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‘A Lume in every room’: U of T Engineering alumni are reimagining home robotics — starting with your laundry

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Rayla Myhal receives Honorary Alumni Award

In this prototype carbon capture apparatus, a solution of potassium hydroxide is wicked up into polypropylene fibres; circulating air evaporates the water in the solution, concentrating it to very high levels. The white crystals are nearly pure potassium carbonate, formed from carbon removed directly from air. (photo by Dongha Kim)

New ‘rock candy’ technique offers a simpler, less costly way to capture carbon directly from air

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Monica Franklin and Martin Franklin, children of the late University Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin, look at the street sign bearing her name on U of T's St. George campus (photo by Johnny Guatto)

‘An outstanding scholar and a beloved teacher’: U of T holds Ursula Franklin Street renaming ceremony

September 23, 2020

Luca Franchi’s study setup in his home in London, U.K. Franchi is one of four U of T Engineering Pearson Scholars who will begin their studies from home in locations around the world. (Photo courtesy Luca Franchi)

Four Pearson scholars on their first weeks at U of T Engineering

September 23, 2020

Matthew Robinson, a Grade 9 student from Brampton, Ontario, was one of 54 Blueprint participants this past summer. Each student received a box of supplies to complete a range of science and engineering activities throughout the program. (Photos courtesy Cassandra Abraham)

Blueprint for change: New outreach program encourages Black students to choose STEM

September 18, 2020

Left to right: Professors Merve Bodur (MIE) and Nicolas Papernot (ECE) are among the recipients of this year’s Connaught New Researcher Awards. (Photos: Pam Walls, Nicolas Papernot)

Connaught New Researcher awards boost data-driven decision making and machine learning research

September 17, 2020

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