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New cybersecurity certificate prepares graduates to tackle digital vulnerabilities and threats

Omar F. Khan and Janice Pang

Mining the dark transcriptome: U of T Engineering researchers create the first potential drug molecules from long noncoding RNA

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Researchers highlight ‘regenerative healing’ as a framework for health innovation

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In this photomicrograph, points of patterned laser light (blue) are being projected on computationally selected positions to activate the muscles of a genetically modified, one-millimetre-long C. elegans worm. The technique could offer a new way of developing organism-based microrobots for a variety of different applications. (Image: Xianke Dong, Zhaoyi Xu)

RoboWorm: Light-controlled organism offers a new strategy for micro-scale robotics

Professors Lisa Austin (Faculty of Law) and David Lie (ECE) — photographed before the COVID-19 pandemic — are part of a multidisciplinary team behind a new global study that explores the privacy expectations and behaviour of smartphone users. (Photo: Jessica MacInnis)

Privacy study sheds light on why we grant or deny app requests

Lucia Stafford (Year 4 CivE) will compete against her older sister Gabriela DeBues-Stafford in the 1,500-metre race at the Tokyo Olympics. Both athletes studied at U of T and ran track with the Varsity Blues (Photo: Johnny Guatto)

Friends and family: U of T’s Lucia Stafford to share track with big sister in Olympic debut

Left to right: Michel Haché (MSE PhD candidate), Joseph Sebastian (BME PhD candidate), and Nebras Warsi (BMD PhD candidate) are three U of T Engineering students who have been awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2021.

Three U of T Engineering students earn national scholarships for advanced materials, neuromodulation and heart modelling research