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Engineering PhD student takes top prize at 3MT Finals
Pictured left to right: Emaad Paracha, Daniil Lisus and Angel Badewole (photo by Brian Desrosiers-Tam) The winners are in and Daniil Lisus’s presentation “Helping Autonomous Cars See What Our Eyes…
‘Silent epidemic’: Young researchers receive CIHR awards to investigate coronaviruses and chlamydia
Safia Omer (pictured) and Jonathan Burnie are among the first winners of the CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award, a new federal grant (photos by Don Campbell). This article originally…
Call for nominations: University of Toronto Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship supports Indigenous and Black researchers
With a goal of fostering increased diversity and representation at all levels of teaching, learning and research, the University of Toronto Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program (PPFP) is now accepting applications in…
Q&A: Meet Professor John Peever, newly appointed Vice-Dean, Students
Mental health. Holistic student services. Representation. Professor John Peever is placing these words at the centre of his five-year term as the newly appointed Vice-Dean, Students at the School of…
Rachael Cayley rethinks graduate student writing in her new book, Thriving as a Graduate Writer
In her book, Thriving as a Graduate Writer: Principles, Strategies, and Habits for Effective Academic Writing, Rachael Cayley aspires to reframe how students think about academic writing. Cayley, an…
PhD project explores how Afro-Peruvian women shaped Lima through music and performance
Roxana Escobar Ñañez traveled to Lima to interview Afro-Peruvian singers and performers as part of her dissertation (supplied image) The research spotlights criollo music, which emerged in Afro-Peruvian spaces and…
U of T researcher explores reparations for forgotten victims of Uganda’s war
Ketty Anyeko’s research is focused on children born of wartime sexual violence in northern Uganda (photo by Johnny Guatto) Ketty Anyeko is undertaking her research with the support of U…
U of T PhD student uses synthetic biology to create low-cost diagnostic tools
Justin Vigar and his colleagues are creating a customizable, paper-based platform to rapidly screen for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases This article originally appeared on the U of T News…
PhD candidate aims to advance health equity for marginalized populations
This article originally appeared on U of T News, by Tyler Irving. “I am here to make a difference in the lives of others” For her PhD research, LaShawn Murray…