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• Eaton family's $1 million gift marks a century of support for U of T's Faculty of Medicine January 21, 2019
  The University of Toronto’s department of medicine recently received a $1 million gift from John Craig Eaton II in support of the Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program – equipping new generations of physicians to advance our understanding of disease through research.
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• From the gridiron to health care: Former CFL player – and U of T alumnus – Ryan Hinds makes an impact January 21, 2019
  Ryan Hinds, a former CFL defensive back, always knew he wanted to pursue a career in health care. The trick was finding the right role to tackle. 
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• U of T expert on minding the gender gap in science prizes January 21, 2019
  Although there are more science prizes now than ever, they aren’t distributed fairly. A new study in Nature shows that women win fewer scientific prizes than their male peers, and the prizes they do win are less prestigious and come with lower monetary value.
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• U of T expert on Airbnb's adverse impact on urban housing markets January 21, 2019
  A recent report by a Toronto public interest group, Fairbnb, has added a local voice to a growing international chorus of concern about how Airbnb is affecting housing markets.
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• What the moon's craters reveal about the Earth's history: U of T expert and lead author of new study January 18, 2019
  Most scientists believe the rate at which the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites has remained constant for the past two to three billion years. Understanding the age of craters on the moon can help us better understand the age of our own planet because the Earth would have received similar numbers of […]
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• Low-cost, high-efficiency nanosatellites invented at U of T catch a rare stellar event January 18, 2019
  On March 22, Rainer Kuschnig of the Graz University of Technology in Austria was doing his daily check of the nanosatellites in the BRITE Constellation Project – a Canada-Austria-Poland collaboration – when something caught his eye.
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• Author returns to her childhood roots in role as writer-in-residence at U of T Scarborough January 18, 2019
  The Scarborough of author Carrianne Leung’s 1970s childhood was a much different place than it is today. “We immigrated from Hong Kong in 1971 and shortly after moved into a new house in a brand new subdivision in Agincourt,” says Leung, who will spend the winter term as writer-in-residence at University of Toronto Scarborough.
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• Team of scientists led by U of T identify period of increased asteroid impacts on ancient Earth by studying the moon January 17, 2019
  An international team of scientists is challenging our understanding of a part of Earth’s history by looking at the moon, the most complete and accessible chronicle of the asteroid collisions that carved our solar system.
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• U of T to ensure student access despite changes to OSAP, tuition framework January 17, 2019
  The University of Toronto is committed to maintaining its standing among the world’s top academic and research institutions – and ensuring access for all qualified students – despite the Ontario government’s cuts to post-secondary education funding.
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• A decade of the Dunlap Institute: 'We’re not only celebrating a 10-year anniversary, but a 100-year conversation' January 17, 2019
  University of Toronto President Meric Gertler and Faculty of Arts & Science Dean David Cameron hosted David and Moffat Dunlap and members of the Dunlap family at a gala dinner last month to cap off the 10th anniversary of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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• Former professor Carl Morey taught students – and the public – the joys of music January 16, 2019
  Carl Morey loved the sound of the human voice and spent his career teaching the joys of music to students and the public at large.
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• Faculty of Medicine program opens opportunities to Black MD students January 16, 2019
  Growing up, Chantal Phillips was not sure whether medical school was for her. It wasn’t because she wasn’t interested, but because she couldn’t see anyone like herself practising medicine.  
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• 'When you grow up not knowing or seeing a single doctor of colour ... it makes you question why things are the way they are' January 16, 2019
  The Faculty of Medicine’s Black Student Application Program (BSAP), which began in 2017, provides a more culturally safe admission pathway for Black students to medical school. Modelled on a similar pathway for Indigenous students, BSAP welcomed its first cohort in September.  
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• Storm across the pond: U of T professor and former high commissioner to U.K. on Brexit turmoil January 16, 2019
  It was a nightmarish week for British Prime Minister Theresa May. After the Brexit deal she negotiated with the European Union was decisively voted down in parliament, she barely survived a no-confidence vote Wednesday, 325 to 306. Two-and-a-half years since Britons voted in a referendum to leave the EU, they seem more divided than ever about how […]
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• U of T’s Anna Goldenberg named SickKids’ first-ever chair in biomedical informatics and artificial intelligence January 15, 2019
  Anna Goldenberg, a University of Toronto associate professor of computer science, is breaking ground in her new role at the Hospital for Sick Children. She has been named the hospital’s first-ever chair in biomedical informatics and artificial intelligence – the first post of its kind to exist in a Canadian children’s hospital.
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• Why Big Pharma must disclose payments to patient groups: U of T expert January 15, 2019
  A United States congressional report revealed last year that five opioid manufacturers made more than $10 million in payments to patient advocacy groups and professional societies between 2012 and 2017.
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• Study of Fort McMurray homes after wildfire should give residents 'peace of mind': U of T researchers January 15, 2019
  Despite devastating 2016 wildfires that turned skies grey and forced an evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alta., University of Toronto researchers have found no evidence of harmful levels of residual toxic substances in local homes. Instead, their study of more than 60 homes in Fort McMurray found levels of contaminants comparable to homes across Canada. 
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• U of T researchers identify domesticated 3,000-year-old quinoa seeds in Ontario January 15, 2019
  A mass of charred seeds found while clearing a home construction site in Brantford, Ont. has been identified as ancient, domesticated goosefoot, a form of quinoa native to eastern North America.
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• U of T-led study finds genetic drivers of low-oxygen cancer tumours, opens new avenues for treatment January 14, 2019
  University of Toronto researchers have discovered the genetic underpinnings of hypoxia – the low oxygen state that surrounds cancer tumours and helps them grow and resist treatment.  
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• Stomach for risk? It could be in your genes, says U of T researcher involved in international study January 14, 2019
  An international group of scientists that includes University of Toronto economist and geneticist Jonathan Beauchamp has identified 124 genetic variants associated with a person’s willingness to take risks.
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