Tag: coronavirus
A new method to assess COVID-19 patients: screening with AI
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an AI-based software tool aimed at improving COVID-19 screening.
Alexander Wong, a system design engineering professor at...
UW’s tuition hike during a pandemic is inappropriate, especially for International...
Like every year, all the current undergraduate and graduate University of Waterloo students will see a tuition hike in 2020-21.
International Master’s students will pay...
No layoffs planned at UW, food services employees still being paid
UW has made no decisions or announcements concerning layoffs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There are still some essential workers on campus and other...
How to be the life of a Zoom party
Where are my spring babies at? In this time of self-isolation all clubs, venues, and restaurants (dining-in) are closed. In-person social gatherings are all...
Emergency student fund endorsed by Waterloo housing activists
Student housing advocates are endorsing an emergency fund for UW students.
The Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) partnered with UW to launch the Student Emergency...
Waterloo residences ask students to leave as COVID-19 pandemic halts the...
Days after all in-person classes were cancelled at UW, the athletic and recreational facilities on campus have completely closed, and UW students were asked...
COVID-19 infects the sports world
These past few weeks, sports in North America was turned upside down by COVID-19.
In the weeks prior, we watched sports leagues discuss ways of...
Coping with corona on co-op: Thoughts from an intern quarantined in...
Seattle is beautiful right now. There’s an ornamental plum tree down the street that’s been snowing pink petals, and daffodils are lining the trail...
Classes cancelled but UW campus still open as coronavirus closures strike...
All on-campus courses, tutorials and labs are suspended between March 14 and March 23.
The university has announced that it is suspending all not vital...
Everything we know about the coronavirus in Waterloo
The first COVID-19 case in the KW-Region was confirmed Thursday March 5 as a woman who traveled from Milan, Italy.
She presented symptoms including a...