Autumn 2006

U of T Magazine edition Autumn 2006

Featured Posts

Professor Ken Bartlett engages students with a variety of narrative

A Constant Quest

For these five professors, great teaching is less about supplying a "magic" answer than encouraging students to ask the right questions Read More

Varsity editor Betsy Mosbaugh looks over a 1944 edition of the paper with assistant editor Bob Grosskurth

A Newsroom of One’s Own

Betsy Mosbaugh braved the war era, snowstorms and typos as the first female editor of The Varsity Read More

In This Issue

Field of Dreams

For international students, summer at U of T is about much more than learning English, especially during the World Cup Read More

Making Language Come Alive

U of T's English language program teaches 2,000 annually Read More

Great Profs

To be one, I'd have to emulate one Read More

What Inspires Us

Little things sometimes mean a lot Read More

Canada’s Research Powerhouse

A cradle for creativity, discovery and innovation Read More

Deep Sea Excitement

There is still no machinery for sea floor mining, but the technology exists Read More

Museum of the Missing

An estimated 100,000 works of art have disappeared Read More

OMG I Luv IM

Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds Read More

Drug Provides Key to Halting Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice

Researchers discover new breakthrough in fighting Alzheimer’s disease Read More

The Agony of Ecstasy

Long-term study of the cognitive effects of regular ecstasy use Read More

Shiny Happy People

Newmindspace duo bring community and fun to public spaces Read More

Will That Be a Master’s or a Doctorate?

Expanding graduate enrolment at U of T Read More

Spring Reunion Shakeup

Young alumni network at global Shaker Read More

City Idol

U of T students and alumni have fresh ideas about municipal politics, and Order of Canada recipients announced Read More

$3.5-Million Gift to Economics

Fortune-building Ira Gluskin honours father, Max Read More

He’s Our Man

Leonard Cohen contributes parts of his past to U of T library Read More

Taking Stock

Creating a greener U of T Magazine Read More

MDS and Rotman Create $30,000 Award for Leadership

MDS Inc. honours its past president and CEO with leadership award for incoming Rotman student Read More

The Origins of English

Grant will support research and writing of dictionary entries for the earliest English words Read More

Al Jazeera’s Bridge-builder

Shereen El Feki is host of current affairs show, People and Power Read More

Scene Stealer

Michelle Ong's jewelry plays a starring role Read More

Top 40 Under 40

Alumni and faculty recognized in the annual top executives list by The Caldwell Partners Read More

African Writer Honoured

Chinua Achebe, the "father of the modern African novel," receives honorary degree Read More

To create this gown, costume designer Suzanne Mess studied dresses in late 18th-century oil painting

A Night at the Opera

Faculty of Music's wardrobe room houses over 50 period dresses Read More