To the delight of members of the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF), a celebrated leader in the development of international financial reporting standards will receive an honorary degree at the University of Waterloo’s June 2016 convocation.
A Waterloo psychology professor is taking virtual reality (VR) beyond video games and using it to help people suffering from memory problems due to aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
Congratulations to English doctoral candidate Emma Vossen who has just won the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's (SSHRC) annual Storytellers competition. Vossen is one of five national winners - the same winning spot fellow English PhD candidate Steve Wilcox held in 2013.
There are many reasons to be grateful for the mild winter we’ve just experienced, but top of the list is the fact that construction of the new student Hub in the J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities is on schedule and looking good for an early fall opening.
A growing number of faculty and staff members at UWaterloo are committed to academic and creative projects that respond in various ways to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's (TRC) final report.
Since the TRC released its 94 Calls to Action (PDF) to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, many communities, individuals, and institutions such as universities are acting to make substantive change - including those at UWaterloo.
What does it mean to say a quantum system is in superposition? And more important: Why should we care?
The reality is - from highly secure communications to ultra-sensitive devices and super-powerful computers - quantum mechanics will change the way we live, work and play. And while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grabbed media attention recently when he delivered a one-minute quantum lecture, many of us don’t have even a basic understanding of the science that’s driving this technological revolution.
The Department of Political Science's annual Federal-Provincial simulation is celebrating 50 years of live-action political role-playing.
Canada's longest-running simulated federal-provincial conference took place yesterday and today, and is co-organized by Political Science and the Waterloo Regional District School Board's History Heads' Association.
At today's Celebration of Arts event, nine 2016 Arts Awards were presented to faculty, staff and a student in recognition of their exceptional contributions to teaching, service, or research. Congratulations to the recipients, named below with excerpts from their respective nominations.
Congratulations to Brent Small (AFM), Adnan Khan (AFM), Daniel Zhang (Biotech/CPA), Kamaljot Dhaliwal (CFM) and Rudder Zhang (BMath) on their win at the Global CFA Institute Research Challenge.
The Master of Public Service (MPS) program has fast become Waterloo's largest co-op education program for graduate students, giving new alumni an edge when competing for jobs at all levels of government.