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Badges relating to the activities for the U of T Engineering Society and its affiliated clubs. A new bursary from Skule™ Mental Wellness will expand access to mental health and wellness supports for students. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

New Skule™ Mental Health Bursary supports wellness for U of T Engineering students

The first students to arrive in the new HCAT Bunkhouse at U of T Survey Camp on Saturday, August 14, 2021, explore their room. (Photo: Phill Snel)

Tradition meets innovation as Survey Camp 2021 gets underway

Stephen Laditi (Year 1 CivE, left) and Favour Nwanna (Year 1 TrackOne, right) are two graduates of the Blueprint program who will be starting undergraduate studies at U of T Engineering this fall. (Photos submitted)

‘Anywhere I want to go’: How Blueprint opens doors for Black undergraduate students

These prepared samples are used as references by Professors Elodie Passeport and Jennifer Drake and their teams, who study the prevalence of microplastics in the environment. They have shown that human-engineered structures known as bioretention cells can be effective at preventing microplastics from getting washed downstream in storm surges. (Photo: Ziting (Judy) Xia)

Q&A: Can green infrastructure keep microplastics out of the environment?