Keeping graduate students informed of news, updates, and events.
Current graduate students are automatically registered to receive the graduate student e-news when they register for the term by becoming fees arranged.
What is the graduate student e-news?
The graduate student e-news is a weekly email newsletter that is sent every Thursday to graduate students. The graduate student e-news is published by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs in collaboration with campus partners and contains valuable information about:
- News and updates
- Events and workshops
- Important academic dates and deadlines
- Awards and funding opportunities
- Current graduate research studies
- And more!
All current graduate students automatically receive the graduate student e-news. If you are a faculty or staff member and want to receive the graduate student e-news, you can subscribe via our online form.
Graduate student e-new submission guidelines
- The graduate student e-news is sent to registered graduate students every Thursday during classes and includes information for the following week (example: e-news sent on Thursday, January 11 will cover the week of January 15-19).
- The submission deadline for content to be included in the upcoming e-news is the Tuesday at noon prior to each e-news release date.
- Content should be submitted via the Graduate student e-news submission request web form. If you have an e-news submission request but have missed the submission deadline, please email gradcomms@uwaterloo.ca.
- Content submitted for the e-news should be no longer than 250 characters (including spaces) and include at least one hyperlink.
- Information included in the e-news should pertain to all graduate students or a large subsection (e.g., master's students).
- Requests for repeated submission entries are typically not included, as the weekly publication date is designed to reflect "just enough, just in time" information.
Tips and tricks
- Be sure to include both a title and description in your submission.
- Explain how your event/workshop relates to graduate students (i.e., how can they benefit, or what will they take away?).
- Be sure to include hyperlinks to a meaningful landing page that is not behind a login screen (e.g., link to event descriptions rather than login pages on WaterlooWorks or Portal).
- For examples of previous e-news submissions, visit the archive page.
Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity.
Publication schedule
Winter 2026 publication schedule
| Content due | Publication due | For the week of |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | January 8 | January 12-16 |
| January 13 | January 15 | January 19-23 |
| January 20 | January 22 | January 26-30 |
| January 27 | January 29 | February 2-6 |
| February 3 | February 5 | February 9-13 |
| February 10 | February 12 | February 16-20 |
| February 17 | February 19 | February 23-27 |
| February 24 | February 26 | March 2-6 |
| March 3 | March 5 | March 9-13 |
| March 10 | March 12 | March 16-20 |
| March 17 | March 19 | March 23-27 |
| March 24 | March 26 | March 30 - April 3 |
| March 31 | April 2 | April 6-10 |
| April 7 | April 9 | April 13-17 |
| April 14 | April 16 | April 20-24 |
| April 21 | April 23 | April 27 - May 1 |
Spring 2026 publication schedule
|
Content due |
Publication due | For the week of |
|---|---|---|
| April 28 | April 30 | May 4-8 |
| May 5 | May 7 | May 11-25 |
| May 12 | May 14 | May 18-22 |
| May 19 | May 21 | May 25-29 |
| May 26 | May 28 | June 1-5 |
| June 2 | June 4 | June 8-12 |
| June 9 | June 11 | June 15-19 |
| June 16 | June 18 | June 22-26 |
| June 23 | June 25 | June 29 - July 3 |
| June 30 | July 1 | July 6-10 |
| July 7 | July 9 | July 13-17 |
| July 14 | July 16 | July 20-24 |
| July 21 | July 23 | July 27-31 |
| July 28 | July 30 | August 3-7 |
| August 4 | August 6 | August 10-14 |
| August 11 | August 13 | August 17-21 |
| August 18 | August 20 | August 24-28 |
Contact us
If you have questions or comments about the graduate student e-news, please connect with the Manager, Communications at gradcomms@uwaterloo.ca.