Six University of Toronto students have been selected as part of The Next 36, the annual program aimed at promoting Canadian entrepreneurship among undergraduate youth.
"I got in and I was shocked," saidSimon Bromberg. "I thought there'd be no way I was going to get in, that I'd do my best and that'll be the end of it."
Competition for a spot in the program is stiff and the selection process is rigorous, said Bromberg, who is majoring in biomedical engineering.
U of T's Andrew Haji and Charlotte Burrage took top prizes at the Canadian Opera Company’s Second Annual Ensemble Studio Competition recently at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Master's student Haji, a tenor, won the second prize and alumna Burrage, a mezzo-soprano, placed third. The top honour went to bass-baritone Gordon Bintner of Regina.
The University of Toronto has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop two online learning courses that will be delivered by award-winning U of T professors.
The two courses – the latest in U of T’s involvement in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) programs – are intended to “engage a broad range of students in successfully advancing their general and developmental education,” said the Foundation in announcing the award earlier this month.
Therapy dogs among initiatives to relieve students’ end-of-term stress
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Liam Mitchell
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With exams approaching, term papers due and 12 long weeks of class coming to an end, students (and many faculty and staff) are understandably stressed. But not to worry, Bella’s here to help.
A therapy dog with St. John’s Ambulance, Bella is a hound mix with a welcoming personality and the patience to let you pet away your problems. She is one of many initiatives available to U of T students who need to decompress before writing their exams this month.
For Bruno Artacho, studying at the University of Toronto offers opportunities for learning that extend far beyond the lecture halls, libraries or athletic facilities.
“The Canadian culture is more structured and organized: for example, everybody waits for the signal when crossing the streets here. But in Brazil it’s a mess,” laughs the electrical and computer engineering student from São Paulo State University (UNESP).
Invest in training and innovation now, task force urges
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Ken McGuffin
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The prosperity gap between Ontario and its peers will widen unless businesses start spending, says Professor Roger Martin of the Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress.
Businesses need to start investing in people and technology, improving management and pushing for growth, said Martin, Dean of U of T’s Rotman School of Management and Chair of the task force.
Members of Toronto’s Asian Canadian community gathered at University College on Nov. 28, 2012 for the announcement of a new, endowed Chair in Chinese Canadian Studies.
Four University of Toronto researchers have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society and publisher of the prestigious journal Science.
Fellows are nominated by their peers and recognized for their efforts to advance science and its applications.
Four University of Toronto alumni received top honours at the annual Toronto Board of Trade Business Excellence Awards on Nov. 15 at the Toronto Congress Centre.
The awards celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and honour the contributions made by small and medium-sized businesses to the Toronto Region business community.
University College celebrated its distinguished graduates at the first annual UC Alumni of Influence awards Nov.15, 2012 at the Eglinton Grand in Toronto.
Nearly 400 guests, including 58 of the 100 award-winners or designates, descended upon the restored art-deco theatre for the event.
Embrace your green thumb and learn how to transfer small vegetable seedlings from indoor pots to outdoor vegetable garden plots at Hart House Farm in Caledon.
Postdoctoral Fellow Christopher Charles, from U of T's Isotrace Laboratory, shares his tales of space rocks at a free public lecture—the latest in the Our Planet in Focus series jointly presented by the University of Toronto and Toronto Public Libraries.
Master's student Haji, a tenor, won the second prize and alumna Burrage, a mezzo-soprano, placed third. The top honour went to bass-baritone Gordon Bintner of Regina. 
