Festival SPURS high schoolers to experience university
“This is a great opportunity for our Grade 11s to see what the opportunities are for courses in areas such as politics, the arts and ideas. The offerings are so vast; there is a subject that will...
View ArticleA&S students gain transformative field experience in Republic of Georgia
“For many of us, it was the first time doing primary research. It was very valuable to speak to our sources firsthand. The political landscape in Georgia changes so fast; it was really beneficial.” —...
View ArticleNew U of T-China Connection Positively Medieval
“This program is one in which U of T and the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts are working together to make art history a more global discipline.” — Jennifer Purtle, a U of T professor specializing in...
View ArticleGrad to Watch: Leila Chan Currie is software star
"If you told me four years ago that I would be working for Google, I would have looked at you funny. I took a computer science class in high school and didn’t like it, so I was ambivalent about taking...
View ArticleApplied Computing Degree Perfect Fit for Aspiring Tech Entrepreneur
When he first read about the University of Toronto's Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC) program, aspiring tech entrepreneur Kiran Sachdev knew it was a perfect fit. The post Applied...
View ArticleInternship at Black History Society a transformative experience for...
“Initially, I wanted to be a lawyer and that’s still possible, but I developed this strong interest in equity and social justice and there is also research I would like to pursue.” — Kevin Lunianga The...
View ArticleCombine computers, big data, genetics and entrepreneurship and what do you get?
If you’re Marc Fiume, a University of Toronto PhD graduate in computer science, the answer is DNAStack, a bioinformatics startup company that is poised to take the world of genomics by storm. The post...
View ArticleAfrican-Canadian Collaboration Bears Fruit
Women are still at a disadvantage, whether they are academics or farmers, as participants in a recent workshop at the University of Toronto discovered. The post African-Canadian Collaboration Bears...
View ArticleAnthropological study in India hooks student on research
U of T students connected with the students at the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation (CREST) in Calicut, Kerala, India. CREST — run by anthropologists — helps members of the...
View ArticleTrudeau Scholar planting seeds of equity for migrant farm workers
“I am interested in how it can be possible for both farmer and farm workers to have dignified livelihoods. There is so much energy now around local and sustainable food. There is an opportunity to...
View ArticleOxford Street, Accra by Ato Quayson takes top Urban History Association Prize
With his book, Ato Quayson invites readers to "tour Accra through my eyes. I wanted to be the scribe of my city." The post Oxford Street, Accra by Ato Quayson takes top Urban History Association Prize...
View ArticleArts & Science advisors brush up on best practices to support student success
In a bit of role reversal, it was the Faculty of Arts & Science’s student advisors who received advice during last week's Student Advisors Conference at Sidney Smith Hall. The post Arts &...
View ArticleSolitude essential for writer-in-residence
Award-winning writer Rawi Hage is the Department of English’s Jack McLelland writer-in-residence for the 2016 spring term, so the novelist has uprooted himself from his Montreal home for four months to...
View ArticleUndergraduate research prowess on display
Dozens of Arts & Science students crowded the Great Hall at Hart House on March 3 to proudly display posters summarizing their undergraduate research projects and explain them to all comers. The...
View ArticleU of T astrophysicist wins Humboldt Research Award
Astrophysicist Harald Pfeiffer receives Humboldt Research award for academic achievements to date including fundamental discoveries, new theories, and insights. The post U of T astrophysicist wins...
View ArticleStudent research project provides up close look at refugee crisis
While many of their fellow University of Toronto students hit the books during Reading Week, Jelena Djuric and Silviu Kondan hit the streets of Belgrade instead. The post Student research project...
View ArticleEconomic historian brings enthusiasm and energy to research, teaching
If Shari Eli’s enthusiastic students are any indication, there will soon be a boom in budding economic historians at the University of Toronto. The post Economic historian brings enthusiasm and energy...
View ArticleStatistics course incorporates oral and written communications skills
First-year U of T students who are eager to sink their teeth into a statistics course get side helpings of improved language skills and mentorship, thanks to a Department of Statistical Sciences pilot...
View ArticleUndergraduates explore and compare the meaning of multiculturalism on...
When U of T Professor Bonnie McElhinny and six of her anthropology students think about Hawaii, it’s not the lovely beaches, the surfers or the volcanoes that first come to mind. Instead, they picture...
View ArticleCourses benefit students and the community
It might be a toss-up as to who derives the greatest benefit from Professor Franco Taverna’s Human Biology community engaged learning courses: the students who participate or the community members they...
View Article
