SGS News & Celebrates

I’m pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved the appointment of Dr. Sarah Sharma as the Acting Vice-Dean, Research and Program Innovation for a one-year…

Jon Cohen, Professor Emeritus of Economics and former Dean, School of Graduate Studies by Kate Baggott, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts & Science Jon Cohen helped shape post-secondary education…

Winners of the 2025 3MT (from left): Emily Wood (2nd place), Faiyza Alam (1st place), Melissa Suma (3rd place), and Tess Seip (People’s Choice). by Natasha Smith PhD candidate Faiyza…

Rachael Cayley, Fiona Coll and Daniel Aureliano Newman (supplied images) by Heidi Lee Writing Together: Building Social Writing Opportunities for Graduate Students, a new book edited by Rachael Cayley, Fiona…

First-year DLSPH student Sylvia Okonofua Story originally appeared in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health News by Bonnie O’Sullivan Sylvia Okonofua discovered her purpose years prior to joining DLSPH…

Research by UTM’s Sonia Evans sheds light on the origin of pyruvate in chloroplasts, opening the door to enhanced crop productivity and resilience. (Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn) Story originally appeared…

From left: Professor Cindi Morshead, PhD student Tianhao Chen and Professor Hani Naguib led research to develop a flexible, biodegradable electrode capable of stimulating neural precursor cells in the brain…

The new Healthy Research Teams Seed Fund supports activities that promote healthy research practices at the University of Toronto. The purpose of the fund is to improve the experience of…

Louis Busch (supplied image) Story originally appeared on U of T Celebrates. Louis Busch, a PhD candidate in the department of leadership, higher and adult education at the Ontario Institute…

Story originally appeared on U of T Celebrates Ten graduate students at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine have received Cecil Yip Doctoral Research…

Dr. Canrinus (photo courtesy Riverwise Psychology Services) Story originally appeared on the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education’s (OISE) Latest News and Stories by Perry King The pandemic was a…

Ursula Franklin in laboratory (photo credit: University of Toronto Archives) by Heidi Wing Sum Lee In recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Massey Lectures, Professor Jane Freeman was featured…

From U of T Celebrates. Fifteen doctoral students at the University of Toronto have received Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowships for 2024-25. The annual fellowships are designed to offer…

Athanasios Litsios and Lucie Wolf receive Donnelly Centre’s Research Excellence Awards Postdoctoral Fellows Athanasios Litsios and Lucie Wolf (supplied images) From U of T Celebrates. Full story originally appeared in…

Jatta Muhonen’s research is focused on how well athletes are able to recognize and react to emotional abuse by coaches. The PhD student from the University of Helsinki was inspired…

Growing up in Uganda, Naturinda Emmanuel aspired to be a medical doctor and health leader. He wants to eliminate barriers to healthcare access for those in underserved, remote communities. Naturinda Emmanuel is…

“We’re using criminal justice mechanisms to deal with what should be an administrative process” Jona Zyfi, a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, is using a…

Photo by Matthew Volpe The University of Toronto is Canada’s primary engine of advanced talent creation. With approximately 1,000 PhD graduates every year, U of T trains one in seven…

Pictured, left to right: PhD Candidates Heta Lad, Delaram Pouyabahar and Justin Sing Story originally appeared in The Donnelly Centre for Cellular + Biomedical Research News by Anika Hazra The…

Former University of Toronto graduate students Karl Manis, Chido Muchemwa and Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya have received the 2024 Governor General’s Gold Medal in recognition of academic excellence at the graduate level…

With files from the SGS Athletics Report: 2023-2024 written by Rheannon Demeter and all photographs by U of T Intramural Photographers The numbers are in and hundreds of graduate students…

Chelsi Ricketts will carry out her research at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education’s Mental Health and Physical Activity Research Centre For Chelsi Ricketts, research on body image is…

Pictured, left to right: Angela Colantonio, Elizabeth Peter, Pamela Klassen, Angela Mashford-Pringle and Cillian O’Hogan (supplied images) Story originally appeared in U of T Celebrates by Rahul Kalvapalle Faculty members…