News archive - 2013

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Applied Mathematics Graduate student wins (another) teaching award

Applied Mathematics PhD candidate Alex Shum has been selected as one

of the recipients of the 2013 Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional

Teaching by a Student. The award is given "in recognition of excellence

in teaching of all kinds by registered students". More details can

be found at:

https://bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2013/mar/27we.html.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Applied Mathematics Graduate student wins teaching award

Applied Mathematics PhD candidate Alex Shum has won the first

Feds Teaching Award. This award comes from the Federation of Students,

the undergraduate student society at the University of Waterloo.

More detail can be found at:

http://www.uwimprint.ca/article/3033-graduate-instructional-developer-wins-first-feds

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Applied Mathematics Graduate student wins faculty 3-minute thesis competition

Applied Mathematics PhD candidate Robert Jonsson won the Faculty of Mathematics 3-minute thesis competition held on March 1, 2013, with his talk titled "Relativistic Quantum Information". Robert will be one of two representatives of the Faculty at the University-wide competition, to be held on March 27, 2013.

For more information about the 3-minute Thesis please click on the following: https://uwaterloo.ca/three-minute-thesis/.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

University of Waterloo's innovation-focused campus culture featured in New York Times article

A recent New York Times article features the University of Waterloo's innovation-focused campus culture, starting off by saying that "The University of Waterloo, ... , is one of the world’s best technology schools". Check out this article if you want to learn about Waterloo's unique campus environment.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Applied Mathematics Graduate student participates in conversation with Chris Hadfield

Applied Mathematics PhD candidate Nancy Soontiens was one of the University of Waterloo students chosen to ask a question of astronaut Chris Hadfield during a live downlink between the International Space Station and the university on Friday, February 15. Nancy asked for advice for aspiring astronauts. Commander Hadfield's response: get an advanced degree, be in good physical condition and show that you have the ability to make good decisions when consequences matter. The entire event can be viewed below.