The summer edition of U of T Magazine is now out, and the new issue includes a number of articles on Daniels Faculty research and alumni.

The cover story looks at four young U of T entrepreneurs who are harnessing new technologies. One of these entrepreneurs is Daniels Faculty alumna and Sessional Lecturer Nadia Amoroso (pictured above), whose company, DataAppeal, specializes in data visualization. "Give her a spreadsheet and she’ll give you back a digital work of art that tells a powerful story."

Read the full story here.

A short story on the Daniels Faculty's GRIT Lab (or Green Roof Innovation Testing Laboratory) is featured in magazine as well. "In 2009, Toronto became the first city in North America to require new buildings over a certain size to have a green roof," writes U of T Magazine editor Scott Anderson. "But what kind of green roof best suits the city’s climate? And what combination of plants and soils will generate the most positive environmental effects and reduce storm water run-off? A team of U of T researchers is trying to find out using an experimental green roof built atop the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design."

Read the full story here.

The magazine also published an in memoriam (in print only) on Michael Hough, who founded the landscape architecture program at U of T in 1965. "He elevated his whole profession," said Associate Professor Robert Wright of Hough who was driven by very fundamental environmental principles. "He really anticipated the green movement we're experiencing now."

The final page of U of T Magazine is devoted to a story on Canada's first female architect, Esther Marjorie Hill. When she graduated on June 4, 1920, the chair of the department of architecture, C.H.C. Wright, refused to attend her graduation out of protest. We have come a long way since then. Two weeks ago, 54 per cent of those who graduated with an architecture degree from the Daniels Faculty were women.  

Read the full story here.