en-us http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca University of Toronto @ Scarbrough Story feed Service Copyright 2009 University of Toronto. Some Rights Reserved. OSE_LOGIN_TITLE 60 http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/images/images/utsc_websignature.jpg http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1882 Itrsquos that time of year again, when snow and winter weather can arrive any time. Everyone on campus should be prepared for the inevitable arrival of Old Man Winter. In the event of a snowstorm or other severe weather, check the campus web site and digital signs for updates on the status of classes or a full campus closure. Be sure to click on the ldquoSnow Informationrdquo icon on the home page and be familiar with the university guidelines for inclement weather. When severe weather ca... Unknown Author News Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1868 The noise was deafening, and there were hugs, cheers and ldquohigh-fivesrdquo all around the U of T Scarborough campus tonight as the community heard the magic word-- ldquoTorontordquo -- named the winner of the bid to host the Pan Am Games of 2015. To see more photos, click here. The crowd of students, faculty and staff in the Student Centre celebrated the announcement, which will mean great news and additional facilities for our campus. The decision was announced in Guadalajara, Mexico, w... Unknown Author News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1792 by Mary Ann Gratton As the leaves begin to turn, a colourful and lively palate of arts and cultural events is also being offered for UTSC and our community to enjoy. Arts Events Programming AEP, representing the Department of Humanities, is offering a full schedule of events to satisfy your cultural cravings this fall. Scroll down for a listing of upcoming events. ldquoWersquore excited to present such a stimulating and innovative roster of arts events,rdquo said Lynn Tucker, director, Ar... Unknown Author News Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1860 by Eleni Kanavas Four young people from local high schools have been recognized for their excellence in science through a new set of awards established by the University of Toronto Scarborough, in collaboration with private industry and the Ontario government. The quartet of Grade 12 students was recently welcomed to the campus to receive the Outstanding High School Student Science Awards, recognizing their talent in the subject. Celestine Sarpong and Patrick Polvorosa from Jean Vanier Sec... Unknown Author News Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1880 The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new paper produced by a research team led by Professor Malcolm Campbell, University of Toronto Scarboroughrsquos vice-principal for research and colleagues in the department of cell and systems biology at the St. George campus. Capitalizing on their previous work to decode the genome of the poplar tree, the research team examined how poplar trees use their 45,000 genes to respond to drought. Campbell and PhD stud... Unknown Author Research Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1872 Alumni Connections: "Life After Graduation: Thursday, November 26, 6:30 - 9:00pm Ralph Campbell Lounge More information: alumniutsc.utoronto.ca ________________________________ Are you a new graduate? Are you currently experiencing the feeling of submitting your last paper or writing your last exam - the nerves, anxiety and the concern about what happens next? We invite you to meet with our experienced alumni in a casual environment to discuss your Life After Graduation. Join us and g... Unknown Author Events Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1011 by Mary Ann Gratton Acclaimed Canadian writer Michael Helm is at U of T Scarborough this winter as a Writer in Residence and the 2008 Snider Visiting Artist. The novelist and essayist was a finalist for the Giller Prize for his novel, The Projectionist, in 1997.Helmrsquos novel, In the Place of Last Things, was a finalist for the Rogers Writersrsquo Trust Fiction Prize in 2004 and for a regional Commonwealth Writersrsquo Prize for Best Book. Helm is teaching a course on campus this term and... Unknown Author News Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1830 New research shows that male suitors of a female cannibalistic spider risk facing a premature death unless they perform an adequate courtship lasting a minimum of 100 minutes. Further, the research shows that ldquosneakerrdquo males can slip by and mate successfully on the courtship efforts of the hard-working first suitor. Scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough have published a research paper titled ldquoFemalersquos courtship threshold allows intruding males to mate with red... Unknown Author Research Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1805 by Tammy Thorne One of U of T Scarboroughrsquos own is set to become Canadarsquos pre-eminent researcher on the reproductive strategies of ring-tailed lemurs. Professor Joyce Parga of the social sciences department at UTSC recently received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation CFI to start a lab that will be the first in Canada to use genetics to study social behaviour in non-human primates. The anthropologist launched the Molecular Anthropology and Primatology Laboratory for t... Unknown Author Research Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1734 by Dan Falk It was 150 years ago this year that Charles Darwin published his extraordinary treatise on evolution, On the Origin of Species. Despite its length, the famous book contained just one diagram ndash a simple depiction of the ldquotree of life,rdquo an array of branching lines that shows how all living things on our planet are ultimately interrelated. Itrsquos a picture that lies at the very heart of the work of U of T Scarborough anthropologist Michael Schillaci. He studies the... Unknown Author Research Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1686 Historic pandemics in Gibraltar may teach about health and disease by Eleni Kanavas With the H1N1 virus affecting the health of hundreds of people worldwide, the