Join us for a public forum and reception to launch UTM’s collections, curriculum, and programming to support the study of games on November 9th from
3-6pm on the first floor of the Library. 🎮
Register here: https://t.co/KsYu7FhKAX
"Get involved in whatever your passion is," advises Anne Innis Dagg, whose lifelong interest in giraffes has made her an expert on the world's tallest mammals.
Innis Dagg, founder of giraffe science, will speak at next week's #SniderLecture.
Read 🦒 https://t.co/wyXJMbI3cJ
Studying exoplanets provides “a unique opportunity to put ourselves and our world in the broadest of contexts – how does our solar system, our planet and our species fit into our universe?”
UTM prof Marta Bryan explores how planets form & evolve 🔭 https://t.co/ZrpzpuTw8V
A popular-to-eat crab is losing its sense of smell, and climate change might be the culprit, according to new studies and research by @UTSCresearch via the @TimesColonist 🦀 #UofT#UTSC
https://t.co/vciM51rfyP
Heat Warning today in Scarborough🥵Know where it *won't* be hot? Inside the ARC theatre @UTSC! Watch 'Bug Sex', hear about the work & how the film was made, then have a snack & check out insect & spider science up close at 3 engagement stations. Register: https://t.co/fufyIB2RWf
🌳🌡️ Watch paleoclimatologist Trevor Porter as he takes us behind the scenes to show how he gathers and analyzes samples of tree rings to construct a detailed climate record of Canada’s North going back almost 1,000 years: https://t.co/NmqbySFsXd #climatehistory#climatechange
#UofT researchers illuminated the bizarre, grisly and complicated world of bug sex for an episode of @CBC's Nature of Things — join them and director Andrew Gregg as they screen segments from the documentary and answer your questions on the mystifying mating habits of insects🕷
Starting this fall, students at #UofT Mississauga will be able to take a minor in game studies, thanks in part to a strange and amazing library acquisition: https://t.co/RrQa7kPi8X
UTM psychology professor Tina Malti wants to uncover the roots of child empathy. Now, with a Alexander von Humboldt Professorship beginning this year, she's prepared "to understand the mystery of the caring child.”
🚸 https://t.co/wTAzR1fvoz
Dog: Not to alarm you, but you forgot our lunchtime walk.
Me: It's not lunchtime yet, there was a time change.
Dog: I do not understand this time change you speak of.
Me: I know. You made that clear this morning.
The clocks are set to #FallBack this weekend, and while that brings with it the tantalizing promise of an extra hour of sleep, it may not be the quality sleep we crave.
The #TimeChange can adversely affect sleep quality ⏰ https://t.co/a0MhDW184v
#UTM is now home to the Undergraduate Robotics Teaching Laboratory.
Professor Jessica @BurgnerKahrs, the lab’s visionary, says while it will be primarily used for computer science students, the lab is open to the entire #UofT community.
Learn more 🤖 https://t.co/ItKJzkSNOe
The academic study of video games is booming. Generations of students and scholars who grew up playing the games are now exploring game-interface design, gender representation, the business side of gaming — and more.
#UTM Syd Bolton Collection 🎮 https://t.co/fnXYCR9zbd
Dug this out during the Rogers outage. Later the power also went out. That's when this just spit static, convincing me the alien invasion was imminent. #rogersoutage#poweroutage
DYK that @UTM has a campus greenhouse that grows everything from beans and corn to peppers and figs? Don’t stop by for a fresh snack, though. The plants are used for another important purpose: https://t.co/NnYCIetUIL #UofT