News & Features

High-profile research

UTSC faculty pulled in 24 awards when the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced its funding decisions for 2011. The prestigious awards included 17 NSERC…

The world's riskiest cities

According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), 60 percent of human deaths caused by natural disasters in the past decade have been due to earthquakes. This trend is not…

Speaking the patient's language

While Ortsbo has the potential to revolutionize fields such as business, education and geopolitics, it could also have a huge impact on information transfers in a very important area, healthcare—the…

Alumni news

Three alumni were inducted into the Scarborough Walk of Fame at a ceremony on May 12, 2011, at the Scarborough Town Centre Dr. Harold Stein (MD 1953) Since he began practicing in Scarborough in…

The psychology of prejudice

Negative stereotypes can become self-fulfilling prophecies that could undercut the performance of those in the stereotyped group.  Michael Inzlicht, professor of psychology at UTSC, is teasing…