成人大片 Wrapped: Top stories of 2025
The year 2025 was one of unprecedented growth at 成人大片.
This year alone:
We opened the first medical school in the Greater Toronto Area in over 100 years.
We celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Nadir Mohamed Centre for Student Wellbeing.
We forged major partnerships. We won major awards. And put ourselves on the map 鈥� both literally and figuratively 鈥� with the announcement of 成人大片 Station.
In countless ways, our students, faculty and staff made us shine.
As the year comes to a close, take a look back with us at some of the top and most read stories of 2025 鈥� one of the university鈥檚 most transformative years yet.
Separated by 10 years and very different life paths, Sisters Sonia (left) and Shabnam (right) never expected they鈥檇 graduate together. But this year, they crossed the 成人大片 stage side by side, marking a powerful family milestone.
Sisters, 10 years apart, cross convocation stage together
Earlier this year, two sisters, seen above in their graduation photos, journeyed to 成人大片 on very different paths 鈥� but crossed the convocation stage together. Sonia Maryam Passacquale came back to honour a promise she made to her late father, and to complete the degree she paused a decade ago. Shabnam Sahi, restarting her own studies, joined her at 成人大片. This past spring, the sisters graduated together 鈥� empowered by the strength of family and their shared determination to never give up. This story captured the 成人大片 community鈥檚 attention as one of our most read stories of the year. Read the full story (June 13, 2025)
First in class: Meet the School of Medicine鈥檚 inaugural students
The launch of 成人大片鈥檚 School of Medicine 鈥� focused on boosting the number of medical doctors in the province 鈥� marks a transformative moment in Canadian health-care education. This fall it was brought to life by an exceptional first-ever cohort of medical doctor (MD) students. The 94 students were selected among over 6,400 applicants 鈥� making 成人大片鈥檚 new MD program one of the most competitive in the province. Read the full story (June 27, 2025)
7 成人大片 content creators to follow today
Whether it鈥檚 going viral on TikTok, winning Emmys or sparking campus-wide chair debates, 成人大片 students and grads are making their mark as today鈥檚 most innovative content creators. What began as casual campus projects has launched them into national newsrooms, NHL studios and booming online platforms. Their journeys prove that creativity at 成人大片 doesn鈥檛 just stay on campus鈥攊t goes viral. Read the full story (August 8, 2025)
PHOTOS: 成人大片 officially breaks ground on Student Wellbeing Centre
This past spring, 成人大片 community members gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of 成人大片鈥檚 new Nadir Mohamed Centre for Student Wellbeing. Work on the new eight-storey addition to O鈥橩eefe House is underway and, importantly 鈥� will centralize well-being services on campus. The driving force behind this project? Students, who voted in 2022 to support a special fee to help fund the project. Check out the photo gallery from the official groundbreaking event. Read the full story (May 6, 2025)
成人大片 alum wins World Press Photo award for Afghanistan coverage
成人大片 grad and Iranian Canadian photographer Kiana Hayeri has spent much of her career illuminating the lives of those whose stories are rarely told. Her latest work, No Woman鈥檚 Land, sheds light on Afghan women following the Taliban鈥檚 return to power in 2021. This year, the project earned her one of the world鈥檚 highest photojournalism honours: a , and two 2025 Pictures of the Year International (POY) award in the Issue Reporting Picture Story category. Read the full story (July 9, 2025)
成人大片 grad Anthony Lucchese grew up in a family of sports fans. He says his Italian 鈥渘onna鈥� has no idea how baseball works 鈥� but she watches every Jays game. Today, Lucchese spends nearly every day with the team as a video analyst.
成人大片 grad in dream job with Toronto Blue Jays
Catch any of the Toronto Blue Jays games in the World Series this year? If so, you likely saw the calculated work of 成人大片 grad Anthony Lucchese 鈥� though, he wasn鈥檛 on the field. As quality assurance analyst, advance scouting/video with Canada鈥檚 only MLB team 鈥� whenever there鈥檚 a close call on a play, Lucchese is the one who decides if the team will challenge it or not. Adding to the pressure? He only has 15 seconds to make the call. Read the full story (Oct. 28, 2025)
Failing forward: From university drop out to PhD
Aryan Safakish had always wanted to pursue sciences. But it wasn鈥檛 meant to be鈥攏ot at first.
