Arts convocation ceremonies last week featured Valedictorian addresses by Prateeksha Ravi (Legal Studies, Honours, Arts and Business) and Catherine Vendryes (English Literature and Rhetoric, Honours, Arts and Business).
What can you do with an arts degree? New Waterloo Arts grads say opportunities in the digital economy are growing for them as business leaders look for employees who can build bridges between technology and the people who use it.
Two hundred peacebuilding academics and practitioners will meet at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo for a four-day event, June 9-12, 2016.
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.
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.
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 University of Waterloo’s Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) has expanded its range of mental health care for the local community with a specialized assessment service for veterans, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP.
Research projects that aim to develop deeper understanding of human interactions has earned national recognition for two University of Waterloo graduate students.