Posts Tagged: outreach

Female students explore U of T Engineering with GLEE

When Angela Hu (TrackOne 1T8) was a little girl, she would often wonder what was happening on the inside of machines. Fueled by this curiosity, she went on to pursue math and science courses, achieving high grades that led her…

U of T Engineering-mentored student wins Canada-Wide Science Fair

Ten. That’s how many iterations 15-year-old Maya Burhanpurkar went through to design an experimental apparatus that demonstrates a previously elusive physics concept – winning the Platinum Award at last week’s Canada-Wide Science Fair. Burhanpurkar’s project, titled “Time-Integral of Distance: Uncovering…

Engineering a smarter STEM education

Always dreamed of being a doctor, lawyer or business leader? Try taking physics, math and engineering. Students who score highest on the MCAT – the standardized exam for entry to medical school – are those who didn’t take pre-med, physiology…

Go ENG Girl Event a Success

For the fourth year in a row, nearly 70 girls in their tween years converged at U of T to take part in Go ENG Girl. The event, which took place on October 19, is part of a province-wide, one-day program…

High School Students Get a DEEPer Look at Engineering

When Patricia Sheridan was a high school student, her decision to study engineering at U of T had a lot to do with her DEEP experience. And she’s not alone. The Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP) Summer Academy, now in its eleventh year,…
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