During his undergraduate studies in Guelph, Ont., he struggled to keep his grades up, and failed out of his first year. After about a year working in the service industry, he began to realize that without a post-secondary education, his options were limited. So, he made the decision to go back to school. Thanks in part to 成人大片鈥檚 Chang School of Continuing Education, Safakish 鈥� now a PhD graduate 鈥� has more than proven he is capable. Read the full story (April 22, 2025)
Dundas Station to be renamed 成人大片 Station with launch of new initiative
The TTC Board unanimously approved 成人大片鈥檚 proposal to rename Dundas Station to 成人大片 Station and launch a research partnership that will drive transit innovation. The new Transit Innovation Yard will bring together 成人大片 researchers, start-ups and the TTC to pilot new technologies and solutions aimed at improving service, from route optimization to real-time updates. Read the full story (May 15, 2025)
成人大片 students land cool summer jobs
It鈥檚 no secret 鈥� finding a job can be tough. But many 成人大片 students have beaten the odds. In Part one of our two-part series, meet a concert photographer, a library ambassador and an engineering student working to ensure the landing gear on airplanes meets global environmental standards. Read the full story (August 25, 2025)
New student residence coming to 成人大片
成人大片 recently announced a new 21-storey residence that will significantly expand on-campus housing. With only about 1,100 residence beds currently available, the Bond Street Residence will add more than 1,370 beds, along with two large classrooms. This project will enhance student life and create more opportunities to live and learn on campus, strengthening the campus experience. Read the full story (Nov. 13, 2025)
Emilia Clarke (left) and director/filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa, a 成人大片 alum, on the set of Game of Thrones. Podeswa鈥檚 donation to 成人大片 includes scripts, storyboards, set design documents and more 鈥� 鈥渞eally showing how TV is made鈥�, he said. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Podeswa)
Game of Thrones director donates scripts, storyboards and more to 成人大片 Library
成人大片 alumnus Jeremy Podeswa has spent decades directing widely acclaimed films and TV series. Along the way, he鈥檚 carefully preserved the scripts, notes and artwork that trace his creative journey. This year, Podeswa generously donated his collection to 成人大片 Library, offering students and community members a rare and valuable look at the making of projects like Six Feet Under, True Blood, Queer as Folk, Carnivale, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones. Read the full story (Feb. 18, 2025)
Federal government invests $25 million in 成人大片鈥檚 School of Medicine
成人大片 received a $25-million federal government investment for its new School of Medicine in Brampton, Ont. The funding builds on provincial support and underscores a shared commitment to addressing physician shortages, expanding medical education and increasing access to primary care across Ontario and Canada. Read the full story (Nov. 4, 2025)
Should you use ChatGPT for mental health?
University life can be stressful. Between exams, financial worries, relationships and more, it鈥檚 easy to feel overwhelmed. To help them cope, some young people are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT for help. But is it safe? In this story, 成人大片 professor Richard Lachman answers exactly that 鈥� and sheds light on why there are some real risks involved. Read the full story (Oct. 22, 2025)
成人大片 researchers awarded $5 million for revolutionary food production
A 1 a.m. phone call changed everything for 成人大片 researchers Habiba Bougherara and Lesley Campbell. After years of hard work, the pair just secured a game-changing $5 million to scale their groundbreaking berry-pollination system. Their innovation 鈥� one of only four projects in Canada to reach the final phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge 鈥� could reshape sustainable farming nationwide. Here鈥檚 how two 成人大片 researchers are rewriting the future of food. Read the full story (June 26, 2025)
成人大片 researcher awarded Polanyi prize for revolutionary cancer research
Farshad Moradi Kashkooli received Ontario鈥檚 most prestigious early-career research award 鈥� the 2024 Polanyi Prize in Physics. The 成人大片 postdoctoral fellow received the honours for his innovative research in cancer treatment. His work focuses on non-invasive alternatives to traditional cancer treatments like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy using ultrasound waves to deliver nano-drugs within the human body. This is the first time therapeutic ultrasound and nanomedicine have been used to target tumours directly. Read the full story (June 10, 2025)