Tag: university of waterloo
UWaterloo takes part in upcoming KW’s Esports Commission
The Kitchener-Waterloo region will be investing into its own esports programs, events and initiatives. This will be the first investment of its kind to...
Vaccination clinic at UW Health Sciences Campus, Kitchener
The University of Waterloo has partnered with the Region of Waterloo and Centre for Family Medicine to help the Kitchener-Waterloo community open a COVID-19...
University of Waterloo’s Professor Ihab Ilyas Receives 2020 ACM Fellow Title
Professor Ihab Ilyas, of UW has been named a 2020 Association for Computing Machinery Fellow (ACM), the largest scientific computing society in the world.
Only...
Scenes from ‘carried away on the crest of a wave’:
Art has often been inspired by tragedy. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, tragedy abounds.
This year, UW’s Theatre and Performance program is producing...
Vice President of Advancement Joanne Shoveller to retire this year
Joanne Shoveller, Vice President,Office of Advancement, will retire from the University of Waterloo at the end of the year, completing her five-year term on...
University of Waterloo-led team receives funding for advanced telescope
A team of Canadian researchers, led by University of Waterloo professor Dr. Michel Fich, has been awarded $4.9 million in funding, from the Canada...
Peter Fulcher of Plant Operations to retire after 36 years
Peter Fulcher is retiring this year after 36 years of service in UW’s Plant Operations. Plant Operations is the university’s largest support department with...
SAF2YEx and COVID-19
Jennifer Dong felt alone during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but SAF2YEx has helped her connect with her peers.
“SAF (School of...
UW Professor Ming Li Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
UW professor Ming Li received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award in Computer Science from CS-Can|Info-Can, a non-profit organization representing the computer science discipline across...
WUSA elections witness low voter turnout
Student politics at UW experienced low student engagement this year. Of the 34,084 eligible voters, the number of students who participated was 1,729.
“The 2021...