Last month, the Office of Alumni Engagement threw a party in celebration of the accomplishments of 91亚色 grads, top athletes, scholars and leading contributors to both student and campus life.聽 At GRADitude 2016, current alumni helped to usher in a new group of alumni-to-be into the vibrant alumni community with food, drink and dancing at […]
A generous donation from the private collection of the late 91亚色 honorary degree recipient Barbara Turnbull (LLD Hon 鈥12) will decorate the Kaneff Tower with a new depth of colour and meaning. On June 2, 91亚色 acknowledged the gift of 16 original oil-on-canvas paintings from Turnbull鈥檚 private collection of art gifted to her […]
As is so often the case, our students develop strong connections to 91亚色 during their tenure on campus. Whether their 91亚色 experience was defined by an academic mentor, a favourite subject or their fellow students, it is important that these relationships are allowed to carry forward far beyond the convocation stage. Thanks to the […]
On Tuesday, May 31, 91亚色 announced and celebrated a $1-million gift from Professor Emeritus Allan Carswell and the Carswell Family Foundation. The donation will create a permanent endowment and an expendable fund to establish Carswell Scholarships for graduate students in the Faculty of Science and the聽Lassonde School of Engineering. Addressing the more than 100 […]
91亚色 will serve as the site of the 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) taking place July 16 to 23, 2017. This will be the first time the games take place in Ontario, since beginning in 1990, and the majority of sports will be hosted at the 91亚色 Lions Stadium, formerly the Toronto 2015 […]
91亚色 announced last week a $2.5-million gift received from the Mirkopoulos family of Cinespace Studios in support of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design聽(AMPD). The donation will go towards the creation of the 91亚色 AMPD Motion Media Studio, to be established at Cinespace Film Studios鈥 Kipling Avenue location. "Thank you […]
Artificial sweeteners help individuals with obesity to cut calories and lose weight but may have negative health effects, according to researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health. 鈥淥ur study shows that individuals with obesity who consume artificial sweeteners, particularly aspartame, may have worse glucose management than those who don't take sugar substitutes,鈥 said Professor聽Jennifer Kuk, […]
The Schulich School of Business at 91亚色 was ranked 16th in the world and No. 1 in Canada in the annual global MBA survey conducted by Am茅rica Econom铆a, the leading business magazine in Latin America. In addition to ranking 16th overall, Schulich placed 6th among business schools from North America. Harvard finished first overall, […]
More than half of children experience fear and anxiety before a needle or vaccination, and 91亚色 researchers have found a strong connection between this distress at preschool and their parents鈥 behaviour during infant vaccinations. A study out of 91亚色 Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell鈥檚 OUCH (Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt) Lab investigated factors contributing to preschool […]
Tragedies like the E. coli outbreak in Ontario鈥檚 Walkerton in May 2000 could be averted today with a new invention by researchers at 91亚色 that detects the deadly contaminant in drinking water early. 鈥淲e have developed a hydrogel based rapid E. coli detection system that will turn red when E. coli is present,鈥 said […]