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Students deliver personal stories on sustainability in creative visual forms

By Phill Snel | February 11, 2025
The U of T Concrete Toboggan Team with their trophies at the GNCTR gala in Montreal on Sunday, January 26, 2025. (Photo by Aidan Solala)

U of T’s Concrete Toboggan Team wins 2025 title

By Phill Snel | February 4, 2025
Professor Emeritus R. Paul Young

Professor Emeritus Paul Young to receive King Charles III’s Coronation Medal

By Phill Snel | February 3, 2025
The Dean's House on campus. U of T is the only Canadian university in the top 25 of the Times Higher Education’s engineering subject ranking. (photo by Daria Perevezentsev)

U of T Engineering ranked first in Canada in 2025 Times Higher Education’s global subject ranking

By Phill Snel | January 28, 2025
JANUARY 22, 2025 — ARBOR AWARDS — A photo from the Arbor Awards on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The ceremony for University of Toronto volunteer recognition was held at the Carlu venue. The Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering had three award winners for the 2024 recognition. (Photo by Phill Snel / CivMin, University of Toronto)

CivMin alumni receive Arbor Awards

By Phill Snel | January 24, 2025
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Father and three sons, all Civil Engineering alumni, found general contracting company together

By Phill Snel | January 9, 2025

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An illustration of the adjustable multidimensional (AMD) testing device to be installed in CivMin's Galbraith side of the Structural Testing Facilities (STF).

World’s first adjustable multidimensional structural testing system coming to CivMin’s Structural Testing Facilities

By Phill Snel | July 25, 2023

Alumni Updates

JANUARY 22, 2025 — ARBOR AWARDS — A photo from the Arbor Awards on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The ceremony for University of Toronto volunteer recognition was held at the Carlu venue. The Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering had three award winners for the 2024 recognition. (Photo by Phill Snel / CivMin, University of Toronto)

CivMin alumni receive Arbor Awards

By Phill Snel | January 24, 2025

Awards & Recognition

U of T’s Concrete Toboggan Team wins 2025 title
Professor Emeritus Paul Young to receive King Charles III’s Coronation Medal
PhD student, Christian Pavlidis, wins Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Project of the Year  
SDG research on campus garners a U of T Student Award
Concrete recognition: Professor Emeritus Doug Hooton receives award for leadership and technical contributions
Ninety-eight-year-old alumnus wins coveted Prix Eiffel
Biotech startup, Genuine Taste, wins $100K funding
CivMin alumni to receive 2024 Arbor Awards
Grad student’s paper awarded Editor’s Choice by prestigious water journal 
Alumnus wins innovation award for sci-fi design

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