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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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The winners of the RBC Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, held March 31, 2017. Team Genecis, led by Luna Yu (sixth from right) took second place in the Early Stage category.

Hatchery startup Genecis receives RBC Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Lucie Lalumiere was one of the passengers on the augmented-reality bus tour of U of T's downtown Toronto campus (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)

Augmented-reality bus tour reveals new side of U of T campus

Alumnus Rick Baltman in front of arcade games

Taking flight: Rick Baltman’s journey from NASA to Hollywood and beyond

Joseph Orozco, executive director of The Hatchery. Hatchery Launch Lab is a new program to accelerate research-based startups. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Hatchery Launch Lab to accelerate research-based startups at U of T Engineering