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For Giving Day, alumnus and donor Paul Acchione reflects on his life and legacy in engineering

CivMin’s newest faculty member, Professor Giuliano Pretti, at the door to his new office. (photo by Phill Snel)

‘Motivation can move mountains’: Meet Professor Giuliano Pretti

Professors George Eleftheriades (ECE) and Yu Sun (MIE) have been elected as international members of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. (Photos submitted)

Two U of T Engineering professors elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering

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Top row, left to right: Jacqueline Fleisig, Paul Chen, Bipasha Goyal, Stephanie McDonald, Brohath Amrithraj, Emily Macdonald-Roach; Middle row, left to right: Chetanya Choudhary, Khadija Ishfaq Rana, Hannah N. Kozlowski, Zachary Jager LaPointe, Laura Berneaga, John Anawati; Bottom row, left to right, Rima Uraiqat, Joshua Aikohi Pius, Joanna Melnyk, Kapilkumar Ramchandani, Aditi Maheshwari, Christine Yaromich.

Meet 18 student leaders who enriched the U of T Engineering community this year

The Bahen Centre for Information Technology is seen on St. George Campus. As a first-entry degree, the tuition for engineering programs at universities is significantly higher than many other fields. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

New scholarship aims to remove barriers to entry for Black engineering students

Researchers from U of T’s Centre for Social Services Engineering are helping to develop a platform that harnesses AI to improve wayfinding for Canadians seeking social services (Photo: iStock/Ankit Sah)

Using AI to help Canadians find social services: U of T researchers team up with industry and government

This soft robot is made of a common polymer combined with carbon nanotubes, and acts like an ‘artificial muscle’ that contracts in response to electric currents. New materials for soft robotics is the focus one of three U of T Engineering projects funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation this week. (Photo: Mihai Duduta)

From soft robotics to treating neurological disorders: Three U of T Engineering projects supported by CFI