No one would deny that Dr. Steven Stein (BSc, 1972) is a very intelligent man. A clinical psychologist, the CEO of a very profitable company and an expert on psychological assessment, Stein is also a…
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Installation
Louis Archambault (1915–2003) created A Tall Couple, the bronze sculpture nestled in the perennial gardens by UTSC’s H-wing patio. Commissioned for Expo 67 in Montreal, the work was later…
Trees 'remember' where they come from
Genetically identical trees respond differently to their environment depending on what part of the country they come from. The surprising finding could have implications for gardeners and foresters,…
Take home: 10 ways to improve your emotional intelligence
UTSC alumnus Dr. Steven Stein (BSc, 1972) is a clinical psychologist and an expert on emotional intelligence, or EQ. According to Stein, being aware of and in control of your emotions are key to…
Climate governance experiments
The dust has settled on the latest round of global climate negotiations, with glimmers of hope that an international treaty to combat this most serious of problems could be in the offing in the near…
Andrew Stark wins Fulbright
Legal battles over intellectual property often pit giant corporations against one another in multi-million dollar lawsuits. What can a philosopher hope to add?
Quite a bit, according to Andrew Stark…
Uncertainty leads to possibility
When second-year biology student Mingyuan “Ming” Li started working in Professor Herbert Kronzucker’s electrophysiology laboratory in the summer of 2011, he had no idea how much he’d accomplish in…
The rice artist
Twelve thousand years ago, somewhere in the verdant valleys along the Yangtze River in southern China, an anonymous hunter-gatherer made a discovery that would reverberate around the planet. Instead…
U of T launches $2 billion fundraising campaign
The University of Toronto has launched Boundless, the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Canadian university history. University of Toronto’s president, David Naylor, kicked off the campaign at a…
UTSC partners with Parks Canada on the Rouge
An historic agreement signed last November establishes the University of Toronto Scarborough as the primary research and education partner with Parks Canada, as the government agency prepares to open…
City of words
UTSC is a hub for intellectual and cultural exchange in the Eastern GTA, and the 2-year-old campus event City of Words contributes to this role in a whole new way. The popular reading series features…
Did you know?
If your shasta daisies are not doing as well this year as your neighbour’s, the problem might not be your gardening technique. Instead, it might depend on where your flowers came from.