Architect Paul Raff (BArch '92; BES '90) – now at work on new offices for Research in Motion – will receive two awards of excellence by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Tim Vincent (BASc, Physics '84) has been named an IBM Fellow, one of only 218 individuals to receive this award, the company's highest technical designation.
Niagara-on-the-Lake has hired Don Smith (BES, Planning '74) as its new chief administrative officer.
Tony Franceschini (BASc, Civil engineering '75) one of Western Canada's leading engineering and construction executives, has been appointed to Aecon's Board of Directors.
John D. Bottomley (MA, Planning '80) has been named Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Group Investment Management Corporation (RGIM).
Book publicist Evan Munday (BA, English Rhetoric and Professional Writing '03) is the focus of a National Post article on Canada's publishing industry.
The Toronto Star showcases a whimsical residence designed by Rohan Walters (BArch '87).
Fiona Dunbar (MMath '03), founder of the Canadian Women in Math Association, was a guest panelist on the TV Ontario program "Your Voice."
Alicia Liu (BASc, Computer Engineering '07), Ronald Richardson (BSE, Software Engineering '07) and Mason Du (BSE, Software Engineering '07) have launched Benbria, a software company in Kanata, Ontario.
Kathryn Ladano (BA, Music '99) and Philip Bast (BA, English '80) are nominees for the 2008 Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Awards.