ICUBE startup secures federal funds to boost reforestation efforts
Flash Forest will receive $1.35 million from Natural Resources Canada to use drone technology to plant more than a million trees over the next two years in wildfire ravaged locations across Canada. Read more
New: FirstView bus tracking app for UTM Shuttle users
UTM shuttle users can now use the FirstView app to track the shuttle in real time, Monday to Friday.
The app’s live mapping function allows users to see all active shuttle buses, with updates every 15-30 seconds.
UTM students pay for use of the Shuttle Bus through a student fee (validated with TCard). Staff, faculty, librarians and others may ride the bus for a fare (ticket or bus pass) Learn more
Drupal 9 now live
For UTM website editors: the Drupal 9 content management system is now live and offers a wide range of enhanced features for posting on utm.utoronto.ca. If you haven’t yet completed all the tasks on your site’s migration checklist, please work to finish the remaining tasks before the end of October. Learn more
In The News
COVID-19 rapid tests can breed confusion – here’s how to make sense of the results and what to do, according to three testing experts
Is this the year people can finally return to large gatherings for traditional celebrations? What role does testing play when deciding whether to go out or stay home? Learn more
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies went into a spectacular meltdown in 2022. On the podcast Rotman Executive Summary, finance innovation expert and professor Andreas Park says that despite the ill tidings, businesses should keep an eye on the space...or risk missing out on a game-changing technology.
Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats on Ukraine require proactive, not reactive response: Political Science professor Aurel Braun shares his expertise with Global News.
The Pussy Palace was more than the raid: In Xtra Magazine, historians Alisha Stranges & Elio Colavito discuss a LGBTQ History Digital Collaboratory project spearheaded by researcher Elspeth Brown.
The 'Support our Science' movement pushes to boost funding for young scientists: Biology professor Marc Johnson calls for increased graduate-student funding in a recent episode of CBC Quirks & Quarks.
'Checking in' with ourselves: Psychology professor Norman Farb is featured in The Medium article providing tips on surviving midterms.
The U of T Mississauga community is mourning the loss of one its beloved professors, Barbara Murck, who passed away Oct. 15, 2022.
A professor in the Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, Murck is remembered as a devoted and accomplished teacher with a passion for the natural world. Murck graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and obtained her PhD in geology from the University of Toronto in 1986. She joined UTM in 1995.
Awards
Congratulations to 2022 UTM Excellence Award winners:
Jae Page, nominated by the Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, is the recipient of the June Scott Teaching Excellence Award for outstanding teaching by a teaching assistant.
Steve Szigeti from the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (ICCIT) is the recipient of the UTM Teaching Excellence Award for outstanding teaching by a junior faculty member.
Lindsay Schoenbohm from the Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences is the recipient of the UTM Teaching Excellence Award for outstanding teaching by a senior faculty member.
Yuhong He from the Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, and Claudiu Gradinaru from the Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences were selected as the recipients of the Desmond Morton Research Excellence Award to recognize the breadth, impact, and excellence of their research.
Photo by U of T Mississauga Alumni Rain and wind won’t stop these @UTM alumni volunteers! Thank you to everyone who came out to our tree planting event. 🌳 Our volunteers planted over 200 local species as part of @citymississauga’s mission to plant 1 million trees by 2032. @saugaparksrec Follow @Alumni_UTM on Twitter
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