Damber Thapa (MSc '10, Vision Science) is a finalist in the Optical Society of America's Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition.
Jyhling Lee (BES '99, Pre-professional Architecture; MARCH '03, Architecture) discusses the inspiration behind her sculpture, "Origami Goose," which stands outside new library/YMCA in Waterloo.
John van Leeuwen (BSc '81, Applied Chemistry), CEO of EcoSynthetix Inc., talks about the company's $100 million war chest to finance expansion dreams after floating a share offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Jason West (MA '94; PhD '03, Philosophy), who has taught philosophy at Newman Theological College for the past seven years, has recently taken over as the new academic dean.
Laurel Victoria Gray (MA '76, History), Artistic Director of Silk Road Dance Company, received the Arash Award at the closing gala of Toronto's 2011 Tirgan Festival, the world's largest Iranian festival.
Archivist Myron Momryk (BA '69; BA '70; MA '72, History) was recently honoured for his long career in the national archives and advocacy for multicultural history. The new book Re-Imagining Ukrainian Canadians, History, Politics, and Identity is dedicated to Momryk.
Louise Gibson, nee Lyle, (BES '78, School of Planning) was promoted to Vice President, Operations in the Edmonton division of Brookfield Residential Properties. Brookfield Residential is a new company formed in March 2011 which combined Carma Developers in Alberta, Brookfield Homes in Southern Ontario and Brookfield Homes throughout the United States.
John R. Palmer (BES '00, Geography) was recently awarded a "Best Session" award at the 2011 Spring SHARE Conference in Anaheim, CA, for his session "Living on Mainframe Time - A User Experience."
Wayne Caldwell (PhD '91, Regional Planning and Resource Development) has been appointed University of Guelph's Chair of School of Environmental Design and Rural Development.
David Rulff (BASc '09, Systems Design Engineering) was recently awarded one of three John Gray Scholarship Awards from the International District Energy Association (IDEA).