Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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• Graduate research travel assistantship increased
• Phishing emails contain false statements
• Registration open for AHS Fun Run
• Tuesday's notes

Graduate research travel assistantship increased

A message from the Graduate Studies Office.

The Graduate Studies Research Travel Assistantship value is increasing to $450. The primary purpose of the travel award is to support University of Waterloo graduate students in presenting their research at professional conferences. This one time increase to the travel award maximum is a result of additional financial resources that are available during the 2015-2016 academic year to support travel taking place during the fall 2015 and winter 2016 terms. The travel award is funded by the Graduate Studies Office (GSO) and Graduate Studies Endowment Fund (GSEF).  Additional financial support may be provided by the graduate student’s supervisor, graduate program, department, school or Faculty. 

For eligibility guidelines and application form, graduate students are encouraged to visit the Graduate Studies Research Travel Assistantship guidelines and application form or contact Vishal Soni in the GSO. 

Stay tuned for more updates on the travel assistantship as the GSO and GSEF continue to improve this great initiative!

Phishing emails contain false statements

A recent phishing attempt claims to be sending statement documents to clients via e-mail. The statement displays as a zip file attached to the email message and may contain one of several forms of malicious software.

If you receive such an e-mail, please forward the message to  soc@uwaterloo.ca and include e-mail headers (information on e-mail headers is available on the Information Systems and Technology website.

Under no circumstances should you open or extract unexpected zip files or run any files contained within the attachment.

Anyone with questions or concerns can contact the IST Service Desk by e-mail at helpdesk@uwaterloo.ca or by calling ext. 44357.

Registration open for AHS Fun Run

Registration has opened for the 30^th Annual Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Fun Run, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 3. Waterloo's longest-standing Reunion tradition takes place on the Ring Road every year and promotes a healthy, dynamic lifestyle, encouraging participants to be physically active. The run (or jog, or walk) is open to all ages and attracts more than 400 alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members every year.

Participants have the option of a 2.5K or 5K run, jog or walk.

The first 400 people to register will receive commemorative 30^th anniversary hats and technical race T-shirts.

This milestone celebration includes the change to meet two-time Olympic gold medalist and kinesiology grad Heather Moyse (BSc '00) who will be the special guest grand marshal.

Tuesday's notes

Beginning today, Canadian Blood Services will be running a blood donor clinic in the Student Life Centre's Multipurpose Room from Tuesday, July 21 to Thursday, July 23.

Both appointments and walk-ins are accepted. The clinics will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily.

Professor Ila Berman is stepping down as Director of the School of Architecture effective August 1, says a memo from Dean of Engineering Pearl Sullivan that was circulated within the Faculty earlier this month. According to Sullivan's memo, Professor Berman will be focusing on her research and teaching in the School of Architecture.

"I am grateful to Ila for her important contributions to the School since joining our Faculty," Sullivan wrote.

Professor Lola Sheppard will act as the School of Architecture's interim director while a process to fill the position is undertaken.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 9:00 PM EDT

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FemPhys, a club for women in physics at the University of Waterloo, is inviting astronomy lovers for an evening of space-gazing at the Gustav Bakos Observatory tonight at 9:00 p.m. All are welcome for a short talk on astronomy followed by a tour of the observatory. Free food will be provided.