The Accidental CEO
Computer engineering student Vincent Cheung’s photo software has become an Internet hit
Stories tagged ‘Awards’
Five Grads Named to Top 40 Under 40
Jewison and Cronenberg receive film honours, and Kelly Nelson Doran wins Canada Council for the Arts’ Prix de Rome in Architecture
Awarding Outstanding Native Students
Faculty named to the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario
A Constant Quest
For these five professors, great teaching is less about supplying a “magic” answer than encouraging students to ask the right questions
Top 40 Under 40
Alumni and faculty recognized in the annual top executives list by The Caldwell Partners
African Writer Honoured
Chinua Achebe, the “father of the modern African novel,” receives honorary degree
Oscar Gold
Faculty members get nod from Academy, and the inaugural LGBTOUT Student Awards are presented
A Woman of Distinction
Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko founded the Canadian Association for Girls in Science
A Way with Words
U of T students win the 2006 World University Debating Championship
On a Good Note
Composer James Rolfe wins $10,000 Ontario award
Stem Cell Scientists Win Lasker Award
Researchers also honoured in mental health research and engineering
Law Grad Wins Emmy
David Shore honoured for medical drama House
U of T Profs Win Teaching Fellowships
Kenneth Barrett and David Dunne among 10 recipients of national prize
And the Honorary Degree Goes To…
Former United Church of Canada moderator among several who received award at spring convocation
English Prof wins Killam Prize
Bruce Kidd and professor Roberto Abraham among other recent award winners
Alumni Named Women of Distinction
Honorees include champion of women’s equality in the church
Trudeau Foundation Names Mentors
Authors Irshad Manji and Ken Wiwa will promote public discussion of human rights
Aga Khan Receives Honorary Degree
Mirvish family also awarded degrees at June convocation
Proponents of Peace
The Dalai Lama awarded honorary degree at Convocation Hall
Awards of Excellence
Alumni Association honours faculty, staff and students
Prescription for Success
U of T grad scores nation’s highest mark on pharmacy exam
Jewison picks up GG
Pitblado couple honoured for longtime commitment to arts advocacy
Kudos
Alumni Association Awards of Excellence, Northrop Frye Awards and other alumni recognitions
Accolades
Random House of Canada Student Award in Writing and Order of Canada inductees
Kudos
Alumni named to the Order of Canada and other honours
Kim Vicente Wins McLean Award
Prof is first engineer to receive $100,000 prize
Two Profs Win Killam Prize
Lap-Chee Tsui and Ian Hacking each win $100,000 award
U of T Magazine Picks Up Nine Awards
Honours include gold for best writing and silver for best magazine
Ydessa Hendeles Wins GG-Award
Awards of Excellence honour members of U of T community
Profs Win GG Awards
Thomas Homer-Dixon nabs non-fiction prize, George Elliott Clarke picks up poetry award
Daniel Brooks Picks Up $100,000 Theatre Prize
In other awards, prof Robin Armstrong receives honorary degree
Forestry Grad Among Arbor Winners
Monte Hummel, president of World Wildlife Fund Canada, was one of 92 Arbor Award nominees
Profs Nab Major Academic Awards
Kalow wins Killam Prize, Mitrovica picks up McLean Award
Birgeneau Elected to Royal Society
Former president Robert Prichard named president of Torstar, and three profs pick up Killam Fellowships
