The Politics of Suspicion
On May 11, 2004, Steve Kurtz – an art professor in Buffalo, N.Y., – awoke to find his wife, Hope, dead of what was later determined to be a heart attack. After arriving at his home, a paramedic noticed...
View ArticleDinosaur’s “Duck Bill” Not Linked to Sense of Smell
The massive, hollow crests of duck-billed dinosaurs (also known as lambeosaurs, which lived up to 85 million years ago) might have been used to attract sexual partners or warn of predators, but one...
View ArticleOutdoor Sweatshops
In Pakistan in July 2004, anniversary celebrations were held for the first summiteers of K2 – the world’s second-highest mountain and, with its severe glacial terrain, arguably the deadliest. The...
View ArticleMeasuring Up
Alumni sometimes ask me where U of T stands compared to other universities in Canada and worldwide. My answer is always, “It depends.” It depends on what dimensions you measure and it depends on how...
View ArticleBeating the Odds
In January, I received a dispiriting e-mail message from a friend living abroad. Doctors had discovered a cancerous tumour in his right side, which would require surgery. The news was deeply worrisome,...
View ArticleAn Esthetic Marvel
It’s only a few blocks from his office at 19 Russell St. but pharmacy professor Raymond Reilly’s lab at the new Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building seems worlds away. The $75-million Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy...
View ArticlePinpoint Delivery
Many new drugs under development have the potential to do some good. But after being swallowed or injected, they scatter, dissolve or disappear in the body before making it to the site of the disease....
View ArticleA Twist of Fate
Cathie Long (BA 1971 Trinity) was part of an experiment by Prof. Raymond Reilly to find a new way to treat breast cancer There are a few things you need to know about Raymond Reilly. The self-effacing...
View ArticleSchool of Jazz
High above Philosopher’s Walk, on the third floor of the Edward Johnson Building, Sandra Salverda idly plays with the valves of her trumpet. The 24-year-old music student is being tested in a...
View ArticleHow Much Are Drugs Worth?
Last summer, Leslie Cowan, a 41-year-old mother of two, left her home in Toronto, travelled to Buffalo, and checked into a medical centre to be treated with a cutting-edge cancer drug called Herceptin....
View ArticleGames of Chance
It’s a snowy Friday night in February, and wind lashes at the clusters of young professionals on their way to the Irish pubs and Greek restaurants of Toronto’s trendy Danforth strip. But inside studio...
View ArticleAfter Hours
“Pulling an all-nighter” is a quintessential university experience. But harried-looking students flipping through textbooks or staring bug-eyed at their computers at daybreak are only part of the...
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