(photo by Warren Faidley via Getty Images) A team of researchers, including U of T postdoc James Requeima, has developed an AI tool to predict the weather faster and with a fraction of the computing power of traditional methods. Published: July 14, 2025 By Diane Peters Weather prediction systems provide critical information about dangerous storms, deadly heatwaves and … Continue reading AI used to ‘democratize’ how we predict the weather
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Students who are unable to re-enter the U.S. will have to apply for a Canadian study permit and would be enrolled as full-time, non-degree students at U of T's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. Nathan Denette/The Associated Press June 25, 2025 Joe Friesen Postsecondary Education Reporter Harvard and the University of Toronto … Continue reading Harvard, U of T reach contingency plan for international students to take courses in Canada
The Community Resilience Forum is part of a tri-regional initiative co-organized by the University of Toronto’s Centre for Global Engineering, in partnership with The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It is supported by the University of Toronto’s Office of the Vice-President, International, and SDGs@UofT. Following earlier … Continue reading Tri-Regional Resilience Workshop: June 16, 2025
The institute will educate the next generation of climate leaders, mobilize talent and innovative ideas from across the university, expand on U of T’s world-leading sustainability research and discovery, and inspire the urgent action needed for a healthier future. Apr 22, 2025 The University of Toronto’s new Lawson Climate Institute will leverage the university’s expertise … Continue reading New Lawson Climate Institute at U of T will accelerate climate solutions
Laurence Klotz, the Sunnybrook Chair of Prostate Cancer Research and a professor of surgery in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, says the new findings are "practice-changing" for the diagnosis of prostate cancer (photo by Doug Nicholson/Sunnybrook) Study finds that high-resolution ultrasound is as effective as MRI in detecting prostate cancer, offering the possibility of a "one-stop shop" … Continue reading High-resolution ultrasound could enable faster prostate cancer diagnosis, researchers say
Source: U of T News (photo by Johnny Guatto) Published: March 26, 2025 By U of T News Team Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president. The appointment is for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2025. It was approved … Continue reading Melanie Woodin named U of T’s 17th president
Sylvia Okonofua is the founder of the non-profit Black Donors Save Lives and a first-year student in the Master of Public Health (MPH) in Black Health program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Published: March 12, 2025 By Bonnie O'Sullivan Sylvia Okonofua has been passionate about the cause of strengthening the ethnic diversity of stem cell … Continue reading Grad student draws on U of T Black health program to boost diversity of stem cell donors
The 2025 edition of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability ranked U of T first out of more than 1,500 institutions across 95 countries Source: U of T News Published: December 10, 2024 By Rahul Kalvapalle The University of Toronto has been ranked the most sustainable university in the world for the second consecutive year. The 2025 edition … Continue reading U of T ranked world’s most sustainable university for second year in a row
Source: U of T News. Victoria College students Noah Rudder, left, and Amy Mann, right, have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships (photo by Will Dang) Noah Adisa Rudder, a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College, has been named one of Canada’s eleven Rhodes Scholars for 2025. The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship will enable Rudder … Continue reading Caribbean Canadian Noah Rudder Named Rhodes Scholar for 2025
Published: November 20, 2024 A 22-minute documentary, International Students: First 48 Hours in Canada, directed by Cal Campos and shot at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, is now streaming on YouTube. The film follows international students’ journeys to the University of Toronto using cell phone footage and sit-down interviews. A joint partnership between U of T’s Centre for International … Continue reading First 48 Hours: Doc about U of T international students now streaming on YouTube