topic of pandemic diseases is generating a great deal of attention in the media and in health care circles recently. But here at U of T Scarborough, anthropology professor and epidemic expert Larry Sawchuk has been studying pandemics for more than 30 years, long before the outbreaks of SARS, the Norwalk virus, and the H1N1 virus c... Unknown Author Research Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1679 U of T researchers find compromising molecular chaperone makes fungus more vulnerable by Paul Cantin The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers. An international team led by Professor Leah Cowen of the University of Toronto's department of molecular genetics has discovered that the fungal pathogen Candida albicans known as C. albicans is able to resist drug treatment because of an asso... Unknown Author Research Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1676 Part of international team tackling this challenge by Paul Cantin University of Toronto researchers are part of an international coalition that has achieved an important milestone in genomic research: they recently generated their 1,000th protein structure using X-ray crystallography. The U of T team has been working in collaboration with researchers at the Midwest Center for Structural Genomics MCSG, an international consortium led by Dr. Andrzej Joachimiak at the U.S. Department of Ene... Unknown Author Research Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1601 Management professor studied police officers by Ken McGuffin Standardized tests are a common choice for organizations looking for an objective way of fairly evaluating who the best person is for the job. But new research looking at the use of promotional exams with Ontario police officers shows that these tests may discourage candidates from applying and create anxiety that could hurt a candidate's performance. If this happens, the whole organization could be hurt rather than helped by the... Unknown Author Research Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1809 DMG New Exhibition, Ellen Moffat: COMPOSE November 5 - December 13, 2009 Doris McCarthy Gallery, ARC For more information: www.utsc.utoronto.cadmg. ______________________________ Thursday, November 5 - New art exhibition opening, Doris McCarthy Gallery, featuring artist Ellen Moffat. COMPOSE is an exhibition of two new media works that use interactivity, inquiry, perceptual tease and high low technology in sound composition and text generation. vBox is a multi track vocal instrument of s... Unknown Author Events Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:52:19 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1723 Vocabulary Caf Series presented by ELD, Writing Centre All Sessions in held in AC221 Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm for each session Come every week to learn a different set of impressive vocabulary items! These words will be very useful in your academic reading and writing. These multimedia, highly interactive Vocabulary Cafe sessions enable students to learn at least 90 of the target words before they leave each session. __________________________________________ Vocabu... Unknown Author Events Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:13:03 EDT https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1850 The Music Performance Lecture Series presents.... Snider Visiting Artist Andrew Staniland will perform a piece and present a student showcase featuring selected works created throughout the fall term. The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend. For more information on Andrew Staniland, visit his website: www.andrewstaniland.com. Admission is free and all are welcome! Date: November 20, 2009 Time: 1-3 PM Location: Doris McCarthy Gallery Arts Events Programming Phone: 416-208-... Unknown Author Events Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1865 The University of Toronto, Scarborough Concert Choir in collaboration with Toronto's Opera By Request will be presenting Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" in concert. This performance will feature outstanding soloists. Opera By Request Presents an Opera in Concert L. Van Beethovenrsquos F I D E L I O Saturday, November 21, 7:30 p.m. University of Toronto, Scarborough, Arts and Administration Bldg. 3rd Floor Room AA303. Tickets 10 CAST: Leonora Fidelio: Cassandra Bourne Marzellina: Mar... Unknown Author Events Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1835 History on Film presents.... GLORY The heartbreaking, inspiring story of one of the first African-American regiments to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Winner of three Academy Awards. Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman.. FREE ADMISSION AND POPCORN. When: November 25, 2009 Time: 5-8 PM Location: SW-319 Arts Events Programming Phone: 416-208-4769 E-mail: aeputsc.utoronto.ca Website: http:www.aeplive.ca --------------- Nothing... Unknown Author Events Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1811 Sounds of the Season Concerts Saturday, November 28, 2009, 3-5 pm and 7-9pm Arts Administration Building A223 For more information: http:www.aeplive.ca __________________________ UTSC student musicians and community members present their annual holiday concert. The afternoon program features the String Ensemble and Concert Choir. The evening program features the Concert Band, the Jazz Band, and the Flute Choir. Performance Schedule: 3-5pm Strings Choir 7-9pm Bands Everyone is welc... Unknown Author Events Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=1855 Tamil-Canada in the Media Eye: Protests under Multiculturalism A panel discussion The Department of Humanities and the Centre for Ethnography will host a panel discussion about the Tamil-Canadian protests from Spring 2009. Spots are limited, please RSVP attendance at aeputsc.utoronto.ca. Date: November 30, 2009 Time: 7-9 PM Location: AA-112 Arts Events Programming Phone: 416-208-4769 E-mail: aeputsc.utoronto.ca Website: http:www.aeplive.ca... Unknown Author Events Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST Enter search keywords... keywords https://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/search_news.php