Spring 2007

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U of T Magazine edition Spring 2007

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Illustration of a man sitting on a chair, appearing to be in pain

The Problem of Pain

A pioneering Toronto clinic takes a new approach to a baffling medical problem Read More

$75-Million Campaign for Pain

Wasser Centre aims to become a world leader in patient-based pain management Read More

Bernhard E. Fernow, the first dean of U of T's Faculty of Forestry

“The Child of My Creation”

Bernhard Fernow guided the Faculty of Forestry from its founding a century ago through the tragic losses of the First World War Read More

Going Back

Returning to university after 20 years can be scary and bewildering. But it can also be wonderfully enriching Read More

In This Issue

Leading the Green Revolution

Forestry scientists are at the forefront of environmental research Read More

Our Quiet Revolution

Changing U of T's undergraduate student experience Read More

Global Warning

Universities will help solve climate change Read More

Donald Coxeter peers into a large kaleidoscope during a visit to the University of Minnesota in 1967

King of Infinite Space

Donald Coxeter, who taught geometry at U of T for more than 60 years, is the subject of a new book Read More

A Meditative State of Mind

What are people really doing when they’re meditating? Read More

One Latte with Dopamine Blocker, Please

Study could lead to new treatment options for people with addictions Read More

One Person, Half a Vote?

Ontario, Alberta and B.C. being shortchanged in Parliament, study finds Read More

Digital Nip/Tuck

Software simulates plastic surgery Read More

English doctoral student Mingjun Lu received the 2006 William E. Taylor Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The Memory Keeper

Mingjin Lu is finding connections between early Chinese and Western thought Read More

Bottoms Up

A social history of booze Read More

Roofs with a View

Photographer Jim Allen aims high Read More

New School of Public Policy Launches

Aims to make mark nationally and internationally Read More

Franklin Named Trudeau Mentor

Kidd gets lifetime achievement award Read More

To Our Health

$10 million Bloomberg gift will transform nursing faculty Read More

The Constant Donor

Guy Mills contributes to the National Scholarship program every year Read More

Friends of the Library

Heggie bequest will support the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Read More

Building a Better Heart

Milligan gift will fund graduate fellowships in biomedical engineering Read More

Grano's Roberto Martella won the Jane Jacobs Prize, which honours Toronto's

Dinner with Friends

Restaurant owner Roberto Martella believes in building community by breaking bread together Read More

Poet’s Progress

John Steffler's amazing literary journey Read More

Rhodes Scholar an Anti-Violence Advocate

Kofi Hope founded the Black Youth Coalition Against Violence Read More

Stand and Deliver

Trinity lectern is a "curiosity" Read More