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A detail of a map showing the location of the School of Practical Science on the U of T campus.

Historic maps show campus over a century ago

By Phill Snel | April 10, 2023

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U of T Engineering community gathers to celebrate Faculty’s 150th anniversary

By Phill Snel | April 3, 2023

Graduate students from U of T Engineering, along with conference speakers, at the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) WE Local conference, held February 17–18 in Detroit, Mich. (Photo: Sharon Ferguson)

How U of T Engineering students are finding community and empowering themselves to drive change through conferences

By Phill Snel | March 31, 2023

A group photo from a tour of Agnico Eagle’s Macassa Mine at Kirkland Lake, Ontario on Friday, March 24, 2023. The tour of Lassonde Mineral Engineering Students from the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto saw visits to three sites - mine shaft, portal and mill.
(Photo by Phill Snel / Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto)

LME students trek to Kirkland Lake for gold mine tour

By Phill Snel | March 28, 2023

Paragi Neema (CivE MASc candidate) and Livia Li (CivMin PhD candidate), both under the supervision of Prof. Susan Andrews, won first place for their poster “A preliminary investigation on the adsorption of various disinfection byproducts onto microplastics”. (Photo supplied)

First place poster at water quality symposium

By Phill Snel | March 28, 2023

While tires are made from a combination of plastics and rubber, brakes are made of heavy metals, including iron, barium and copper. (Photo: Andrey Grigoriev/iStock)

From tires to brakes, U of T researchers tackle ‘non-tailpipe’ air pollution from vehicles

By Phill Snel | March 17, 2023

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CivMin’s Prof. Sarah Haines in “What’s Your Story?” video

By Phill Snel | March 16, 2023

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Min Club wins Discipline Club of the Year

By Phill Snel | March 13, 2023

CivMin students celebrate receiving their Iron Ring

By Phill Snel | March 6, 2023

The Purolator Urban Quick Stop is the home of a new multidisciplinary collaboration between industry, academia and government that aims to explore innovative solutions to the challenges of last-mile delivery. (Photo: Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering)

Purolator presented U of T Sustainable Action Award

By Phill Snel | March 6, 2023

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Profile: Grant Liao – Lassonde Mineral Engineering student scholarship winner

By Phill Snel | March 3, 2023

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Ike Arzoumanian (Year 2 CivE) and her team wins 2023 Sustainable Building Challenge

By Galina Nikitina | March 2, 2023