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- 'Jihadi Jack' and the folly of revoking citizenship: U of T expert August 21, 2019The British government has just stripped Islamic State recruit Jack Letts of his United Kingdom citizenship.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/file-20190820-170914-11z7g9g.jpg
- Undergraduate students hone research skills at human biology lab 'boot camp' August 21, 2019After an intensive two weeks, the 49 undergraduate students enrolled in a human biology lab boot camp achieved the program’s primary goal: acquiring the “wet lab” skills and research experience that students often aren’t exposed to until graduate school.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/HMB-bootcamp-Weblead.jpg
- U of T's Sylvia Bashevkin researches foreign policy leaders who are women August 21, 2019If you open a newspaper, turn on the evening news or log on to any social media platform, you’ll be hard pressed to find a news organization that doesn’t have something to say about a woman in a position of political power.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019-08-21-women-leaders-resized.jpg
- Making connections: U of T student focuses on next-gen communications networks during 'inspiring' NASA internship August 20, 2019There are internships. And then there are internships like the one Georges Kanaan was accepted into at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. — an institution that played a pivotal role in putting Apollo astronauts on the moon as well as other historic missions like the New Horizons probe to Pluto, the Mars […]https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Kannan_NASA.jpg
- Doing the devil’s work: How U of T's Elizabeth Bagshaw became a pioneer in women's health August 20, 2019In September of 1901, 19-year-old Elizabeth Bagshaw came to the University of Toronto to register for studies in medicine. She had just arrived in the city the day before from her family farm near Cannington, Ont. When she entered the registration area, she noticed most of the women were in the line to enrol for […]https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Bagshaw02_large-crop.jpg
- El Grito: Violence in Colombia continues to kill activists, U of T expert writes August 20, 2019Grito in Spanish can mean “to cry.” For example, the cries of despair of María del Pilar Hurtado’s son in a video that circulated throughout the Colombian media this summer.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/file-20190815-136195-17gmi4c-weblead.jpg
- U of T researchers to harness quantum properties of light for biomedical imaging, security and more August 20, 2019Shine a regular flashlight at thick fog and you won’t see much more than a grey blur. Yet that reflected light still contains useful information – it’s just coded in the form of quantum data.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2019-08-20-Amr%20lab-resized-jpg.jpg
- Fun with filters: U of T alumna's designs draw millions of social media users August 19, 2019With millions of users for her Facebook frames and Instagram filter designs, University of Toronto alumna Lianne Tokey has earned her place among an elite group of developers creating augmented reality filter effects for social media.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/instagram2.jpg
- Award-winning author and U of T researcher Gwen Benaway on 'the transsexual body as a space of possibility' August 19, 2019As the first in her family to attend college or university, Gwen Benaway struggled with feeling a sense of belonging in higher education.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/IMG_20170901_132017_001_0.jpg
- U of T paleontologist David Evans takes the Globe and Mail on a dinosaur dig August 19, 2019When paleontologist David Evans and his team discovered a triceratops skull in the fossil-rich Hell Creek Formation, the Globe and Mail was right along with them.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/IMG_8144.JPG
- U of T conference on Ibadism highlights pluralism within Islamic tradition August 19, 2019Ibadism is a theological sect within Islam that stands alongside the more widely practiced Shi’a and Sunni traditions. But it isn’t nearly as well known in North America – a blind spot a recent conference at the University of Toronto sought to rectify.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Ibadi-conference-group-photo-weblead.jpg
- U of T outreach program imagines public health emergency involving Raptors – and Drake August 16, 2019A virus hits Toronto just as the Raptors clinch the NBA championship and crowds pour into the streets. For 11 high school students, this was the theoretical challenge they faced. And they had five days this summer to come up with a plan to avert catastrophe.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/68357319.jpg
- The fascinating history of boredom: U of T expert August 16, 2019“I’m bored” is a statement many parents dread hearing during the summer holidays.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/file-20190808-144855-wxweyy-weblead.jpg
- 'We have really ambitious plans': Robotics research gears up at U of T Mississauga August 16, 2019The University of Toronto Mississauga is forging a robotics research and teaching cluster that – as part of U of T’s new university-wide Robotics Institute initiative – will help “take robotics to the next level.” That’s how Jessica Burgner-Kahrs describes what's in store for robotics innovation at U of T Mississauga in the years ahead.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/pull_figure_v1%20%282%29.jpg
- The science of drunk fish: U of T researcher recognized for advances in behavioural neuroscience August 15, 2019Robert Gerlai recalls attending, at the age of six, a Christmas party at his father’s law firm in Hungary. Someone poured champagne – a lot of it – into a fish tank.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/0J5A0818.jpg
- With Google's backing, U of T startup BenchSci uses AI to create 'super scientists' August 15, 2019In less than three years, biomedical firm BenchSci has gone from four people sitting around a table to a 50-strong operation that’s backed by Google and counts some of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies among its clients.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/BenchSci-group-weblead.jpg
- U of T ranked first in Canada, top 25 globally by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy August 15, 2019The University of Toronto has once again been ranked the top university in Canada and in the top 25 globally by the prestigious Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. The 2019 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), a research-focused international ranking of higher education institutions, ranked U of T 24th in the world.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/UofT12116_20091001_MedicalStudentsinLab_002_0.jpg
- U of T’s Dexter Voisin takes a deep dive into the issues that drive neighbourhood violence in Chicago and beyond August 14, 2019Five people were killed and 43 people were injured in shootings that took place over the weekend in Chicago. This spate of shootings is nothing new for the third most populous city in the United States, but looking deeper into what drives the ongoing violence exposes a much more complex story.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/voisin-1140.jpg
- U of T researcher examines role of resiliency in mental health, including among students August 14, 2019One of the University of Toronto’s newest Canada Research Chairs is looking at how to foster resiliency in university students navigating mental health issues and help them to resolve problems that crop up in their daily lives.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Emily-Nalder-webead.jpg
- Investment in at-risk communities needed to reduce gun violence, U of T's Jooyoung Lee tells TVO's The Agenda August 14, 2019Following an unusual spate of gun violence, University of Toronto sociologist Jooyoung Lee spoke to TVO's The Agenda about the need for investment in at-risk communities to reduce gun crimes.https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/gun-violence.jpg
