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U of T Idol

Second-year student Patrick Simeon is crowned champion of Hart House's tri-campus singing competition Read More

Mentoring Young Moguls

Yasmin Razavi helps students start their own businesses Read More

Kevin Lau sitting at a black grand piano in Hart House’s Music Room with Aaron Tsang and Prof. Gillian MacKay standing on either side.

Grace Under Pressure

A U of T grad student and alumnus created music for the launch of the Boundless campaign in just three weeks Read More

Odd Bedfellows

Rather than warning students away from Wikipedia, some professors are now embracing it Read More

Illustration by Francis Blake/ Three in a Box

Sweethearts

Love can bloom anytime and anywhere on U of T's three campuses Read More

Breath of Life

Bev Bradley is developing technology to give hospitals in low-income countries a more reliable supply of medical oxygen Read More

Conflict Zone

In Jerusalem, Sara Lee discovered that everything in Israel connects with the Palestinian question, even the food Read More

Neighbourhood Watch

Students in U of T Scarborough’s City Studies program learn first-hand how local immigrants are adapting to life in Canada Read More

Water, Power and the Boardroom

Rotman’s international study tours taught Michael Odam the ins and outs of doing business in low-income countries Read More

Rights of Girls and Women

Law student Meghan Lindo worked in Kenya to seek justice for victims of sexual assault Read More

The Universe in a Lab

Physics undergrad Aysha Abdel-Aziz is making her own unique contribution to a massive international research project Read More

Real Life 101

Humanities for Humanity brings U of T students and Toronto residents together to explore life’s “big ideas” Read More

The Statue and the Monk

Sarah Richardson gets an insider’s perspective on the rise of religious monuments in India Read More

Singing Star – and Neuroscientist?

Fourth-year student Rudy Silvamer hopes to pursue all of his passions Read More

Math students Keith Ng (left) and Jonathan Zung will represent U of T at the Putnam Math Competition this year (along with Alexander Remorov).

Proof of Genius

Only the very best math students excel in the prestigious Putnam competition Read More

U of T’s Scientific Heritage

Two students have collected hundreds of the university’s 19th- and early 20th-century scientific instruments 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

This All-Star Party Show Goes On

Behind the scenes at the U of T lipdub video shoot Read More

The Value of Great Teaching

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

The Next Internet Sensation?

Donny Ouyang, a second-year commerce student, has high hopes for his online tutoring service. The question is: Will students pay? Read More

Calling All Alumni

Fatema Pardhan phones grads for U of T’s Annual Fund. She, like many students, also benefits from the fund Read More

Illustrations: Francis Blake/ Three in a Box

First Impressions

Alumni recall their initial days at U of T Read More

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Join Us!

U of T’s high-tech recruitment strategy is yielding more top-notch applicants Read More

ILLUSTRATION: FRANCES BLAKE/THREE IN A BOX

Gotcha!

Students love pranks -- and for some, every day is April Fool’s Read More

Photo of a person sitting on wood stairs behind a laptop.

The Long Goodbye

ROSI, the aging online student service, is being replaced over the next several years with a friendlier, more flexible system Read More

Thinking Small

Philosophy prof Donald Ainslie will champion interactive group learning as principal of U of T’s largest college Read More

Tough Love

Dating at university is supposed to be easy. But many of today’s U of T students find campus romance elusive. Enter Love@UofT, a new online matchmaker Read More

The Virtual Search for the Perfect Roommate

A new U of T service helps students avoid Codomesticus noxious Read More

Quidditch Craze

Harry Potter's favourite sport is sweeping Canadian campuses Read More

Quantum Physics: The Dance

U of T grad student Krister Shalm cut the rug to explain his thesis in the "Dance Your PhD" contest Read More

Members of U of T’s Formula SAE team are involved in every aspect of building a race car, from initial design through manufacturing, prototyping, physical testing and development

Start Your Engines!

