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Professor Elham Marzi earns U of T Early Career Teaching Award

Award recognizes effective teaching and exceptional commitment to student learning

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Professor Ariel Chan receives the U of T Northrop Frye Award for faculty

Chan is the primary instructor for two key courses that consolidate lab components from all third year ChemE core courses

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U of T’s new tri-campus Minor in Global Leadership features Engineering-led capstone course

The minor will include a core series of three global leadership courses to be taken in students’ second, third and fourth year

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How mentorship is inspiring the next generation of Black engineering researchers

The Engineering Graduate Connections initiative promotes graduate research opportunities for underrepresented students

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Meet Professor Philip Asare, Dean’s Advisor on Black Inclusivity

“My long-term vision is to embed EDI in the core work that we do”

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Connaught Global Challenge Award to build pathways to housing self-sufficiency in remote First Nations communities

A new partnership, powered by a Connaught Global Challenge Award, will bring several First Nations in Saskatchewan together with a team of researchers from the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University to develop new pathways toward housing self-sufficiency. “A key issue in these communities is the availability of building materials, specifically the reliance on […]

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Helping engineers work smarter: Connaught New Researcher awards support innovation in computer-aided design tools and training

Professor Alison Olechowski (MIE, ISTEP) and her team of researchers are working on improving computer-aided design work, learning and collaboration

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Mosquito-repellent paint among five projects funded by CGEN seed grant program

Global Engineering Seed (GESeed) supports engineering projects that address major challenges to Indigenous populations and marginalized communities in the Global South

A Global Classrooms project brought together students from U of T Engineering and Nigeria’s Covenant University to build a low-cost biogas generator for remote communities in Africa’s most populous country. (Image: Zoom)

U of T Engineering students collaborate across time zones through ‘Global Classrooms’ initiative

The team is working with students at Covenant University in Nigeria to design a low-cost biogas generator for rural communities in the African country