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Life on Campus
Rotman School MBAs earn, on average, $85,000 in the
first year after graduation
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What’s your favourite thing about
U of T in the fall
The view of the trees from the
third floor of the H-wing at
UTSC. The bursts of colour are
always stunning
Karen K. Ho
The red ivy on Hart House. The
palpable excitement of a new
school year
Kristine Morris
Open for Business
On St. George Street, north of Hoskin, a shiny glass
cube now perches above a red brick heritage house.
The glass structure, which is also connected to the
modernist-style edifice next door, is the spacious
new addition to the Rotman School of Management
that opened on September 5 after three years of
construction. Melding the buildings was deliberate,
says one of the architects, Bruce Kuwabara –
intended to reflect visually the business school’s
catchphrase: Integrative Thinking.
Inside, all that glass also lets in natural light to
stairwells, the café, and the 400-seat event room,
helping the school save on electricity costs. The
architects also designed natural gathering spaces
throughout the $90-million building, including
several grassy rooftop terraces with spectacular
views of the city.
The school’s 11 research centres are at last all
under one roof. And all that elbow room will let the
school expand its program size as well; they’ll soon
take in 50 per cent more full-time MBA and 30 per
cent more PhD candidates. “By reaching a certain
scale, we gain competitive advantage in the global
business education market,” says Roger Martin,
dean of the Rotman School. – Janet Rowe
The picture-perfect campus and
the brilliant energy that comes
with fresh beginnings
Niya B
Halloween parties
Kerlym Mata
Join the conversation at
twitter.com/uoftmagazine.
Poll
Do you Google
your professors
It’s possible to search – and find – almost anything in the age of Google,
yet only 55 per cent of U of T students choose to conduct online background
checks of their professors. Those who take advantage of the search
engine cite research compatibility and curiosity about other students’
feedback as their primary motives. Slightly more than half of these students
use the website ratemyprofessor.com and 36 per cent try to find their
profs on Facebook.
Alumna Ang Lee from U of T Scarborough is one who encourages other
students to conduct research online into their professors’ teaching experience
and grading style – “especially if you are serious about maximizing
your own potential,” she says. – Nadia Van
This highly unscientific poll of 100 U of T students was conducted on the
St. George campus in July.
Google
Professor Smith
55%
Yes
45%
No
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Photo: Tom Arban/Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects