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FEBRUARY 13, 2026 — GIULIANO PRETTI ON CAMPUS — An image of CivMin’s newest faculty member, Professor Giuliano Pretti, to the University of Toronto downtown campus (St. George) on Friday, February 13, 2026. The tour was hosted by the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin). (Photo by Phill Snel / CivMin, University of Toronto)

Meet Giuliano Pretti: CivMin’s newest faculty member

By Phill Snel | February 16, 2026

Improved estimates of storm water in sewers could help reduce flooding

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | February 10, 2026

New MEng emphasis prepares graduate students for the ‘nuclear renaissance’ in Canada and around the world

By Dept. of Civil + Mineral Engineering | February 9, 2026

Taller doesn’t mean terrible: How smart design can lower carbon emissions for residential buildings

By Phill Snel | February 5, 2026
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The Air We Share: How Cleaner Indoor Air Helps Prevent Infectious Disease

By Phill Snel | February 4, 2026
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CivMin PhD student Cristo Facundo Pérez receives SDGs@UofT Student Award

By Phill Snel | February 4, 2026

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CBC | February 12, 2026

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CBC | February 12, 2026

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | “Iceberg houses” singled out in Toronto

Le Devoir | February 6, 2026

Prof. Marianne Touchie | Two towers, just one renovation: Why these twin housing blocks are key to Toronto’s climate future

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Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | Toronto is still digging out of a record-breaking dump of snow

The Globe and Mail | February 2, 2026

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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

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CivMin alumnus Pino Mancina (CivE 9T3) honoured with Arbor Award

By Phill Snel | December 8, 2025

Awards & Recognition

CivMin PhD student Cristo Facundo Pérez receives SDGs@UofT Student Award
PhD candidate Henri Monette receives Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship
PhD candidate, Mohi Abdolhosseini, wins Hatch Graduate Scholarship for Sustainable Energy Research
UTERC 2025 awards for CivMin PhD student Wisdom Okoh
CivMin trio receive 2025 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Scholarships
Professor Aryan Rezaei Rad wins Connaught New Researcher Award
Professor Barry J. Adams Graduate Fellowship 2025 awarded to PhD student Omar Abdelazeem
Shuoyan Xu (CivMin PhD Student) awarded Roschlau Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Mobility
Having a CLUE: Annual conference brings together academia, corporations and municipalities
U of T CSCE Student Chapter awarded second place for CSCE Best Student Chapter

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