News in brief
U of T grants exclusive contract for lecture recording technology
Echo360, a Dallas-based firm that describes itself as a “global leader in campus wide active and distance learning solutions” has [...]
David Cameron announced as interim dean for Faculty of Arts & Science
Professor David Cameron has been appointed interim dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto, [...]
Thomas Fisher obtains rare 1555 anatomical textbook
An original 1555 copy of Andreas Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica with extensive annotations has been added to the collection [...]
Atwood threatens to write U of T out of her will over Astroturf plan
Margaret Atwood has taken up the charge against U of T’s plan to convert its back-campus field into a field [...]
Federal government to absorb loss as unpaid student loans reach $540 million
The federal government has announced it will write off 44,000 loans this year, meaning taxpayers are set to pick up [...]
Google acquires U of T start-up
Google recently acquired the University of Toronto start-up company DNNresearch Inc., the brainchild of computer science professor Geoffrey Hinton and [...]
U of T computer scientist claims top award
Stephen Cook has been awarded this year’s Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada’s top annual science [...]
U of T alumnus wins Oscar
University of Toronto alumnus Mychael Danna won his first Oscar last Sunday in the Best Original Score category for the [...]

