News & Updates Archive (2021)

Ontario universities create fellowship to increase diversity in engineering and technology

By Branden Wesseling | January 18, 2021 | Comments Off on Ontario universities create fellowship to increase diversity in engineering and technology

Story by Engineering Strategic Communications, U of T Engineering News Six universities in Ontario have partnered to create a new fellowship to expand the pathways for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering to prepare them for academic careers as professors and industry researchers. Announced today, the Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology […]

The year ahead: Q-and-A with U of T Engineering Dean Christopher Yip

By Branden Wesseling | January 11, 2021 | Comments Off on The year ahead: Q-and-A with U of T Engineering Dean Christopher Yip

Story by Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering News A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the year 2020 — unprecedented, unusual, challenging — but Dean Chris Yip would choose a different one: inspiring. “What I saw across our Faculty was people rising to the challenge,” he says. “That innovative spirit is what engineering […]

‘The next big step’: U of T researchers pursue a treatment for vision loss

By Branden Wesseling | January 6, 2021 | Comments Off on ‘The next big step’: U of T researchers pursue a treatment for vision loss

Story by Paul Fraumeni, U of T News It takes only a fraction of a second for light to travel through your eye to create an image in the brain, enabling you to see these words on your screen.  This ability, however, can be weakened – sometimes resulting in total blindness – when key structures in […]

Professor Gisele Azimi featured on CBC News

By Branden Wesseling | January 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Professor Gisele Azimi featured on CBC News

Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) was featured on CBC Morning Live to discuss her research on recycling precious metals from discarded e-waste. Watch the segment »