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Students in Professor Karl Peterson’s lab examine concrete samples from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Left to right: Wisdom Okoh, Katia Ossetchkina, Professor Karl Peterson and Amy Montgomery. (photo by Phill Snel)

This team of CivMin researchers is studying the Gordie Howe International Bridge — down to the microscopic level

Alex Kurk (MechE 2T6), left, is the 2026 winner of the Troost ILead Difference Maker Award. Sanjay Malaviya, right, is the donor for this award. Malaviya holds one of the 3D-printed interfaces designed by Kurk to help people with low vision navigate software user interfaces. (photo by Tyler Irving)

Solutions for people with low vision helped Alex Kurk earn the 2026 Troost ILead Difference Maker Award

Left to right: Stephen Laditi (CivE 2T5 + PEY), Favour Nwanna (CompE 2T5 + PEY) and Cassandra Abraham, Outreach Coordinator, Engineering Student Recruitment and Outreach Office, U of T Engineering. (photo by Tyler Irving)

‘Invaluable’: Two of Blueprint’s first alumni reflect on their educational journeys

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Researchers develop method to improve transplantation of artificial insulin-producing cells

Students gather information from a simulated plane crash site, as part of a UTIAS grad course coordinated by Professor Craig Steeves. (Photo: Liz Do)

Explainer: What happens during a plane crash investigation?

From left: Abdullah Syed, Shrey Sindhwani and Professor Warren Chan (all IBBME) are three of the co-authors of a new paper that describes how engineered nanoparticles enter tumours. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Most engineered nanoparticles enter tumours through cells, not between them

Mojtaba Abbasnezhad’s Facebook profile photo. Abbaznezhad was a PhD student in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto. He was killed in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. (Photo: Facebook)

Remembering Mojtaba Abbasnezhad