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From advice to students, to tips on practicing wellness at home, nearly 50 U of T Engineering faculty, staff, students and alumni, have so far shared their messages of support.

U of T Engineering community rallies together to record messages of support for Back to Skule™

“Stay calm and be you” — professors, alumni, students and staff share advice and encouragement

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (EngSci, MIE)

New faculty member Michael Guerzhoy joins EngSci, MIE

Machine learning and statistics expert encourages incoming students to ‘think big and stay curious’

Michael Acquaviva is one of six students named a top scholar this year by the Toronto District School Board and one of three who will be attending U of T this fall (photo by Johnny Guatto)

Meet two top students from Toronto high schools who are attending U of T Engineering this fall

Two incoming engineering students were named top scholars this year by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB)

Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci). (Photo: Dustin Fenstermacher)

Meet Professor Philip Asare

The newest professor to join the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) and Division of Engineering Science (EngSci) sees engineering as a “humanist enterprise”

“The talent gap isn’t closing,” says U of T Engineering alumna Kimberly Ren (EngSci 2T0), who led the first study to quantitatively establish predictors for women pursuing ML/AI careers. (Photo courtesy of Kimberly Ren)

What’s contributing to the striking gender gap in the AI field? U of T Engineering study takes a closer look

Gender discrimination from teaching staff found to have significant impact on female students’ decisions to pursue ML/AI careers, with discrimination from peers more prevalent for women than men

Professor Lisa Romkey (ISTEP/EngSci) is one of four U of T Engineering professors who have been inducted as Fellows of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG). (Photo: Engineering Strategic Communications)

Four U of T Engineering professors inducted as Fellows of the Canadian Engineering Education Association

Inductees honoured for service to engineering education, engineering leadership, or engineering design education

U of T Engineering alumna Deborah Raji (EngSci 1T9) has been named among MIT Technology Review’s Top Innovators Under 35 in the Visionaries category. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Raji)

U of T Engineering alumna Inioluwa Deborah Raji named to MIT Technology Review’s Top Innovators Under 35

Raji’s research on racial bias in AI facial recognition technology is holding big companies like IBM, Amazon and Microsoft to account

In addition to earning an undergraduate degree in engineering science, Maddy (Xiaoxiao) Zhang speaks three languages, danced ballet and has a black belt in taekwondo. She plans to pursue a master's in aerospace engineering (photo by Johnny Guatto)

At age 18, U of T Engineering’s youngest grad has accomplished more than most – and she’s just getting started

Next week, Maddy Zhang will obtain her undergraduate degree at an age when most students are just beginning university

Eight students from U of T Engineering’s Division of Engineering Science (EngSci) are completing summer research projects with Professor Jonathan Chan, an EngSci alumnus who is now a professor at King Mongkut University of Technology in Thonburi, Thailand. (Photo courtesy Dunja Matic)

What undergraduate summer research looks like in the time of COVID-19

More than 50 U of T Engineering Science students are completing research projects remotely this year