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A graduate of distinction

If the graduand can’t come to Convocation Hall, Convocation will come to the graduand.

At the age of 73, Kabutarie Kuntie (Kathy) Singh is not U of T Mississauga’s oldest graduate, but her physical challenges made it impossible to attend Monday’s graduation ceremonies at Convocation Hall. So on June 13, UTM brought her gown, her hood and her degree to Humber Valley Terrace, a long-term care facility in Rexdale where Singh now lives. 

Research, renderings and rainforest

On the west coast of British Columbia, the vast and ancient Great Bear Rainforest meets the cold-water seas that teem with seabirds, sea lions and humpback whales. Wild rivers, rich with salmon, weave from the sea through the rainforest floor and bring life to thousands of plant and animal species including the grizzlies, black bears and rare white Spirit bears that the region is named for.

Convocation 2013: from refugee to U of T grad

Having fought incredible odds to achieve an education, two remarkable young men will be graduating from the University of Toronto this spring.

Yak Deng (University of Toronto Scarborough) and Abdi Hassan Ahmed (University of Toronto Mississauga) both came to U of T on World University Service of Canada (WUSC) scholarships, which help refugee students achieve their dreams of higher education.

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Eminent Canadian astronomer illuminates the science and wonder of comets

Whether as objects of scientific study or as fascinating sights in the night sky, comets have long captured the human imagination. Last Friday, the nature, history and magic of these heavenly messengers was highlighted at a University of Toronto Mississauga talk by world-renowned Canadian astronomer David H. Levy.

UTM researchers two of U of T’s Inventors of the Year

For computer scientist Daniel Wigdor, standardized shipping containers are an invention that changed the world. Cancer researcher (and Isle of Bute native) Patrick Gunning leans towards the telephone, but insists that the greatest inventor was definitely Scottish.

Students may one day learn about containers and telephones along with the work of Wigdor and Gunning, who were recently named two of the University of Toronto’s Inventors of the Year.

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