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
Fall 2026 publication schedule
| Content due | Publication date | For the week of |
|---|---|---|
| August 25 | August 27 | August 31 - September 4 |
| September 1 | September 3 | September 7-11 |
| September 8 | September 10 | September 14-18 |
| September 15 | September 17 | September 21-25 |
| September 22 | September 24 | September 28 - October 2 |
| September 29 | October 1 | October 5-9 |
| October 6 | October 8 | October 12-16 |
| October 13 | October 15 | October 19-23 |
| October 20 | October 22 | October 26-30 |
| October 27 | October 29 | November 2-6 |
| November 3 | November 5 | November 9-13 |
| November 10 | November 12 | November 16-20 |
| November 17 | November 19 | November 23-27 |
| November 24 | November 26 | November 30 - December 4 |
| December 1 | December 3 | December 7-11 |
| December 8 | December 10 | December 14-18 |
| December 15 | December 17 | December 21-24 |
Contact us
If you have questions or comments about the graduate student e-news, please connect with the Manager, Communications at gradcomms@uwaterloo.ca.