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Higher-income students have an edge when it comes to working memory
Toronto, ON – University of Toronto and MIT researchers have discovered important differences between lower and higher-income children in their ability to use “working memory,” a key brain function responsible for everything from remembering a phone number to doing math in your head. Using functional MRI (fMRI) to measure and map the brain activity of […]
“Perfect storm” brought sea louse epidemic to BC salmon: University of Toronto study
Toronto, ON – High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Strait, a University of Toronto-led study has found. The sea lice spread to migrating juvenile wild salmon, resulting in the highest numbers of sea lice observed […]
X Marks the Spot at the Centre of the Milky Way Galaxy
Toronto, ON – Two astronomers — with the help of Twitter — have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that an enormous X‑shaped structure made of stars lies within the central bulge of the Milky Way Galaxy. Previous computer models, observations of other galaxies, and observations of our own galaxy have suggested that the X‑shaped structure existed. […]
Behavioural scientists help Ontario save money through more online licence plate renewals: first-of-its kind Rotman collaboration
Toronto, ON – As tedious as waiting in a government services line-up can be, that’s what most people do, despite having the option of getting their business done online. In Ontario, only about 10 per cent of vehicle owners do their annual licence plate sticker renewals via the Internet. Maintaining the overhead to serve everyone else […]
How does water behave in space? U of T Engineering researchers aim to solve longstanding mystery
Toronto, ON – U of T Engineering researchers are launching an experiment that aims to solve the longstanding myster of how water behaves in space. Their experiment will launch at 12:45 am on Monday, July 18 aboard SpaceX CRS‑9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, headed for the International Space Station (ISS). There, an astronaut will run the […]
Business Executives Receive Appointments at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
Toronto, ON – Three seasoned executives with experience as entrepreneurs and in the financial services sector have received appointments at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Mitchell Goldhar and David Scrymgeour have been appointed as Adjunct Professors while Jun Yuan has been appointed as an Executive in Residence. Mitchell Goldhar is the founder of […]
Warm Jupiters not as Lonely as Expected
Toronto, ON – After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called “Warm Jupiters”, showing that many have unexpected planetary companions. The team’s analysis, published July 10th in the Astrophysical Journal, provides strong evidence of the existence […]
Massive open-access database on human cultures created
Toronto, ON – An international team of researchers has developed a website at d‑place.org to help answer long-standing questions about the forces that shaped human cultural diversity. D‑PLACE – the Database of Places, Language, Culture and Environment – is an expandable, open access database that brings together a dispersed body of information on the language, […]
Former Rotman School Dean Appointed to the Order of Canada
Toronto, ON – The former Dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has received one of Canada’s highest civilian honours. Professor Roger Martin, who led the Rotman School from 1998 to 2013 as Dean, was named as a Member of the Order of Canada for his for his leadership in business education […]
Clusters in Ontario – Creating an Ecosystem for Prosperity
Toronto, ON – A new working paper from the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity suggests that the province of Ontario could increase its prosperity through the growth of clusters and makes recommendations on how to improve the ecosystem that fosters successful clusters including the loosening of foreign direct investment restrictions and reducing government involvement in venture […]
New IMFG paper makes case for new taxes for Canada’s largest cities
Toronto, ON – The new IMFG paper, More Tax Sources for Canada’s Largest Cities: Why, What, and How?, released today by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, examines a dilemma that many large Canadian cities face: how should they pay for growing expenditure challenges and […]
Online privacy tool Access My Info now empowers Canadians to learn how dating and fitness apps use their data
Toronto, ON – Do you ever wonder if your cell phone provider is logging your location? Or if your online dating app is sharing your sexual preferences with marketers? Does your fitness tracker know more about you than it needs to? A revamped online tool called Access My Info is launching today and will help Canadians ask […]
Canada Should Remove Mexico from Refugee ‘Safe’ List
Toronto, ON – Canada should remove Mexico from its refugee ‘safe’ list because of the country’s serious human rights abuses, the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP) said in a new report released today. Failure to do so could place Canada in violation of its international legal obligations. The 54-page report, “‘Unsafe’ and on […]
World expert on machine learning and genomic medicine to speak at BizSkule
Sunnyvale, CA – Deep learning will transform medicine, but not in the way that many advocates think. Biological complexity, rare mutations and confounding factors work against us, so that even if we sequence 100,000 genomes, it won’t be enough. Brendan Frey is engineering the future of personalized medicine. A professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty […]
New lizard found in Dominican Republic
Toronto, ON – A University of Toronto-led team has reported the discovery of a new lizard in the middle of the most- visited island in the Caribbean, strengthening a long-held theory that communities of lizards can evolve almost identically on separate islands. The chameleon-like lizard – a Greater Antillean anole dubbed Anolis landestoyi for the […]
University of Toronto-led research suggests some major changes to geology textbooks
Toronto, ON – Super-computer modelling of Earth’s crust and upper-mantle suggests that ancient geologic events may have left deep ‘scars’ that can come to life to play a role in earthquakes, mountain formation, and other ongoing processes on our planet. This changes the widespread view that only interactions at the boundaries between continent-sized tectonic plates […]
New Principals Launch New Year of Consulting Services for the Rotman School’s Impact Consulting Group
Toronto, ON – A new team of talented MBA students has begun to provide premium consulting services at competitive rates with Impact Consulting Group at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. The team is already working with clients in a wide range of industries from corporate governance to technology services. Since 1972, Impact Consulting […]
UofT’s Rotman School of Management Joins Business School Alliance for Healthcare Management
Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has joined a prestigious alliance working to transform the health sector by advancing education, research and practice in schools of management. The Rotman School is the first Canadian school and second non‑U.S. school to become a member of the Business School Alliance for Healthcare Management […]
Rotman Faculty and PhD Students Honoured For Research Activities
Toronto, ON – Four faculty members at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management along with a PhD student have received honours recently for their achievements in research. Three Rotman faculty members were honoured by the Society for Financial Studies at their annual conference which was held at the Rotman School in May. A […]
University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering announces establishment of the Foundation CMG Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics
Toronto, ON – University of Toronto Professor Giovanni Grasselli, of the Department of Civil Engineering, has been named the inaugural holder of the Foundation CMG Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics. Professor Grasselli is joining 12 chairs at 12 universities, including Penn State and the University of Texas in Austin, […]