Spring 2006

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U of T Magazine Spring 2006 Edition

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Cast members of The Rocky Horror Show in a dressing room preparing for a midnight performance at Hart House

After Hours

Campus life from dusk to dawn Read More

Jeffrey Rosenthal in a red long-sleeved shirt, smiling sheepishly at the camera, standing against a white wall peppered with mathematical formulae and surrounded by four knives stuck into the wall.

Games of Chance

Math prof and amateur comic Jeffrey Rosenthal embraces randomness – both on stage and in class Read More

How Much Are Drugs Worth?

A fledgling medical science attempts an answer Read More

School of Jazz

For U of T Music students, it's all about the passion and the desire to play Read More

Cathie Long (BA 1971 Trinity) was part of an experiment by Prof. Raymond Reilly to find a new way to treat breast cancer

A Twist of Fate

Raymond Reilly was looking for a better way to diagnose breast cancer. Instead, he discovered a new way to treat it Read More

In This Issue

Pinpoint Delivery

Professor Christine Allen uses nanotechnology to ensure cancer-fighting drugs get where they need to go Read More

The $75-million Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building at College Street and Queen's Park Crescent houses state-of-the-art laboratories, lecture halls and two unique

An Esthetic Marvel

The Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building doesn’t open till September, but it’s already turning heads Read More

Beating the Odds

Drug researchers are helping to develop new weapons in the fight against cancer Read More

Measuring Up

What university rankings do and don’t tell us Read More

Outdoor Sweatshops

U of T geography professor Ken MacDonald is challenging unfair labour practices on the slopes of the Karakoram Mountains Read More

Dinosaur’s “Duck Bill” Not Linked to Sense of Smell

PhD student reconstructs the brain and nasal cavity of the lambeosaur Read More

Rinse May Identify Risk of Gum Disease

New oral rinse developed by Professor Michael Glogauer at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry Read More

Heavenly Dance

"Gravitas: Portraits of a Universe in Motion." Read More

Placental Problems Linked to Heart Disease

U of T study led by Dr. Joel Ray of the department of medicine Read More

Culinary Conquerors

Students compete in Sodexho challenge Read More

Going Global

New undergraduate international-affairs magazine Globalist launches Read More

A Way with Words

U of T students win the 2006 World University Debating Championship Read More

Dial M for [murmur]

Using cellphones to make oral history come alive Read More

Alumni Launch Campaign to Restore Convocation Hall

UTAA hopes its gift serves as a catalyst for other donations Read More

Hats Off to Nurses

Bluma Appel's donation will provide nursing students with infectious disease training Read More

The Evolution of Medicine

Donation creates the Pauline M.H. Mazumdar Chair in the History of Medicine Read More

Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies Receives $1 Million

Centre receives its largest donation since the undergraduate program was founded Read More

Renowned Scholar Joins Dentistry

Nobel Biocare Chair in Prosthodontics Read More

Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You

Saturday Night Live creator remembers Hart House Theatre Read More

Living off the Grid

Every day is Earth Day in the Ketchum’s custom-built sustainable home Read More

Meet the President

Michael Deck takes the helm of the UTAA Read More

Sociology Alumni Unite

Sociology launches their Alumni Association at Spring Reunion Read More

Instrument of War

First World War era Corona typewriter Read More

On a Good Note

Composer James Rolfe wins $10,000 Ontario award Read More