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Bringing the skills of a diplomat to global health challenges

COVID-19 highlighted the importance of strong global networks to address big issues. What’s needed are the people to drive them.

360info · Nov 7, 2022

Vitamin-powered batteries: how ‘self-driving’ labs are using AI to develop remarkable new materials

It can take many years for a new substance to get from a successful lab experiment to a solution ready to roll out across the world. But AI can be used to sidestep this bottleneck

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

Enrollment in Korean classes has shot up. Thank K-pop

College student enrollment in language classes has plateaued in recent years, but enrollment in Korean language classes rose 78% from 2009 to 2016.

WEKU · Oct 19, 2022

Women who become diabetic at young age likely to begin menopause early, study shows

MPs have called on government to invite all women aged 45 for an NHS health check

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Astronomers discover oldest known star clusters in Webb's first image

Astronomers say they've found the most distant globular clusters ever discovered in a 9 billion year old galaxy pictured in Webb's First Deep Field.

Inverse · Sep 29, 2022

Avicanna Expands Its Cannabinoid Based Drug For Epilepsy Research Program In Partnership With The University Of Toronto

Avicanna Inc. (OTCQX: AVCNF) (TSX:AVCN) (FSE:0NN), a commercial stage, international biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization of evidence-based, cannabinoid-based products, has expanded its research collaboration in field of epilepsy with a new collaboration with the

Benzinga · Sep 15, 2022

Canadian student uses hundreds of pieces of tape in Queen tribute

Matt Palandra, 19, a computer engineering student at the University of Toronto, spent seven hours creating an A4 image of the Queen using tape.

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

TikTok beauty queen dies in freak skydiving accident after 'opening parachute too late'

University of Toronto student and budding beauty queen Tanya Pardazi died during a skydiving trip which her friends said was supposed to be another of her "adventures" in Ontario on August 27

Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022

The Tarnished Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott

How educators are teaching the poetry of the man who oversaw residential schools

The Walrus · Aug 24, 2022

Students returning to campus want the 'university experience' missed during COVID-19

Universities are implementing COVID-19 safety plans to maintain safe and healthy environments — through protocols like enhanced cleaning or a focus on ventilation and air quality — for the imminent return of students to in-person learning on campuses.

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2022