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Double alum Joel Tan thought his academic career was all but over before being accepted at the University of Toronto — now he's got a PhD from Harvard Medical School, too. His community of U of T mentors included many students who were generous with their time and openly shared experiences – a resource he now provides as a University College alumni mentor.
In just two years with the Varsity Blues, third-year student Hugo Nguyen has become a familiar sight around the volleyball program. He is behind a camera, laptop or courtside, capturing the moments that define a season. As the Varsity Blues volleyball team's communications assistant, Nguyen blends his creative passion with a lifelong connection to sport, helping shape how the team presents itself to athletes, fans and families across the country.
A new scholarship is bolstering support for students in Canadian Studies and honouring the memory of Pamela Gravestock, an instructor, senior administrator and friend to many across the university. Gravestock passed away in August 2020.
University College is delighted to announce that Ian Kamau will be the 2026-27 Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor from September 2026 to April 2027.
The 2026 Mutual Relevance conference — the biggest event on the Cognitive Science calendar — proved to be another stimulating afternoon of discussion and debate as thinkers across campus explored a central question in contemporary cognitive science: what counts as mental and where do its limits lie?
The College hosted four writing competitions open to UC and UC program students as part of the annual UC Writing Awards: the Meyer (Mike) Greenstein Memorial Student Award for Writing Excellence, the Norma Epstein Foundation Awards in Creative Writing, the Frederic Davidson Competition, and the Lorne Tepperman Prize in Public Writing.
Originally founded by UC alumnus J. C. Fields (BA 1884 UC), fellow UC alum and professor in the Faculty of Arts & Science Jacob Tsimerman (BSc 2006 UC) won the high-profile international award in part for his work on a problem that had stumped the discipline for decades.
