How to Follow University of Toronto News, Events and Celebrations on utoronto.ca

The University of Toronto homepage (utoronto.ca) gives you three direct ways to keep up with the university: the Latest news section, the Upcoming events calendar, and U of T Celebrates, which highlights award-winning faculty, students, alumni and staff. Each section sits on the homepage itself and links to a fuller page ("More U of T News," "More U of T events," "Explore U of T Celebrates"), so you can scan headlines at a glance and then go deeper only where something interests you. This is a general-interest guide for prospective students, current community members and anyone tracking the university from outside.

Latest news: what the section covers

The news block shows recent stories with dates and headlines. From the homepage evidence, the mix spans several recurring themes:

• Rankings and research standing — for example, a story noting that U of T ranks third globally in AI for the second straight year, per the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.
• Student recognition — such as a welcome piece on the newest Pearson Scholars.
• Community observances — for example, coverage of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day marked with a tri-campus event.
• Teaching and learning — such as a story on professors teaching judgment in the age of AI, framed as "a learning partner, not a shortcut."

Each item carries a date (the samples run from late September to early October 2026), so you can judge how current a story is before clicking. The More U of T News link at the end of the section opens the full news feed.

Upcoming events: how the calendar is presented

The events block lists dated entries with titles, and the samples show the range of formats you can expect:

A multi-week entry and single-date entries appear side by side, so check the date format carefully: a range means the event runs across those weeks, while a single date points to one scheduled session. More U of T events leads to the complete calendar.

U of T Celebrates: recognition of achievements

The U of T Celebrates section is described as recognizing "some of the world's top faculty, students, alumni and staff" for their "award-winning accomplishments." A sample item notes that U of T faculty and community members were recognized with the Order of Canada. If your interest is honors, awards and profiles rather than day-to-day news, this is the section to start with; Explore U of T Celebrates opens the full collection.

A practical routine for staying current

1. Open utoronto.ca and scan the Latest news headlines — dates are attached, so you can skip older items.
2. Check Upcoming events for anything in the next few weeks; note whether the date is a range or a single day.
3. Visit U of T Celebrates when you want award and achievement stories rather than announcements.
4. Follow the "More" links only for the sections you care about, rather than reading everything on the homepage.

One common snag: the homepage shows only a handful of items per section, so a story or event you heard about elsewhere may not appear there. Use the "More U of T News" and "More U of T events" links to search the fuller lists before concluding something isn't listed.

Related resources on the site

The homepage also points to UTogether, described as a single guide bringing together academic and wellness supports, campus maps, student tips, places to eat and messages from university leadership across the three campuses. It's a complement to the news and events sections rather than a replacement: use UTogether for practical campus-life information, and the news, events and celebrations sections for what's happening and who's being recognized.