Dean Alexie Tcheuyap and the Arts Honours and Awards committee are pleased to share the results of the 2026 Arts Awards for Excellence in Service, Teaching, and Research.
Congratulations to Dr. Igor Grossmann, Professor in Psychology, for winning the prestigious Humboldt Research Award, recognizing him as one of the most innovative behavioural scientists of his generation
Congratulations to Dr. Megan McCarthy (Excellence in Online Course Design awardee) and Dr. Michael MacDonald (Excellence in Online Teaching awardee).
Dean Alexie Tcheuyap is very pleased to announce the inaugural directors of the two new multidisciplinary schools in the Faculty of Arts. Dr. Jay Dolmage will serve as the Director of the School of Critical and Creative Humanities, and Dr. Ian Milligan will serve as Director of the School of Social, Political and Historical Research.
Congratulations to doctoral student Amy Barron, recipient of this year's Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students!
Research findings on the meaning and purpose of boredom from Psychology's Danckert Lab are made accessible for broad audiences in a documentary film produced by Radio-Canada’s popular television program Découverte.
Congratulations to Dr. Randy Allen Harris on being named University Professor, recognizing his excellence in research in the fields of Rhetoric of Science and Computational Rhetoric, and as a pioneer in the field of voice interaction design
Political Science recently hosted the Experiences in Political Science Poster Symposium, a vibrant showcase of undergraduate student research and experiential learning. The event served as the culmination of PSCI 424, a Student-Led Individually-Created Course (SLICC) designed to bridge the gap between abstract political theory and real-world application.
The annual Psychology Discovery Conference continues to grow with the 2026 edition featuring more than 80 research presentations by undergraduate and graduate students — highlighting the breadth of psychological science at Waterloo while creating space for students to present, connect, and learn across disciplines.
As Dr. David DeVidi (Philosophy) completes seven years as Associate Vice-President, Academic, another Arts professor, Dr. Martin Cooke (Sociology & Legal Studies/School of Public Health Sciences) steps into that role after serving as Assistant Vice-President, Leadership and Strategic Initiatives.