More News

Picture: 

An accidental discovery by U of T chemical engineering professor Tim Bender and post-doctoral fellow Benoit Lessard could result in a new way of manufacturing products ranging from sealants and adhesives to toys and medical implants.

The team discovered an unexpected side product of polymer synthesis that could have implications for the manufacture of commercial polymers:

Picture: 

Twenty-nine education professionals from the People’s Republic of China are spending two weeks at the University of Toronto Scarborough, getting to know how post-secondary education works in Ontario, and forging stronger ties between U of T and China.

The Academic Leadership Institute offers an opportunity for delegates from Jiang Xi province to explore the University of Toronto specifically, but also get a better understanding of Ontario’s post-secondary education system in general, said UTSC principal Franco Vaccarino.

Picture: 

The University of Toronto Scarborough was on hand to ring the opening bell of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX) March 15.

UTSC Principal Franco Vacarrino along with faculty and staff from the Department of Management joined Robert Fotheringham, senior vice-president of the TMX Group, to open the market and celebrate the recent opening of UTSC’s new state-of-the-art Finance and Trading Lab.

Picture: 

The federal government is investing $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at the University of Toronto.

Researchers will use the funds to investigate everything from lung transplantation to the efficiency of wireless networks.

Picture: 

What can sports teams learn from the manufacturing industry? Plenty, according to University of Toronto professor Timothy Chan and Douglas Fearing, an assistant professor with the Harvard Business School.

Chan and Fearing took first place in the 2013 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference research paper competition for their paper, The value of flexibility in baseball roster construction.