Student Life

Yuechuan Chi's international foundations

Author: 
Philip Cox
Picture: 
Yuechuan Chi shows a petri dish in a lab.

Yuechuan Chi is a third year chemistry major and developmental biology specialist with the Cell and System Biology department.

He was one of the first students of the International Foundation Program, which offers admission to academically qualified international students whose English fluency scores fall below the direct entry requirements.

Writer Philip Cox asked Yuechan what he’s been up to since completing the program three years ago.

Posted Friday, May 17, 2013

Launching TEDxUofT

Sub-title: 
Event hosts short talks by expert speakers on campus, streams for free online
Author: 
Brianna Goldberg
Picture: 
large red x over black and white image of University College

The first university-wide TEDx event comes to the downtown campus this weekend.

An acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design, TED began in the early 1990s as an annual conference in California, with strong ties to the collaborations and innovations coming out of Silicon Valley.

Posted Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The 2013 Hart House Review

Author: 
Dominic Ali
Picture: 
photo of Hart House Review editorial team

Founded in 1992, the Hart House Review is a showcase for aspiring visual artists and writers, featuring poetry, prose, art and photography.

Posted Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Solar power fuels Trinity College awards

Author: 
Lauren Binette
Picture: 
photo of Trinity College

They call them solar bursaries: Trinity College is using money generated from solar panels on its roof to fund research opportunities and awards for students.

Each day the solar panels on the Larkin Building near the corner of Devonshire Place and Hoskin Avenue generate electrical energy which the College sells at a premium to Toronto Hydro. And this year, revenues from those solar panels helped fund 25 student bursaries.

Posted Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Finding the magic mushroom: a PhD candidate's story

Author: 
Jessica Lewis
Picture: 
Photo of Dylan Gordon

Once upon a time, Dylan Gordon, an anthropology PhD candidate, spent a year living in the wilderness with wild mushroom and plant pickers.

When he returned, he wanted to share their experiences. So, when he heard about the Storytellers Challenge put on by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), he created a three minute-long audio piece.

Posted Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Science at the Movies: Short Circuit

Sub-title: 
Discussing artificial intelligence with U of T's experts
Author: 
Brianna Goldberg
Picture: 
Short circuit between two nails causes sparks.

Before there was Wall-E, before Star Trek's Commander Data, there was Johnny Five: the sentient robot starring alongside Ally Sheedy and Steve Gutenberg in Short Circuit, a family-friendly film from 1986 that introduced a generation of kids to the wonders of artificial intelligence.

Tomorrow night, Johnny Five will drive discussion between audience members and U of T experts at the latest instalment of Science at the Movies.

Posted Monday, March 25, 2013

Supermileage: U of T's Shell Eco-Marathon car

Sub-title: 
Powered by a leaf blower motor
Author: 
Terry Lavender
Picture: 
photo of Monika Torio in supermileage car

Imagine driving almost 900 kilometres on one litre of gas.

A U of T Engineering student team is hoping to do just that at the annual Shell Eco-Marathon Challenge in Houston, Texas in early April.

The aptly named University of Toronto Supermileage Team will be racing its 90-pound, 1.3 horsepower vehicle—powered by a Honda leafblower motor – against teams representing other universities from Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States.

Posted Friday, March 22, 2013

The Weakerthans versus Sarah Polley

Sub-title: 
A U of T undergraduate's dilemma
Author: 
Nicola Lanthier-Rogers
Picture: 
photo of The Weakerthans' John K. Samson

I have a problem. I'm in my first year here at the University of Toronto and I'm struggling.

Not with the workload - I mean it's tough but it's nothing I can't handle without some Snow Patrol and late-night trips to the Tim's down the road. I do have a problem though, and it's something I believe all U of T students have to wrestle too.

There are simply too many things to do.

Let me rephrase that: there are too many things I could do.

Posted Thursday, March 21, 2013

Student conference brings sports business experts to U of T

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Industry leaders from media, marketing and law to appear
Author: 
Brianna Goldberg
Picture: 
TV host Cabbie Richards poses with Larry King and his producer.

Heavy-hitters from the sports-business community will offer their advice to students at the second annual Sports Industry Conference, hosted by the University of Toronto Sports and Business Association (UTSB) at the Royal Ontario Museum March 22, 2013.

Posted Monday, March 18, 2013

U of T's “Women in House” on Parliament Hill

Sub-title: 
Students shadow female politicians
Author: 
Brianna Goldberg
Picture: 
The inaugural cohort of U of T's Women in House program pose on Parliament Hill.

Women undergraduates from the University of Toronto took to Parliament Hill recently, shadowing senators and MPs to learn about the realities of political life for women.

It was all part of the new U of T Women in House program from the Munk School of Global Affairs and the International Relations Program at Trinity College.

Posted Monday, March 18, 2013
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