Bulletin Sept. 22, 2011 Volume 5, Number 5 Staff and Faculty News BULLETIN’S STORIED HISTORY CONTINUES ONLINE Your eBulletin is now The Bulletin, carrying on U of T’s news tradition … Link to come EXCELLENCE REWARDED Winners of the 2011 Excellence Through Innovation Awards were feted by the president this week … http://www.news.utoronto.ca/innovators-abound-u-t WORKSHOPS FOR NEW, MID-CAREER FACULTY The vice-provost (faculty and academic life) is hosting a series of workshops on all three campuses for new faculty and a series for mid-career professors … New faculty link: http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/public/pdadc/2011_to_2012/10 Mid-career link: http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/public/pdadc/2011_to_2012/11.htm METROPASS SALES UPCOMING Discounted Metropasses for October go on sale to faculty and staff Sept. 27 at all sales sites … http://www.parking.utoronto.ca/staff/Faculty___Staff_TTC_Metropass_Information.htm Research News EXTREME WEATHER U of T astronomers have found signs of extreme weather in an alien world … http://www.news.utoronto.ca/astronomers-find-extreme-weather-alien-world-0 STEM CELL SWITCH DISCOVERED Scientists have found a control switch that regulates the capacity of stem cells to develop into any type of cell in the human body … http://www.news.utoronto.ca/u-t-researchers-discover-switch-controls-stem-cell-development INSECT’S EARS MAY LEAD TO BETTER HEARING AIDS UTSC professor Andrew Mason’s research into crickets may ultimately aid humans with hearing loss … http://utsccommons.utsc.utoronto.ca/1-1/mosaic/crickets SHOW THEM THE MONEY There’s a new research funding database online to help U of T researchers access the funds they need … http://www.research.utoronto.ca/for-researchers-administrators/wheres-the-money-check-the-new-funding-opportunities-database/ MUSIC TO THEIR EARS Research by a U of T PhD candidate demonstrates that older musicians experience less age-related decline in hearing abilities than non-musicians … http://www.news.utoronto.ca/science-finding-music-ears Section 3: The Sporting Life GRIDIRON SUCCESS LEADS TO AWARD and photo The Blues’ football win over Guelph earned a linebacker player-of-the-week honours … http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/9/19/FB_0919112928.aspx THREE FOR THE SHOW The Blues baseball squad notched three wins this past weekend … http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/9/19/BSB_0919115142.aspx WINNERS TIMES FOUR The Varsity Blues women have four soccer victories to their credit … http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/9/19/WSOC_0919112902.aspx STERLING STICK WORK The men’s lacrosse squad earned its first win of the season, downing Carleton … http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/9/19/MLAX_0919114632.aspx Hot Tickets CHEER ON CIS CHAMPS The Varsity Blues women’s field hockey team, defending national champions, compete at Varsity Centre this weekend … http://www.varsityblues.ca/splash.aspx?id=splash_107 FIELD TO FORK Enjoy a taste of wonderful Ontario cuisine prepared by campus chefs at today’s (Sept. 22) Field to Fork festival … http://blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca/Ueat/2011/09/20/field-to-fork-2011/ KINGS AND REBELLIOUS MONKS Learn more about political conflict in Cambodia at this Sept. 23 lecture … http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=10625 ETHICS EXPLORED UTSC professor Michael Lambek looks at the Two Dimensions of Ethical Life Sept. 26 … http://ethics.utoronto.ca/?page_id=211&event_id=13 Accent on Teaching ACADEMIC INTEGRITY WORKSHOP Learn more about defining integrity and handling academic offences during this Sept. 29 workshop … http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/about_ctsi/servicesexpertise/ctsi-workshops/workshops.htm#Academic%20Integrity Awards, Honours & Fellowships FAST APPROACHING DEADLINES Nomination deadlines are upcoming for the Gairdner Awards, the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, the Dan David Prize, the Trudeau Fellows and the Royal Society of Canada. If you are planning to submit a nomination, or have any award-related questions, please contact Elissa Strome, Director of Strategic Initiatives at elissa.strome@utoronto.ca. Check the OVPR awards and honours webpage for a full list of awards. Student Experience ENERGY IN MUMBAI A group of U of T students learned about the future of energy systems in India firsthand while studying abroad this summer … http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/main/newsitems/summer-energy-india Grow Your Career ATTENTION-GETTING RESUMES Make your resume work to your advantage; learn how at this Sept. 27 workshop … http://www.odlc.utoronto.ca/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=780&Itemid=57&year=2011&month=09&day=27&title=maximize-your-resume-ensure-your-resume-gets-attention&uid=e74a0330bf43d2c3cf164121810f4ced&catids=46|34 Managing Work & Life STRAINED PEAS: YUMMY! Learn to make tasty, healthy baby food at this Oct. 4 workshop … http://www.familycare.utoronto.ca/events/workshops.html#babyFood Artszone KINGS OF JAZZ Faculty member John MacLeod and his Rex Hotel Orchestra brings its big band sound to Walter Hall Sept. 24 … http://www.music.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/jaz0924.htm SHE’S THE MASTER Violinist Lara St. John performs Sept. 26 and offers master classes Sept. 27 and 28 … Concert: http://www.music.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/cms0926.htm Class 1: http://www.music.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/mc0927.htm?ViewMode=View&DateTime=634527270000000000&PageMode=View Class 2: http://www.music.utoronto.ca/events/calendar/mc0928.htm?ViewMode=View&DateTime=634528332000000000&PageMode=View DOIN’ TIME Ashley Lucas presents a one-person show about the impact of incarceration on families, drawing on her own experience … http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=10681 Did You Know … That U of T received an award of excellence from the City of Toronto in 2010 for its energy conservation? --- 2010 Community Impact Report www.impact.utoronto.ca