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The Landscape of Landmark Quality design project is a proposed revitalization of the major public spaces of the historic St. George campus. You are invited to attend an Open House on Apr. 12, which will include an exhibition of the revised design proposal by our consultant team: KPMB Architects, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) & Urban Strategies. The updated master plan responds to feedback received during the project's competition phase and through consultation with various university groups and community members in February and March 2016. Landmark Open House I (updated design proposal) Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 9:00 AM – 5:00 [...]

TechKnowFile (TKF) is an annual conference that showcases many of the projects and initiatives undertaken by the ‪IT community at U of T, providing two days of IT learning for you and your colleagues at no cost. After the Call for Ideas was circulated last month, a great round-up of conference presentation, teaching, and discussion ideas for this year's TKF transpired, but there is still time to respond to the Call for Proposals, which will close on March 31, 2016. Read more.

Goh brings “entrepreneurship experience and passion for the translation of scientific discovery to technologies that benefit society,” Scott Mabury says by Olivia Tomic Professor Goh has published more than 80 papers and has started seven companies with her students Professor M. Cynthia Goh, scientist, educator and serial entrepreneur, has been selected as the inaugural academic director for the University of Toronto’s Banting & Best Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (BBCIE). “The world has changed, and while we provide an excellent fundamental education, our students could use more,” said Goh.“U of T needs to be the leader in training and inspiring our [...]

Take a look at the newest St. George campus sustainability yearbook and see why it really is greener at U of T. Read more here

by Olivia Tomic, U of T news Nanoleaf founder and U of T grad Gimmy Chu (photo above by Johnny Guatto/photos below courtesy Nanoleaf)) Thee U of T startups are among 36 projects from across the country receiving funding from the federal government in support of their clean technology innovations. Nanoleaf, QD Solar and ARDA Power Inc. received a total of almost $6 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a governmental foundation which helps clean tech entrepreneurs commercialize their products by removing the funding barrier that hinders so many high potential startups. “Nanoleaf is creating truly innovative products right here in Canada, [...]

CB Insights venture capital database now available at U of T By Olivia Tomic About CB Insights Made possible by the BBCIE Collaboration fund, CB Insights is a venture capital and private company database used by investors and startups alike. The platform uses machine learning to monitor over 270,000 sources to track startups and private companies and provide data and analytics on deals, companies, and investors-acquirers. In addition, the CBI research and content team creates premium research on global industries as well as a popular newsletter. Accessing the database at U of T Users create an account and sign in [...]

Deyu Wang and Olivia Tomic From left to right: Michael Mai, Craig Madho (U of T Pharmacology & Toxicology), Anne Martel (researcher and U of T associate professor), Stephane Langevin, Dan Hosseinzadeh, Deyu Wang (U of T Computer Science), Sean Nichols There’s a tremendous amount of precision required from pathologists when they make cancer diagnoses, and the results of their work are literally a matter of life or death. But technology developed by University of Toronto startup Pathcore™ is making the tedious and complex task of reading potentially cancerous tissue samples faster and more accurate. “We free pathologists from counting cells, [...]