Psychology doctoral candidate Robin Mazumder examines how urban areas affect our physical and mental health.
The Balsillie School's Turbulent Present, Uncertain Future maps global trends and recommendations for adaptive foreign policy.
Congratulations to Mark Vuorinen of Conrad Grebel University College for winning the Ontario Arts Council's Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting. He is an assistant professor in Grebel's Department of Music and also artistic director of Kitchener-Waterloo’s Grand Philharmonic.
How should citizens engage with technological innovation? Professor Heather Douglas is dedicated to helping the public, scientists and policy makers work together for innovation that serves society.
A Department of Economics team, mentored by Professor Jean-Paul Lam, is among five finalists for the Bank of Canada’s Governor’s Challenge.
Gord Pennycook published research on everything from BS to how smartphone use is linked to lazy thinking. Now he’s on a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University.
Pennycook is a psychology expert on how humans think, reason and make decisions. His passion for cognitive science may well be connected to his own extraordinary ability to think fast.
The social and clinical psychology areas of the Department of Psychology have much to be proud of - and this week that includes the announcement of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for 2016. Two PhD students are among the recipients.
“We need to create communities where we’re all helping each other,” says Arts alumnus Michael Robson. Last June, he put that statement into action by starting an award for undergraduates at the University of Waterloo. He pledged $10,000 of his own money over five years to build the Collective Movement Award, which supports students involved in the African, Caribbean or black communities.
Professor Heather Douglas, Waterloo Chair in Science and Society and a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy, told CBC radio's The 180 this weekend that gaps in public understanding or support of science and technology can force the scientific community to be more rigorous and innovative. Read or hear the full story on CBC.
It's hard to keep up. Again, an impressive number of Arts professors have won impressive research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Again, we celebrate a member of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists - congratulations to John Turri of the Department of Philosophy.