Society
November 15
One hundred years ago this month, scientists at the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals carried out the first studies that demonstrated the ability of insulin to lower blood sugar levels in animals and prevent their death from diabetes. Three months later, insulin was successfully admin... Read More
November 10
The University of Toronto has teamed up with the City of Toronto and the Legacy Art Project to commemorate Terry Fox, the Canadian hero who – with one leg amputated due to cancer – embarked on a quest to run across Canada in 1980 to raise money for cancer research. The city recently unveiled fi... Read More
November 8
The University of Toronto has partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Metrolinx to bring a mobile vaccine clinic – housed in a GO bus – to the St. George campus. The GO bus has been transformed into a mobile pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic that operates on a first-come, first-served ba... Read More
November 5
Many people who contract COVID-19 get better on their own at home, but more serious cases can involve hospitalization and months of recovery – or more. Angela Cheung and Margaret Herridge, both professors in the University of Toronto's department of medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, a... Read More