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1 month ago | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Mariam Matti
Submitted by UniversityofToronto on Fri, 02/28/2025 - 18:49 Faye Mishna , an expert on bullying, cyberbullying and the use of new technologies in the field of social work, will become the University of Toronto’s next ombudsperson. Published: February 27, 2025 By Mariam Matti Faye Mishna , an expert on bullying, cyberbullying and the use of new technologies in the field of social work, will become the University of Toronto’s next ombudsperson.
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1 month ago | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Mariam Matti
Submitted by UniversityofToronto on Fri, 02/28/2025 - 18:46 Six eminent individuals whose work has propelled diverse fields ranging from artificial intelligence to Indigenous cinema will receive honorary degrees from the University of Toronto this year.
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2 months ago | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Mariam Matti
Submitted by UniversityofToronto on Thu, 02/20/2025 - 15:39 The University of Toronto is among the world’s top 25 universities for academic reputation and prestige, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking 2025 . Published: February 20, 2025 By Mariam Matti The University of Toronto is among the world’s top 25 universities for academic reputation and prestige, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking 2025 .
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Mariam Matti
Submitted by UniversityofToronto on Mon, 01/20/2025 - 20:57 Norovirus – a highly contagious virus known for causing gastrointestinal distress – is making headlines this winter due to a sharp rise in cases and widespread outbreaks in Canada , the United States , and beyond .
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
msn.com | Mariam Matti
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
medicalxpress.com | Mariam Matti
Norovirus—a highly contagious virus known for causing gastrointestinal distress—is making headlines this winter due to a sharp rise in cases and widespread outbreaks in Canada, the United States, and beyond. Nelson Lee is an infectious disease physician who is director of the University of Toronto's Institute for Pandemics, a U of T institutional strategic initiative, and a professor in the epidemiology division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
news.engineering.utoronto.ca | Mariam Matti |Fahad Pinto
Members of the University of Toronto community came together to commemorate the 14 women who lost their lives in the violent attack at École Polytechnique 35 years ago — and to honour all those impacted by gender-based violence. Students, faculty, staff, librarians and alumni from across U of T’s three campuses marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women with an event held at Hart House on Friday, while others attended virtually by livestream.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
pressreleasepoint.com | Mariam Matti
As a teenager in Myanmar, Jaivet Ealom says he could hardly have imagined one day graduating from the University of Toronto with a double major in economics and political science. “Not in my wildest dreams,” he says, noting that he’s now taking steps “to bring everything I’ve gained and learned” to help others who are suffering around the world.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
news.engineering.utoronto.ca | Mariam Matti |Safa Jinje
Vishakha Pujari (IndE 2T3 + PEY) is profoundly committed to paying it forward. The first student at the University of Toronto to be supported by a Karta Catalyst Scholarship, Pujari arrived at U of T in 2019 from the small Indian village of Walandi — about a five-hour drive from Hyderabad — to study industrial engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
magazine.utoronto.ca | Sharon Aschaiek |Mariam Matti
In the 1960s, students marched for civil rights; in the ‘80s, they protested South African apartheid. Today, many students are calling for action on the climate crisis and social injustice, using the internet platforms they grew up with to connect with like-minded peers and rally strangers to their cause. Like the three students profiled below, they are often motivated by personal experience.
