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Professor Chou, left, looks at a screen with purple splotches displayed. A researcher sits at the table in the lab, pointing at one of the images on the screen.

Professor Leo Chou receives Ontario Early Researcher Award to advance vaccine and immunotherapy delivery

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Launch of PADmap translates graduate research on defibrillators into a potentially life-saving tool

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For alumnus Dan Chan (IndE 9T0), vice president of supply chain strategy at Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC), the pandemic tested his expertise in industrial engineering as he moved to solve rapidly shifting operational challenges. (Photo: Open Grid Scheduler via Flickr)

Resiliency during COVID-19: How one Canadian supply chain is adapting to serve its customers

Miss Purity — pictured here next to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge — is a hybrid propane/electric car built by a team of U of T Engineering students for the Clear Air Car Race of 1970. The car is being restored for the 50th anniversary of the race. (Photo courtesy Juri Otsason)

Miss Purity turns 50: Celebrating U of T’s entry into the Clean Air Car Race of 1970

In this rendering of the enzyme chondroitinase ABC, point mutations are represented by red balls. This re-engineered form of the enzyme is more stable and more active than the wild type and could be used to help reverse nerve damage caused by spinal cord injury or stroke. (From Hettiaratchi, O’Meara et al., 2020. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6378 This work is licensed under CC BY-NC)

Re-engineered enzyme could help reverse damage from spinal cord injury and stroke

Professor Aimy Bazylak is this year’s winner of the McLean Award from the Connaught Fund and the McLean endowment. (Photo: Roberta Baker)

McLean Award recipient Aimy Bazylak is creating new technologies for sustainable energy