UTM Express is the monthly newsletter for staff and faculty at U of T Mississauga. It's your go-to source for news about what's happening on campus, important dates, higher education news and more.
Legacy Fund
A new memorial scholarship honours plane crash victims
Associate professor of management Andreas Park is among contributors to a new book about cryptocurrency. Published by The Blockchain Research Institute, Financial Services Revolution: How Blockchain is Transforming Money, Markets, and Bankingexplores Blockchain’s impact on finance, and coverstopics like the token economy, international clearing and settlement, and new cryptocurrency projects such as Facebook’s Libra initiative. Read more in coverage by Coin Telegraph.
Camp UTM registration
Online registration for Camp U of T Mississauga opens Thursday, Feb. 20. This is your chance to plan ahead and register for camp early! Check out the Summer 2020 Camp Guide for more information and to register.
Check out the latest generation of outstanding UTMfaculty! From chemical and physical scientists to experts in language studies, get to know our newest professors as they teach, research and make their mark on the world.
Office of the University Ombudsperson
The University Ombudsperson offers confidential and impartial advice and assistance on university-related problems to students, faculty and staff at all three campuses. Visit the office's website or add the Ombudsperson module to your Quercus page.
Spying on Academics
U of T's Citizen Lab was targeted by a botched sting operation after defending academics from hackers
Jennifer Lopez is 50—why are we so obsessed with her age? Assistant Professor SoniaKang of the Department of Management talks to Global Newsabout public reaction to the singer’s Super Bowl appearance.
Assistant Professor Emily Nacol of the Department of Political Science appeared on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition to discuss what literature can teach us about plagues and epidemics.
'Forever foreigners': Assistant professor of psychology Neda Maghbouleh spoke to AP News about the politics of race for Iranian-Americans.
‘More layoffs likely’: Assistant Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah of the Department of Sociology comments on the rocky future for Canada’s licenced cannabis industry for BNN Bloomberg and Global News.
The Financial Postcovered a new study by Associate Professor Aida Sijamic Wahid of the Department of Management that found gender-diverse boards are tied to fewer financial irregularities.
Political science professor Steven Bernstein wrote a column for The Conversation about why action on climate change gets stuck and what can we do about it.
‘NYC is getting involved with the fashion industry’s race problems’: Sociology professor Ellen Berrey spoke to the New York Times about Prada’s controversial window display.
SPOTTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
@JohnAtTheNews grabbed this shot of an immature Red Tailed Hawk that was slowing traffic between classes earlier this month along the Five-Minute Walk during one of his many visits to campus.
U of T Blue Book
Working with the media to share your research? Find tips on interviews, writing op-eds and more at U of T's Media Room website.
