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One Spadina, once the home of Knox College and Connaught Laboratories, now houses the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design (photo by John Horner)   Hidden gems are scattered across the University of Toronto campuses – not just in quiet corners of the university but under the drywall. Read more in U of T News.

U of T's newly announced wood building is being praised online (renderings courtesy of MJMA and Patkau Architects) It’s rare for an announcement about the construction of a new academic building to elicit tweets about being “giddy with excitement,” but that’s exactly what happened when the University of Toronto revealed its plans to build a 14-storey academic tower made of timber. Read more here.

A 14-storey academic building made of wood is to be built on top of the Goldring Centre (all renderings courtesy of MJMA and Patkau Architects) The University of Toronto is set to build a 14-storey academic tower made of timber on its downtown Toronto campus – expected to be the tallest mass timber and concrete hybrid building in North America. Read more here.  

CERN, the international lab near Geneva, is home to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator (photo by Claudia Marcelloni/CERN) It takes 22 member states, more than 10,000 scientists and state-of-the-art technology for CERN to investigate the mysteries of the universe. But no matter how cutting-edge a system is, it can have vulnerabilities – and last year University of Toronto employees helped CERN find theirs. Read more here.

The new Twin Suites Rooftop Lab installed on Sandford Fleming rooftop will catalyze building science research and collaboration between Professor Marianne Touchie (MIE, CivMin), Kim Pressnail and Jeffrey Siegel (both CivMin). (Photo Credit: Liz Do) Read more here.

Read more about U of T's development and redevelopment on and around the St George campus on UrbanToronto,ca's Growth to Watch For page.

Diversity and equity initiatives, improving the undergraduate experience, recruiting a diverse range of  international students, and expanding partnerships and opportunities around the world – those are some of the priorities in University of Toronto’s proposed spending plan for next year. Governing Council will vote on the $2.68 billion proposed operating budget for the 2018-2019 fiscal year on April 5. The balanced budget, which is expected to increase by 8.2 per cent from this year, follows months of consultations with academic divisions and departments, as well as offices responsible for university-wide services. “This is a collaborative effort to understand and support [...]

U of T will combine the new funding with $15.3 million already earmarked for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction projects across all three campuses 'This will allow us to double down on investments we've been making for the past decade' The University of Toronto, long a sustainability leader, plans to leverage $26.7 million in new provincial innovation funding to launch several major “green” projects across its three campuses as part of a program to reduce current and future greenhouse gas emissions. The new funding, announced on Monday by the province, will be combined with $15.3 million U of T [...]

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A $17-million renovation project has overhauled the infrastructure serving the Davis Building's “wet” scientific laboratories, sweeping away outdated technology and setting the stage for energy-efficient, modern and future-ready lab space. The funding of the laboratories at U of T Missisauga is part of the Lab Innovation for Toronto (LIFT) project, announced in July of 2016, that will see nearly half of the University of Toronto's research labs upgraded over two years. The Davis Building renovations, which affect 63 laboratories and almost 7,000 square metres of space, will benefit up to 95 researchers in both the departments of chemical and physical sciences, [...]