Building your own formula race car? At university? How cool is that! Read More

Iranians in Toronto protest the results of last year's presidential election in Iran

The Green Revolution, One Year Later

Iranian students and professors reflect on the future of their home country Read More

“You Are Your Own Microphone”

For talented young opera singers, a four-week program in Italy is music to the ears Read More

Blue & White & Green All Over

Solar panels at the Athletic Centre, composting in residence, farming on St. George. What next? A back campus wind turbine? Read More

Tasty, Affordable – and Sustainable

Hot Yam serves up the greenest lunch on campus Read More

Unplugged

Residence program seeks to change how students think about energy use and conservation Read More

Singers and dancers from the Etobicoke School of the Arts entertain young patients at the Hospital for Sick Children with a lively and colourful rendition of “Oh the Thinks You Can Think”

Seuss Power!

Student group recruits talented young musicians to perform for children in hospitals Read More

An Apple for Teacher? How Quaint

Some U of T students go out of their way to express how much they appreciate their favourite prof Read More

The Accidental CEO

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

Books Outbound

A new campus group wants to send leftover books from college book sales to schools that could use them Read More

Fashionista

How did first-year student (and former tomboy) Anna Cunningham end up writing a fashion column online? Read More

Revolution from Within

U of T student Nerissa Cariño garners a Peace Medallion for her work fighting violence against women Read More

Robarts Library, from the south end of the building

Are You There, Robarts? It’s Me, Joe

You’re rough hewn and intimidating but I respect and appreciate you − and wish more students here did, too Read More

A Toronto protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament drew about 5,000 people to Dundas Square. A Facebook group protesting the same thing claims more than 200,000 members.

On “Slacktive” Duty

Are Internet protests as effective as real-world ones? Read More

U of T Bookstore Chad Saunders thinks digital books could reach a

Digital Books Look Great on Paper

Students haven't embraced electronic textbooks, but a rumoured device from Apple could change everything Read More

U of T students played a central role in organizing last Saturday's

Gearing Up for Copenhagen

Will student protests make a difference at the UN's climate conference in Copenhagen? Read More

Caffiends is non-profit and run by students, its goals are different from those of the big coffee chains. “The whole idea at the café is that it’s not a business - we sell everything at almost wholesale prices,” says co-manager Emily Gilbert.

Ditching the Paper Cup

As Toronto considers a ban on take-away cups, a Victoria College café is forging ahead on its own Read More

Secular Hecklers

Protesting the world’s blasphemy laws Read More

Sandro Gianella recently spent a summer at U of T Berlin studying urban planning. For him and his fellow students, the city became a laboratory. “It wouldn’t make sense to go to Berlin and sit in a classroom all day,” he says

A World of Opportunity

Spending a term abroad used to be considered an expensive frill. Now many students see it as their key to a rewarding career Read More

Follow the Green Path

University of Toronto Scarborough program helps students from China adapt to a new culture Read More

Redemption Songs

U of T's Gospel Choir gives the closing performance at the Toronto Jazz Festival Read More

Aquabot

Engineering students build a robotic "submarine" Read More

Shower Beers

And ice cream for breakfast: What you learn from living with strangers Read More

The Ties that Bind

Survey reveals that a large minority of students are caregivers Read More

Goldrings Give $15.1 Million to Varsity, Victoria, Soldiers’ Tower

Gift to Varsity will support the construction of centre for high-performance sport Read More

Going Back

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

Supercommuter

Second-year student David Topping turns TTC stations into art Read More

Toronto Developer Backs Future Urban Designers

Students will travel to Latin American cities to gain new perspectives Read More

Professor Ken Bartlett engages students with a variety of narrative

A Constant Quest

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

Black and white photo of Betsy Mosbaugh (left) reviewing the pages of a newspaper that Bob Grosskurth is holding out. Grosskurth is looking at Mosbaugh with a pen in his hand.

A Newsroom of One’s Own

Betsy Mosbaugh braved the war era, snowstorms and typos as the first female editor of The Varsity Read More