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- 'Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II' performed for the first time in Israel: New York Times July 17, 2019Yiddish songs written by Soviet Jews during the Second World War that were discovered in Ukraine by a University of Toronto professor have been performed for the first time in Israel.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019-07-17-yiddish-glory.jpg
- Mansplaining: U of T expert on new solutions to a tiresome old problem July 17, 2019In 2008, author Rebecca Solnit’s now famous essay, Men Explain Things to Me, set off a firestorm.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019-07-17-mansplaining-resized.jpg
- Early drug intervention reduces risk of cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis sufferers: U of T study July 17, 2019People who develop rheumatoid arthritis as older adults benefit from early and sustained use of a drug called Methotrexate (MTX), a recent study led by University of Toronto researcher Jessica Widdifield has found.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/GettyImages-504864926.jpg
- U of T's English-Chinese translation program continues to grow, bridging two cultures in the process July 17, 2019Louie Xia first started translating Chinese text into English as a hobby in Grade 8. He would translate all sorts of things – news articles covering computer games, historical articles about the Second World War, and even the text files embedded in mobile games. By high school, it had developed into a passion.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019-07-17-ect-resized.jpg
- U of T alumnus, partner bring visibility to Indigenous and two-spirit community on The Amazing Race Canada July 16, 2019A University of Toronto education is meant to prepare graduates for anything life throws at them – including, apparently, whirlwind journeys across the country on The Amazing Race Canada.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/anthony-james.jpg
- Leading researcher in regenerative medicine becomes first Medicine by Design scholar in residence July 16, 2019Professor Shulamit Levenberg, a leading interdisciplinary researcher in stem cells and tissue engineering at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, has started her month-long appointment as Medicine by Design’s first scholar in residence.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019-07-16-LevenbergSM-crop.jpg
- Citizen Lab research outlines how WeChat uses high-tech algorithms to censor images: South China Morning Post July 16, 2019Research from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab outlines how Chinese social media app WeChat is using cutting-edge technology to censor images shared by its over 1.1 billion users.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/GettyImages-1148310772.jpg
- U of T's Fisher Library acquires copies of Der Eigene, the world's first gay magazine July 16, 2019One of the opening pages of a 1924 edition of Der Eigene, said to be the world’s first gay magazine, is missing a piece. The carefully cut-out segment, a few centimetres across, removes the text of an inscription – likely the recipient’s name – that was pencilled in by someone named “Gertrud” nearly 20 years after the issue was first […]https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/der-eigene-lead.jpg
- 'Do I eat fruit or do I not eat fruit?' U of T undergraduate research award-winner investigates health effects of sugar July 16, 2019Through her research, Danielle Lee knew that sugar was a cause of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but still found the relationship perplexing since even healthy foods – dairy, grain products, fruits and vegetables – contain sugar.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/0J5A0685.jpg
- Digital generation: U of T researchers work with UN to support children's rights online July 15, 2019Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information are holding a series of workshops with children to better understand how they use digital technology – information that will be shared with the United Nations as it looks to update its Convention on the Rights of the Child for a digital world.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/GettyImages-629508672.jpg
- U of T's Mikko Taipale wins inaugural Catalyst Award to explore new research avenues in cancer drug discovery July 15, 2019High-risk research can bring high rewards, but for early-career researchers seeking tenure and funding renewal it often makes more sense to stick with projects that are safe and guaranteed to yield data.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019--7-15-Mikko%20catalyst%20fund%20photo-resized.jpg
- U of T researchers part of international team awarded US$4 million by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to map human liver July 15, 2019A group of University of Toronto researchers are part of a 19-person international team awarded US$4 million by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to advance understanding of the human liver across diverse life stages and genetic backgrounds.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/IMG_0064.jpg
- Infection-fighting protein senses protein misfolding in non-infected cells, U of T researchers find July 12, 2019Researchers at the University of Toronto have uncovered an immune mechanism where host cells combat bacterial infection – and that a protein crucial to the process can sense and respond to misfolded proteins in all mammalian cells.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Dana-Philpott%2C-Stephen-Girardin-and-Mena-Abdel-Nour-by-Shawn-Goya--webleadl.jpg
- U of T historian retraces the history – and tensions – behind Scarborough's Chinatown July 12, 2019Agincourt is renowned as one of Toronto’s Asian culinary hotspots. But its history – including opposition to a wave of immigrants in the early 1980s – is less well known.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Dragon-Mall-weblead.jpg
- U of T study of oil sands monitoring suggests poor understanding of emissions – and their impact July 11, 2019Jeffrey Brook, a University of Toronto expert in air quality and health, spent nearly a year reviewing data from Canada’s Joint Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM) program, which aims to quantify and assess the short and long-term ihttps://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/GettyImages-oil-sands-web-lead.jpg
- Real or fake? U of T law students work with Amnesty International to verify conflict zone videos July 11, 2019In January, videos surfaced on social media that appeared to show paramilitary forces in Sudan using tear gas on protesters at a hospital in Khartoum.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Sudan-1140.jpg
- People who 'microdose' psychedelic substances report improved mood and focus: U of T study July 11, 2019A University of Toronto Mississauga researcher and his colleagues have “uncovered high potential research avenues” for assessing the benefits and drawbacks of microdosing with the psychedelic substances LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) and psilocybin (the key ingredient in magic mushrooms).https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/GettyImages-mushrooms--weblead.jpg
- U of T Engineering awarded three CREATE grants to train researchers, move knowledge from lab to real world July 11, 2019In nature, one organism’s waste often becomes energy for another – and the University of Toronto’s Emma Master wants to apply these same principles to industrial manufacturing.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Master_Lab_Dec_weblead.jpg
- 'Bite the bullet and call in sick': U of T study finds most hospital staff work while ill, putting patients at risk July 11, 2019Most Canadian hospital staff knowingly continue to work while sick with flu or other respiratory illnesses, according to University of Toronto researchers.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/nurse-hands-lead.jpg
- Annual mammography screenings aren't the best option for female survivors of some childhood cancers: U of T study July 10, 2019Female survivors of childhood cancers who have been treated with thoracic radiation, such as survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL), have a higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life compared to the general population.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/GettyImages-463446763.jpg
