Meric Gertler, left, president of the University of Toronto, and Trevor Young, dean of the faculty of medicine, pose for a photograph outside the medical sciences building on Sept. 23, 2020.A $250-million gift to the University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine will provide funding for a new centre for artificial intelligence in health care, support for underrepresented students and money to attract research talent.
Mr. Temerty was born in Ukraine and came to Canada as a child after the Second World War. His father worked as an engineer at Alcan in Montreal. Mr. Temerty started an arts degree at Sir George Williams University, but was hired in sales at IBM before he graduated. University of Toronto president Meric Gertler said the money will allow one of the university’s flagship faculties, already ranked among the world’s best, to enhance its global standing.
It will also purchase research tools such as a cryo-electron microscope, and make funds available to recruit leading graduate students, researchers and faculty to the university.
Am glad to know about Toronto University and I want to venture for it
Honestly, could this money not have been given toward housing for the tons of homeless people that frequent the U or T vicinity? I was near the U of T area today and the number of homeless everywhere is unreal. College & Spadina is among the most miserable places in the world.
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Wonderful to put artificial intelligence to the forefront in the medical business. This PANIC19 in the last six months has shown how little normal intelligence there is.
Those nerds still cant even fix covid lmao waste of money
This is international news because it’s all but impossible for Canadians to get into medical school in Canada. They prefer the more lucrative international students.
Of course! AI predicts cancer now, even though a bunch of Karens & Chen et al. warned the world 2014/5. But UHN FIRED a world-class ♀️pathologist & ensures Wolbachia (small enough to pass the BBB) remains OFF assays. The more brain-damaged humans, the more AI is needed.😊
Some faculty will be buying new cars....
Maybe now they'll stop charging exorbitant tuition fees.
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How about sending a little of that to the nurses that are being laid off at the hospital that ran out of money.
Wish I could get a donation like that 😂