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With the faculty heats behind them, the finalists for the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) will compete today for the top Waterloo spot and the chance to represent our institution at the provincial finals.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final competition is happening today from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre.
The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) is a university-wide competition for research-based masters thesis and doctoral students at Waterloo. Competitors have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research to a non-specialist audience.
The first place winner receives a $1,000 prize and moves on to the provincial competition. The runner-up receives a $500 prize.
The finalists are:
The event takes place at 2:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre. The competition is open to the public, and attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the People's Choice award and vote for their favourite 3MT finals competitor.
Be a part of the audience and watch the 2015 3MT university-wide finalists compete.
Winners will be announced at the competition after a short deliberation by the judges.
The University of Waterloo 3MT winner will attend the 3MT Provincial finals at Western University in London on Thursday, April 23.
This is the latest in a series of #UWCommunity stories that feature Waterloo in the community
On Sunday, March 22nd, the Waterloo Engineering Society enthusiastically endured their annual Engineering Bus Push event.
By collectively pulling and pushing a school bus down our city streets and collecting pledges, this year’s 16 Bus Push volunteers raised over $700 for local charity, oneROOF: an organization that helps homeless and at risk youth in Waterloo Region.
Registration for the annual Matthews Golf Classic opens on Monday, April 6.
The Matthews Golf Classic is a golf tournament held once a year in June and is open to all staff, faculty, students, retirees, alumni, contractors and invited guests. The event started in honour of Burt Matthews, President of the University of Waterloo from 1970 to 1981. Matthews attended the event for many years.
Pictured above are Dave Matthews, son of Burt Matthews and his wife Jane, and retiree Ed Linton and his wife Eileen from the 2014 golf tournament.
The tournament will take place at the Grand Valley Golf Course on Monday, June 8, with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m.
Pricing is as follows:
Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. on Monday. This year online registration is available.
Payments should be forwarded to Sheila Hurley in the Safety Office, located in COM 105. If paying by cheque, make it out to "Matthews Golf Classic." Cheques can be post-dated to May 29. Payments can also be made with cash.
Contact Sheila Hurley for more information.
Tomorrow is Good Friday, a statutory holiday, and as such the University of Waterloo will be closed for the most part.
The Athletics facilities in the PAC and CIF will be closed on Good Friday and will be open Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All Retail Services outlets will be closed on Good Friday.
Both Dana Porter and Davis Centre Libraries will be open on Good Friday. The Davis Centre will be open 24 hours and Dana Porter will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The circulation desk at both locations will be open from noon to 6:00 p.m.
Most Food Services operations will be closed Friday, as they usually are for statutory holidays: Bon Appetit, Browser's, Brubaker's, CEIT Café, Liquid Assets Café, Pastry Plus in Needles Hall are all shuttered, with the SLC Subway closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Several units will be shutting their doors for quite some time starting tomorrow. Eye Opener Café, Festival Fare, the PAS Lounge, and Pastry Plus in BMH will all be closed from April 3 to September 6.
The Tim Hortons in the Davis Centre is closed Friday.
Mudie's weekend hours will be from 9:00 a.m. on Friday to 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 5.
The Turnkey Desk in the Student Life Centre will be there if you need it.
As always, even on holidays, the university police (ext. 22222, or 519-888-4911), and the central plant will monitor campus buildings (24-hour service and maintenance line, ext.33793).
In other news:
University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics researchers have recently published research about a novel approach to transmitting information without transmitting energy using "quantum afterglow." The technique is described in Phys.org and Student Science.
Student teams from the Faculty of Engineering will have 90 seconds to win over the judges when they pitch their inventive ideas for a chance at $60,000 today.
Judges selected the 15 finalists for the second-annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design from the 60 participants in the Capstone Design symposia held on campus in March. The five-day event showcased projects that senior engineering students spent months designing and building.
The Esch Foundation funds the awards, which support creative and entrepreneurial students in the pursuit of research and development and its commercialization for the benefit of Canada.
Pitches start at 2:00 p.m. in the Sedra Student Design Centre in Engineering 5.
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Norman Esch Capstone Design Awards, Thursday, April 2, 2:00 p.m., Sedra Student Design Centre, Engineering 5.
Biomedical Discussion Group Lecture featuring Dr. Dirk Duncker, “Exercise Training in Adverse Cardiac Remodeling,” Thursday, April 2, 2:30 p.m., DC 1304. Details.
University-wide Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals, Thursday, April 2, 2:30 p.m., Humanities Theatre. Details.
Good Friday holiday, Friday, April 3, most University buildings and services closed.
UW Chamber Choir Concert: St. Matthew Passion, Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., Centre in the Square. Details.
OHD Staff Conference 2015, Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8. Details.
Department of History presents Professor Eric Jennings, University of Toronto, “Global, Colonial, and Transnational Paths: Thinking through Francophone Spaces in World War II and Beyond,” Tuesday, April 7, 10:30 a.m., Ev3 4408. Refreshments provided.
Human Resources presents US Tax Information Session, Tuesday, April 7, 11:30 a.m., DC 1304.
Board of Governors meeting, Tuesday, April 7, 1:30 p.m., Tannery Event Centre.
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (I.B.M.B.) Seminar Series featuring Professor Jeff Smith, Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, “TrEnDi: a tool to enhance sensitivity in proteomics and lipidomics” Tuesday, April 7, 3:30 p.m., C2-361. Details.
GreenHouse Social Innovation Showcase, Tuesday, April 7, 4:00 p.m., STP 201. Details.
Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience presents the 9th Annual Brain Day, Wednesday, April 8, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EV3 1408. Details.
Retirement celebration for Olaf Naese, Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 p.m., TC2218. Details.
Fine Arts Life Drawing session, Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m., ECH 1224A. Details.
CTE presents Clicker (CTE726), Thursday, April 9, 12:00 p.m., MC 4040. Details.
Examination period begins, Friday, April 10. Details.
Online examination days, Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11.
TD University of Waterloo Discover Day in Health Sciences, Tuesday, April 14, 8:00 a.m., Modern Languages. Details.
2015 UW Retirees Association Spring Luncheon,
Tuesday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Luther Village. Details.
UWRC Book Club featuring "My Year of Meats," Wednesday, April 15, 12:00 p.m., LIB 407.
LEARN Instructor User Group (CTE686), Thursday, April 16, 12:30 p.m., EV1 241. Details.
WISE Public Lecture Series featuring Professor George Gross, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "A Practical Framework for the Implementation of the Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Concept," Friday, April 17, 2:00 p.m., CPH 4333. Details.
Senate meeting, Monday, April 20, 3:30 p.m., NH 3001.
Examination period ends, Saturday, April 25.
Deadline to become Fees Arranged, Monday, April 27. Details.
Annual Teaching and Learning Conference: Opportunities and New Directions, Thursday, April 30.
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The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.