Media Releases
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Leader in wealth management appointed at the Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – A finance industry veteran with over 30 years of experience has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Tom McCullough is Chairman and CEO of Northwood Family Office LP. He has spent over 30 years in the wealth management/family office field, initially in senior executive roles with RBC Wealth Management. Founded in 2003, Northwood Family Office has quickly become one of the leaders in its field and has been…
University of Toronto joins Harvard/MIT platform to deliver online courses
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto is joining edX, a US-based platform for massive open online courses that is accessible to students of all ages and means around the world. Founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, edX is designed to improve education, both online and on campus, while conducting research on how students learn. To date, edX has more than 675,000 subscribers; its goal is to educate one billion people worldwide in the next 10…
New study shows how seals sleep with only half their brain at a time
TORONTO, ON – A new study led by an international team of biologists has identified some of the brain chemicals that allow seals to sleep with half of their brain at a time. The study was published this month in the Journal of Neuroscience and was headed by scientists at UCLA and the University of Toronto. It identified the chemical cues that allow the seal brain to remain half awake and asleep. Findings from this study may explain the biological…
Canada’s aquatic ecosystems research gets boost from NSERC
TORONTO, ON - Thanks to a funding boost of $4.4 million, the NSERC Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems (CNAES) will play a key role in ensuring well-informed decisions are made when it comes to this country’s wetlands, lakes and rivers. The funding, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, in conjunction with $4.3 million dollars of support from partner organizations, was recently announced as part of the government’s Strategic Network Grants program which encourages large-scale, multidisciplinary, collaborative research projects that…
Students tackle healthcare challenge in Rotman/Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies case competition
TORONTO, ON – Teams of students gathered at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management on February 6 for the annual healthcare case competition organized by the School's Healthcare & Biotechnology Association, an MBA student group. The competition, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies, attracted participants from the Rotman School's Full Time, Morning and Evening MBA programs, MBA students from York University's Schulich School of Business as well as students from U of T's Temerty Temerty Faculty of…
Toronto can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent, says U of T prof
TORONTO, ON – Toronto, and other cities around the world, can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by implementing aggressive but practical policy changes, says a new study by University of Toronto Civil Engineering Professor Chris Kennedy and World Bank climate change specialist Lorraine Sugar, one of Kennedy’s former students. Kennedy and Sugar make the claim in ‘A low carbon infrastructure plan for Toronto, Canada,’ published in the latest issue of The Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. The paper aims…
Refocusing important on and off the court, says recent study
TORONTO, ON – If an employee's performance drops in one area, does that mean they're slacking off? It could mean that they've simply shifted and refocused their efforts on a different set of tasks -- a positive sign of adaptability that should be considered in performance evaluations, says a study led by a researcher at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. The study, published in Human Performance, draws on statistics from professional basketball players for its data and conclusions.…
Canadian researcher helps put humans on the tree of life
TORONTO, ON - A University of Toronto Scarborough researcher was part of a team that reconstructed the family tree of placental mammals – a diverse group that includes cats, dogs, horses and humans. The research traces placental mammals back to a small, scampering, insect-eating creature that got its start 200,000 years or more after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The work is featured in this week’s Science magazine. Mary Silcox, assistant professor of anthropology at UTSC, is a co-author on…
Alaa Murabit, Voice of Libyan Women co-founder, to keynote “Sexual Violence in the Recent Conflicts in Libya and Syria” conference on Feb. 8, 2013
TORONTO, ON - Twenty-three year old Alaa Murabit, co-founder of the grassroots movement Voice of Libyan Women, will be the keynote speaker on Feb. 8, 2013 at an international conference highlighting the issue of sexual violence in the wake of the Arab Spring. “Sexual Violence in the Recent Conflicts in Libya and Syria,” hosted jointly by the Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program and the U of T Munk Centre of Global Affairs, will discuss the challenges of documenting…
Leader in the banking industry joins the Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – A leader in the banking industry who has strong ties to the University of Toronto has joined the University's Rotman School of Management as an Executive-in-Residence. Rose Patten will continue in her role as Special Advisor to the President and CEO of BMO Financial Group and as a senior member of the Bank’s Management Committee. At the Rotman School she will work with students, advise on course design and engage with faculty on research. She will teach…