Katie Vandeloo began researching why women are so susceptible to Alzheimer’s after her grandmother got the disease. On the same day Vandeloo found out she’d won a prestigious award to support…
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‘Truly humbled’: Qusai Hassan talks about evolution as a teacher and TA excellence award
Qusai Hassan has received a 2024 TA Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Toronto’s Teaching Assistants’ Training Program (TATP).
Philosophy professor Andrew Y. Lee wins prestigious metaphysics prize
Andrew Y. Lee, an assistant professor in the department of philosophy at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú, has won the Sanders Prize in Metaphysics.
‘One of Canada’s most prolific and influential ecologists’: Rudy Boonstra receives Fry Medal for lifetime of research
Rudy Boonstra, professor emeritus in the department of biological sciences at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú, has been awarded the 2024 Fry Medal.
Presented annually by the Canadian Society of…
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú student Maya Ahia receives Kyriakos (Ken) Alexopoulos memorial award for student mental health research
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú student Maya Ahia is the recipient of the inaugural Kyriakos (Ken) Alexopoulos Memorial Award for Student Mental Health Research, an award supporting the Inlight Student Mental…
Indigenous House receives national architectural award of merit
Indigenous House may be in the process of being built, but it’s already earning national recognition for its innovative design.
Mental Health First Aid two-day training on Dec. 6 and 7
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú staff, faculty and librarians are invited to participate in a two-day Mental Health First Aid Training on Dec. 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn about the four…
Professor’s research on financial cooperatives in the Black diaspora contributes to new partnership
The Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA), Meridian Credit Union and The Banker Ladies Council have announced a new collaboration to promote ROSCAs in the Canadian economy by creating a ROSCA…
Philosophy prof appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
William Seager may be retired, but he doesn’t plan on stopping his life’s work anytime soon.
Seager, a professor emeritus in the department of philosophy at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú, was recently…
Married couple spends weeks crossing Canada's east coast on motorcycles
Sue and Steve Joordens, a married couple who have cumulatively worked at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú for decades, spent much of their summer riding motorcycles from Toronto to Newfoundland and back again.…
New UTSC Cluster preparing for workforce of the future
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½Ó¿Ú (UTSC) Clusters of Scholarly Prominence Program has awarded funding to a new cluster: Education and Training for the 21st Century Workforce.
Irena Creed attends UN’s high-level political forum on sustainable development
In 2015, the United Nations established 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) for member nations to reach by 2030, such as taking urgent steps to combat climate change and using clean energy. Then…