The Faculty of Arts is very proud to announce that Professor François Paré, University Professor, (French Studies) received an honorary doctorate from the Université Laval on June 18 for his career as “a leading figure in the Francophone communities of the Americas and beyond.”
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).
At this morning's Arts convocation ceremony, 602 undergraduates, 95 masters' students, and 14 PhD candidates crossed the stage and received their degrees.
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.
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.