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University of Toronto takes home slate of NSERC awards
TORONTO, ON – Five U of T researchers and students have been awarded prizes from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) in recognition of their scholarly achievements. The marquee award, the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, went to U of T physicist Prof. Dick Peltier, a pioneer in Earth system science. The medal, which comes with $1 million, is named for Canadian Nobel Laureate Gerhard Herzberg and awarded annually for outstanding and sustained contributions to…
University of Toronto professors win John C. Polanyi award
TORONTO, ON – The groundbreaking research of two U of T professors has been recognized with the 2011 NSERC John C. Polanyi Award, which honours an individual or team whose Canadian-based research has led to a recent outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering. Professor Brendan Frey of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Professor Benjamin Blencowe of the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research were presented with the award by…
U of T strengthens partnerships with top Chinese institutions
TORONTO, ON – More University of Toronto faculty and students are poised to collaborate with partners at China’s top universities, as a result of President David Naylor’s recent visit to leading institutions in Shanghai and Beijing. The President’s week-long visit, which included meetings with key Chinese government officials and leaders of several Chinese universities including Peking, Tsinghua, Shanghai Jiao Tong, and Fudan universities, concluded this week with the promise of greater international exchange and collaboration. “China is an international powerhouse…
Baruch College wins 9th annual Rotman International Trading Competition
Toronto - A team of students from Baruch College (City University of New York) won the ninth annual Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC) hosted by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. A team from LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome placed second, while students from the University of Chicago placed third. The first place team was comprised of students Alexei Mikhailovich Smirnov, Gama Paul-Emmanuel Le Bouder, Jing Chen, and Yike Lu, the team’s faculty advisor was…
Who governs? City hall and civic participation
TORONTO, ON – The fifth lecture in the popular Toronto in Question Lecture Series hosted by U of T's Cities Centre will focus on how the City of Toronto operates, and how citizens participate in its governance. The event will take place on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto, 230 College Street, Room 103. Speakers Adam Vaughan (Councillor, Ward 20) and Richard Stren (Professor Emeritus,…
Melanie Gilligan: Crisis in the Credit System & Popular Unrest
March 9 - April 8, 2012 Reception: Thursday 8 March, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Artist Talk: Thursday March 8, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery is pleased to present the Toronto premiere of two major video works by artist-in-residence, Melanie Gilligan, titled Crisis in the Credit System (2008) and Popular Unrest (2010). In conjunction with the exhibition, Gilligan will be working on a new work, currently titled The Common Sense. Melanie…
International Financial Traders Compete at the Rotman School
TORONTO, ON –Once again the best financial student traders from universities around the world will gather this week at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management to vie for the championship at the ninth annual Rotman International Trading Competition. Participants include students from institutions in Canada, United States, Thailand, Australia, Italy, United Kingdom and Ireland. The three-day competition, beginning on Thursday, February 23, enables students to apply their classroom knowledge on simulated trading cases that closely mimic different aspects…
Is the deal on? Study from Rotman School shows why herd mentality best mode for group buying sites.
TORONTO, ON – We might like to think we're not influenced by other people. But a new study into group buying mechanisms -- like those used on popular internet websites such as Groupon and LivingSocial -- reveals that telling buyers who come later to the offer how many have already signed up increases the number of purchasers. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management wanted to understand why group buying sites that have entered the market recently…
Students learn the science behind the song
TORONTO, ON – Everyone has a reaction to music, but the experience becomes much more rewarding when you can learn some of the science behind it. A seminar called The Experience of Music gets first-year students assessing their feelings and behaviour when they listen to music in a variety of venues and contexts. The course is taught by psychology Professor Emeritus Douglas Creelman and modelled on Daniel Levitin’s book This is Your Brain on Music: The science of a human…
Canadian University Collaborative is chosen as one of four in world to lead health education reform
TORONTO, ON – Five Canadian universities have been chosen in a prominent international competition to represent North America as one of 4 global innovation collaboratives to work with the prestigious U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) on a project to lead innovation in health education across the globe. “This is an exciting opportunity for health professions and medical schools across Canada to help lead a global conversation about the ways we can improve health education,” said David Naylor, President, University of…