Posts Categorized: News 2020

As we reflect on 2020, we can all look back with immense pride on the ways the U of T Engineering community has come together — with creativity, resilience and determination — during what has been an unusually challenging year.…

Story by Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering News Daniel Deza (Year 1 EngSci) always knew he was going to have friends at U of T Engineering — starting with his older brothers Arnaud (Year 3 EngSci) and Gabriel (Year 4 EngSci). What he didn’t…

Story by Liz Do, U of T Engineering News Members from across U of T’s three campuses gathered virtually to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman entered an…

From a brain-sensing headband to a contemporary culinary cult classic, U of T Engineering has collected its top gift ideas — all with ties to the Faculty — to inspire your gift giving for a holiday season unlike any other.…

Each November, the University of Toronto’s Pulp & Paper Centre coordinates and hosts the annual, three-day Effective Energy and Chemical Recovery in Pulp and Paper Mills Research Consortium review conference, bringing together over 100 attendees from academia and industry. The…

Story by Liz Do, U of T Engineering News Two leading-edge facilities set to open in 2022 will further strengthen U of T Engineering as a powerhouse for clean energy research and commercialization. This week, the National Research Council of…

A camera and a bottle of Gatorade were the key pieces of equipment for a recent virtual lab in Professor Jennifer Farmer’s (ChemE) course, CHE204: Applied Chemistry. “We told students that they’d have to determine the amount of food dye in…

University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly) was featured on CBC’s Quirks & Quarks to discuss her receipt of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering and her groundbreaking research in hydrogels. Read the article or listen…

This year, U of T Varsity Blues is celebrating a record number of student athletes who received academic honours in the 2019-20 academic year. In total, 308 students received top honours, with engineering students making up 32 of awardees. Among…