Chemical engineer Hadi Mahabadi (PhD '76; MASc '75) recognized for enriching multiculturalism and overcoming adversity.
Joe Wilke (BA '92, Chartered Accountancy) appointed interim president at Workopolis.
"Green" architects Graham Smith (BES '95; BArch '97) and Trevor McIvor (BES '96, BArch '98) have high hopes for the future of sustainable homes.
Kitchener-Waterloo "40 under 40" honours 20 with direct University of Waterloo ties.
Valerie Hobbs (BSc '00), scientist turned farmer, will be featured in the 2009 Faces of Farming calendar.
Once a social activist, lawyer Davin Charney (MA '01) now campaigns from the courtroom.
Robert Donelson (BA '81) is Wilfrid Laurier University's new Vice-President of Development and Alumni Relations.
Composer Timothy Corlis (BSc '98) has been nominated for a Juno Award. He is a finalist in the Classical Composition of the Year category for Notes Towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written.
Peter Harder (BA '75) has been named a Trudeau Mentor by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd., led by George Adams (BASc '75; MASc '76), has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the "Life Science Company of the Year" award by The Biotechnology Initiative.