What’s happening with Peng Shuai?
Content warning: This article discusses instances of sexual assault.
On Nov. 2, 2021, Peng Shuai, a widely decorated Chinese tennis star and the first Chinese...
Waterloo region prepares for arrival of Omicron variant
On Nov. 26, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant known as Omicron. The variant originated in South...
WUSA proposes changes in governance following review
The Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) has published a governance review in which consultants recommended that the Students’ Council and the Board of Directors...
UW signs Scarborough Charter on anti-Black racism and Black inclusion
The University of Waterloo has signed on to the Scarborough Charter alongside more than 40 other post-secondary institutions across Canada.
The charter is a sector-wide...
New UW environment program tackles climate change
As scientists continue to observe changes in the global climate, there has been a push for further research and education surrounding the prevention of...
Homelessness and affordable housing a growing concern in Waterloo
Homelessness is a growing concern in Waterloo Region, as the number of people without access to stable permanent housing has tripled in three years....
What UW climate experts have to say about COP26
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference recently revealed ambiguous environmental goals and sparked a sea of climate protesters in the streets of Glasgow,...
Vivek Goel installed as UW’s president
On Nov. 8, Vivek Goel was installed as the seventh president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo.
Goel is a distinguished physician, researcher and...
Backpedaling on UW’s Bike Centre
The University of Waterloo’s Bike Centre has been closed for over a month due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to WUSA staff members and a...
BlackBerry on Newsweek’s list of the most loved workplaces for 2021
Waterloo’s Blackberry, the company that was founded by former UWaterloo student Mike Lazaridis and one of UW’s co-op program employers, is on Newsweek’s America's...
