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February 23, 2017 – What makes a city tick? Why does it grow the way it does? How is it like other cities and yet unique? In essence, what is its DNA? With its forward-pushing Urban Genome Project, the University…

February 23, 2017 – Vanessa Grace Bart-Plange came to Toronto from Ghana four years ago as part of the first wave of MasterCard Foundation Scholars. In a speech at U of T’s fourth annual MasterCard Foundation Scholars dinner last week, she…

February 23, 2017 – An innovative collaboration between graduate and undergraduate students aims to leverage the engineering creative process to address educational challenges, from improving math instruction in high schools to easing anxiety among students transitioning to university. “Engineers are…

February 17, 2017 – Canada will spend $125 billion on infrastructure maintenance and expansion in the next 10 years. Professor Fae Azhari (MIE, CivE) is helping stretch those dollars farther by keeping our buildings, bridges, roads and reservoirs safe and structurally sound…

February 14, 2017 – MIE Professor Mark Fox’s team is among three from U of T Engineering sharing $750,000 in funding from the recently relaunched Connaught Global Challenge Award. The internal award, funded by the Connaught Fund, is designed to support new…

February 13, 2017 – As a first-year student in U of T Engineering, Jennifer (Yewon) Son never imagined that she and her classmates would come to the rescue of hundreds of thousands of priceless works of literature. “We came up…

February 7, 2016 – Aaron Persad (EngSci 0T6, MechE PhD 1T4) is one of five U of T Engineering alumni named to the Canadian Space Agency’s shortlist of candidates to become Canada’s next astronaut. “I felt excited, honored and a…

January 30, 2017 – Two MIE professors are among four of U of T Engineering’s most outstanding educators honoured with 2016 Faculty Teaching Awards. PhD candidate Mohamed Abdelfattah (ECE) received the Teaching Assistant Award, which recognizes TAs who demonstrate excellence…

January 26, 2017 – Professor Cristina Amon (MIE) has been reappointed as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto for a special third term to June 30, 2019. In addition, Dean Amon will serve…

January 26, 2017 – In many ways, George Klein (MechE 2T8) rivaled Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and other icons in the scope of his inventiveness and impact — certainly in his effect on society. His project areas ranged from…