Global Lens

Photo of mansplaining July 17, 2019 Mansplaining: U of T expert on new solutions to a tiresome old problem
Photo of Anna Shternshis July 17, 2019 'Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II' performed for the first time in Israel: New York Times
Photo of a copy of Der Eigene with a piece of the inscription missing July 16, 2019 U of T's Fisher Library acquires copies of Der Eigene, the world's first gay magazine
Wechat logo on a phone screen July 16, 2019 Citizen Lab research outlines how WeChat uses high-tech algorithms to censor images: South China Morning Post
Photo of Professor Shulamit Levenberg July 16, 2019 Leading researcher in regenerative medicine becomes first Medicine by Design scholar in residence
Photo of a teen looking at an iPad July 15, 2019 Digital generation: U of T researchers work with UN to support children's rights online
photo of protesters in Sudan July 11, 2019 Real or fake? U of T law students work with Amnesty International to verify conflict zone videos
Mobile cinema in China July 10, 2019 For these U of T researchers, mobile cinemas in China are a lens on society
Photo of university leaders at the U7 Alliance in Paris July 9, 2019 U of T President Meric Gertler attends global summit of university leaders in Paris
Photo of Macuxi language study group July 8, 2019 'Piecing together a puzzle': Undergraduate students travel to Brazil to document and preserve Indigenous languages
Photo of Zelenskyy, Trudeau and Gertler July 4, 2019 U of T hosts Trudeau, Ukrainian president for international conference on Ukraine’s future
Photo of Olugbenga Olubanjo July 3, 2019 U of T entrepreneur to put reliable power in the hands of Nigeria's people
Front Campus at U of T June 28, 2019 U of T ranked in top 10 globally in nine subjects by influential Shanghai Ranking Consultancy
Julia Zarb and Khaled Almilaji June 19, 2019 Once caught up in Trump's travel ban, U of T grad builds health information system for Syrian hospitals
photo of students crossing road in front of University College June 19, 2019 U of T leads Canadian universities, ranks among top institutions worldwide in QS World University Rankings
Photo of the Creative Destruction Lab sign June 18, 2019 U of T's Creative Destruction Lab joins global group pursuing a new, more stable cryptocurrency
June 6, 2019 'I had to do something': U of T urban design grad helps Ecuador hometown rebuild after earthquake
June 6, 2019 U of T alumnus Tijjani Muhammad-Bande elected president of UN General Assembly
photo of John Polanyi June 5, 2019 We must never give up on abolishing nuclear weapons, says U of T's John Polanyi in the Globe and Mail
Photo of camp in Cox's Bazar June 4, 2019 U of T grads conduct women-focused, on-the-ground research in world’s largest refugee settlement