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Rotman MBAs Win the Sofaer International Case Competition at Tel Aviv University
Toronto, ON – A team of Rotman MBA students have won the Sofaer International Case Competition held last week by the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University. The team included 2 Israeli students who were returning to their home country to represent the Rotman School in the competition. Team members were Elad Barak, […]
U of T’s Creative Destruction Lab Announces Call for Applications from Technology and Machine Learning Ventures.
Toronto, ON – Do you have a technology or machine learning startup that you believe is massively scalable? The Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is now accepting applications from ventures to be part of its fifth cohort during the 2016/17 academic year. Since its inception, over 125 ventures have […]
The University of St. Michael’s College welcomes Randy Boyagoda as new Principal and Vice President
Toronto, ON – The University of St. Michael’s College (USMC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Randy Boyagoda as its new Principal and Vice President, effective July 1, 2016. An accomplished writer and academic, with bylines in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times (UK) and the Globe and Mail, he has most […]
Researchers Uncover Extensive Twitter-based Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting UAE Dissidents, Journalists
Toronto, ON – A new report from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab reveals a sophisticated international cyber-espionage campaign targeting journalists and activists whose work concerns the United Arab Emirates. The campaign used elaborate ruses, including fake organizations and journalists, to engage targets online, then entice them to open malicious files and links containing malware capable […]
Rotman Professor Wins Early Career Award for Operations Management Research
Toronto, ON – An associate professor of operations management has received a prestigious award which recognizes his research accomplishments from the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Prof. Ming Hu was presented with the Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award at the 27th annual conference of POMS, which was held earlier this month in Orlando, FL. […]
University of Toronto Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant For Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development
Toronto, ON – University of Toronto announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Professor Aaron Wheeler, of the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, and his research team will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, […]
More than 18,000 New Top Minds Set to Graduate this Year from U of T
Toronto, ON – More than 18,000 of the world’s newest great minds are set to graduate from the University of Toronto, Canada’s top internationally-ranked university, this year — 13,500 alone during spring convocation, running May 31 to June 16. Among those expected to cross the stage at Convocation Hall are: three Rhodes scholars, dental surgeons, architects, […]
Poor communities a “hotbed” of entrepreneurial creativity, but need help to grow long-term, shows Rotman research
Toronto, ON – Necessity can be the mother of invention, but without financial and business development support, many impoverished entrepreneurs can’t get past the start-up phase of establishing a unique new business. Using a national survey on entrepreneurship, researcher Laura Doering showed in a recent study that low-income entrepreneurs in Panama were just as likely as […]
Professor Glen A. Jones appointed new OISE dean
Toronto, ON – Professor Glen Jones, interim dean of the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, has been appointed dean of OISE for a five-year term effective July 1, 2016. Professor Cheryl Regehr, vice-president and provost of U of T, announced the appointment on May 19, following an extensive international search for […]
Rotman MBA Graduates Named as Canada’s Top Female Entrepreneurs
Toronto, ON – Two graduates of MBA programs at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management have been named among to the PROFIT/Chatelaine W100 ranking of Canada’s top female entrepreneurs with a third named as a rising entrepreneur to watch. A fourth company co-founded by a Rotman MBA graduate placed 1st in the ranking. […]
Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services Appointed at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
Toronto, ON – An expert in corporate governance and finance has been recognized for his achievements in teaching and research with a new appointment as the Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Alexander Dyck is a professor of finance and business economics who has been at […]
1,400 students and teachers to participate in Canada’s largest STEM event for kids
Toronto, ON – More than 1,400 students from Grades 3–8 will descend on the University of Toronto on Friday, May 13 for Innovate U, a massive day of hands-on activities celebrating science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and the power of innovation. The one-day event is a first-of-its-kind partnership between U of T Engineering, Google […]
U of T researchers create first Canadian guidelines for optimal internships
Toronto, ON – In today’s ruthless job market internships often give students a competitive edge. But what makes for a valuable experience? And how do you measure success? Researchers from U of T’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education have addressed these long overdue questions with Canada’s first post-secondary internship guidelines. It’s a development that […]
NeXus Consulting Group: Helping Non-Profit Organizations and Social Enterprises Maximize Their Social Impact
Toronto, ON – Since 2005, non-profit organizations and social enterprises have reached out to a team of MBA students at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management to help maximize their social impact. NeXus offers affordable, fee-based consulting services to support a broad range of business needs, including business planning and start-up, marketing, growth […]
JLABS gives U of T startups a place to call home
Nanovista is one of the first 22 up-and-coming companies selected to be part of JLABS @ Toronto, an innovative research centre designed to advance bio/pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and digital health programs. “Being a part of JLABS brings us one step closer to commercializing and delivering this product to market to help patients,” said Jinzi Zheng of […]
Toronto chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize
Dwayne is Director of the Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg, Germany, with a secondary appointment as Professor of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Toronto. Dwayne works to track chemical reactions on the atomic level using ‘atomic movies’, a method […]
New Book by Rotman School Professor Examines How Firms Manage Disruption
Toronto, ON – Almost twenty years ago Clayton Christensen popularized the term disruption in his book The Innovator’s Dilemma, writing of disruption as a set of risks that established firms face. Since then, few have closely examined his account. A new book by Joshua Gans, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, […]
Understanding and Improving Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector
Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto and the World Health Organization are proud to launch the WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability and Transparency for the Pharmaceutical Sector with a policy workshop and celebration at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy on April 29, 2016 from 12:00 pm — 3:30 pm. This event will tackle […]
Rotman Professor Wins a 2016 Killam Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Toronto, ON – An economist at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is the recipient of a prestigious award from the Canada Council for the Arts. Dan Trefler, a professor of business economics who holds the J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity, will receive a Killam Prize for […]
Rotman Professors Win 2016 Fellowship and Governor’s Awards from the Bank of Canada
Toronto, ON – Two professors at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management have been named as the recipients of prestigious research awards from the Bank of Canada today. Dan Trefler, a professor of business economics who holds the J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity, is the recipient […]