students find space to work, socialize and dream in cutting-edge campus buildings

Everyday Heroes

Every year, Accessibility Services helps more than 1,000 students with disabilities cope with campus life

Fighting Words

Hart House debating has prepared generations of U of T students for the rigours of academe, politics, and the law. More important, it reassures anxious frosh that it's cool to be smart

The Finnish Connection

Begun in the aftermath of war, U of T’s oldest student exchange is just the ticket for 21st-century learning

Doyenne of Diversity

As U of T’s 31st chancellor, Senator Vivienne Poy will serve as the university’s ceremonial head – and as a unique role model for students

Bright Lights, Big Ideas

They’re brilliant. They’re bold. They’re young. And they have the national research community applauding

The Proof Is Out There

In the early 1970s, black holes were just a topic for scientific speculation. Then astrophysist Tom Bolton began pondering the matter

Our New Provost

Equity, access, excellence: these are touchstones for Shirley Neuman

Road Sage

Put away your aggression and stop leaning on that horn! Baher Abdulhai's research shows that the average commute time in the GTA can be reduced by 50 per cent

Paddle Power

The adventures of the U of T Outing Club think nothing of canoeing across Toronto's inner harbour. They also hike, bike, ski and otherwise challenge the great outdoors in any way they can

Mae Brown and tutor Joan Mactavish

Bravo, Miss Brown!

With the help of a devoted tutor who acted as her eyes and ears, Mae Brown became Canada's first deaf-blind university graduate