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Canadian researchers first worldwide to generate pluripotent stem cells from horses
Discovery opens avenue for research into new veterinary and human treatments for a range of degenerative conditions TORONTO, ON and Montréal, QC - In a world first, pluripotent stem cells have been generated from horses by a team of researchers led by Dr. Andras Nagy at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Dr. Lawrence Smith at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Veterinary Science. The findings will help enable new stem-cell based regenerative therapies…
THE 13th annual Dame Nita Barrow Lecture
TORONTO, ON – Teresa Ulloa Ziáurriz will be speaking at The Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place, on February 25, 2011. Ziáurriz will be discussing the future of prostitution in Canada. She is an inspirational lawyer and activist from Mexico City who has worked for decades against all forms of violence against women nationally and internationally, more recently with a focus on prostitution. The event is being presented by the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, OISE/UT with support from the…
Are we more — or less — moral than we think?
TORONTO, ON — A study by Rimma Teper, Michael Inzlicht, and Elizabeth Page-Gould of the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) on human morality has just been published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science. The study tested the difference between moral forecasting and moral action—and the reasons behind any mismatch. The findings look encouraging: people act more morally than they would have predicted. But lest we get sentimental about that result, lead author and psychology PhD…
Rotman pension leader receives CFA institute award for professional excellence
TORONTO, ON – The director of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has been presented with the CFA Institute’s Award for Professional Excellence. Keith Ambachtsheer is an adjunct professor of finance at the Rotman School, Director of its International Centre for Pension Management, and founder/president of KPA Advisory Services, in addition to being the director of Rotman ICPM. The Award for Professional Excellence is presented by the CFA Institute, the…
University of Toronto student named student entrepreneur provincial champion
TORONTO, ON - Donny Ouyang, Owner of Kinkarso Tech Ltd. and full-time student at the University of Toronto, has been named a 2011 Student Entrepreneur Ontario Champion. Student Entrepreneur is a national competition operated by charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and proud program supporter, CIBC. Started in 2007, and currently only 18 years old, Donny has owned and operated Kinkarso Tech Ltd. - a web consulting company that develops for-profit Internet startups. Their flagship startup is Rayku.com, a peer…
PhD Fellowships Established at UofT’s Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – A professor emeritus at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is honouring four former faculty members who were pivotal in the establishment of the school’s PhD program by creating four fellowships for doctoral students. Professor Emeritus William Waters, MBA’62, has committed up to $1,000,000 in matching funds towards the fellowships in honour of the late Myron J. Gordon, Professor Emeritus of Finance, the late Warren Main, a professor emeritus and former Dean of…
Faculty of Dentistry researchers collaborate internationally to reduce one of the most common chronic childhood diseases
TORONTO, ON – An investigation using four interventions concurrently including dental treatment, fluoride applications, anticipatory guidance and motivational interviewing specifically designed for First Nations pregnant women will commence this spring in several communities across Ontario and Manitoba. The Canadian arm of this project is funded at almost $1.2 million dollars by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Its goal is to reduce the marked early childhood caries disparities that exist between First Nations and non-First Nations children in Canada. Canadian…
U of T students to participate in “alternative reading week”
TORONTO, ON – On top of hitting the books this reading week, hundreds of U of T students will be hitting the streets in one of Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods to help with key community-building projects. More than 200 student volunteers will team up with agencies in the Weston-Mount Dennis area February 22 to 24, pitching in on a wide range of projects designed to enhance community services in the vibrant, multicultural neighbourhood. The students will help with dozens of critical…
U of T computer scientist wins $1‑million Herzberg Canada gold medal
TORONTO, ON – University of Toronto computer science professor Geoffrey Hinton, considered one of the world’s foremost researchers in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence, has been awarded the 2010 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. The medal, named for Canadian Nobel Laureate Gerhard Herzberg, is awarded annually by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to Canadian research in the natural…
Childhood physical abuse linked to peptic ulcers
TORONTO, ON – Victims of childhood physical abuse are more than twice as likely to develop ulcers than people who were not abused as children, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto. “We found a strong and significant association between individuals who were abused during childhood and those were diagnosed with peptic ulcers later in life,” says lead author Esme Fuller Thomson, Professor and Sandra Rotman Chair at U of T’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social…