Arts alum and a manager at Microsoft Canada, Cheri Chevalier, told a group of students how and why arts-educated grads are invaluable in the workplace.
Co-operative work and experiential learning for Arts - and all UWaterloo - students is worthy of celebration every term. But each spring, the President, deans and other University leaders gather to honour six exceptional students for their impact and contributions in their co-op jobs.
Novelists like Margaret Atwood and photographers like Edward Burtynsky educate society about our changing environment, says Imre Szeman, who is cross-appointed in the departments of English Language & Literature and Drama & Speech Communication
Andria Bianchi's research focuses on questions of sexual consent among those with dementia
What does it feel like to be a woman in 2017? The extraordinarily successful poetry collection by Rupi Kaur BA'15, milk and honey, goes beyond words and speaks volumes to the complex experiences of young women today.
The team behind a Waterloo-based startup that helps refugees once they’ve settled in Canada has won the Hult Prize regional competition in London, England.
With topics as far-ranging as video games, urban design, refugees and the Franklin Expedition, graduate students from across the Faculty of Arts enthralled the audience at the Three Minute Thesis competition, held on Feb. 8 and 9. The departments of English Language and Literature, Psychology, Religious Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, History, Philosophy, Anthropology and the Balsillie School of International Affairs were all represented.
Students who worked as a team in a Global Business and Digital Arts course last year can now see their research and design efforts live and used everyday by the public.
The lessons of history present a critical opportunity to save us from ourselves, says Timothy Snyder, Housum Professor of History at Yale University.
Mental health difficulties touch the lives of many, yet finding the right sources of help is not always easy. The University of Waterloo’s Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) is planning three public outreach talks that will provide clear, useful, and practical information to anyone interested in learning more about mental health.