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A message from Information Systems & Technology (IST)
IST has detected an increase in malicious email known as “Imposter email threats” on campus. These threats, also known as “business email compromise” and “CEO fraud”, are a class of financial phishing email where the sender of the email is pretending to be a senior executive of an organization.
Actual threats received to date have used the name of one of the University’s leadership. These emails will usually show a valid display name (i.e. who the email is from), but will use an off-campus address. Be sure to verify the sender’s email address before replying to any suspicious email.
There may be different ways to check the from address of a suspicious email, depending on the email client being used. Some common methods include:
Please visit IST’s Cyber Awareness website for information on how you can protect yourself from being (fin)phished.
The 23rd Velocity Fund Finals will take place on Tuesday, November 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. University of Waterloo students and alumni will pitch their innovative startups for the chance to win funding to grow their businesses, and to receive workspace in the Velocity Garage, Canada’s most productive startup incubator.
Ten companies will compete for four prizes of $25,000, and judges will present one company with an additional $10,000 for the top hardware pitch. Another ten startups will compete for four awards of $5,000.
The pitch competition will take place in the Student Life Centre, Great Hall. The $5K competition starts at 11:00 a.m., and the $25K competition starts at 1:00 p.m., with the event wrapping up at 3:00 p.m.
Register to attend. If you can’t make it in person, the event will also be livesteamed on Facebook.
The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education has just announced that Donna Ellis, director of Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence, has been selected as POD’s next President Elect.
Donna’s three-year term, which will begin in March 2019, is a capstone to her long history of involvement with POD: since 1996, she has participated in 21 POD Annual Conferences, twice served on its Board of Directors, co-chaired its Annual Conference, served as a facilitator for POD-sponsored workshops for new educational developers, chaired the Finance Committee, and led awards committees for many years. Regarding this new role, Donna comments that she is “extremely excited about having this opportunity to serve a professional association that has been so influential and important to me for more than two decades.” CTE staff members are very proud that their Director has achieved this important role.
The POD Network has been advancing the research and practice of educational development in higher education since 1976. It is the largest and oldest educational development organization in the world. Its nearly 1400 members come from the United States, Canada, and 23 other countries. Donna is the second Canadian to serve at this level with the POD Network.
The Water Institute is seeking to recruit participants drawn from the University of Waterloo's staff for a focus group discussion about water quality in the Grand River on Wednesday, November 28 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in EIT 3002. The Water Institute needs 8 to 10 volunteers across different age groups (20+) who have lived at least 10 years in the K-W area to participate in the study, which focuses on public awareness and understanding of water quality in the Grand River.
Participation involves a group discussion approximately 90 minutes in length. The discussion will be around questions of how aware participants are of water quality and how important this is to them. Each participant will be offered $25 for their participation.
As part of the upcoming 2018 #16daysUW campaign, a poster exhibition for Gender in War and Peace entitled "Gendered Conflicts and the Pursuit of Peace" will be taking place on Thursday, November 29 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Conrad Grebel University College's atrium. Baked goods will be for sale and donations will be accepted for the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region at the event.
#16daysUW is part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign, which the University of Waterloo participates in annually.
Keep your crowbar handy: Half-Life at 20
The Book Store Holiday Sale, Monday, November 19 to Wednesday, November 21, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., SCH Concourse.
How to Win Grants and Influence Reviewers, Thursday, November 22, 8:30 a.m., Engineering 7 second floor event space.
LGBTQ+ Making Spaces workshop, Thursday, November 22, 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., NH 3318.
IT Seminar: Lessons Learned as Acting CIO, Friday, November 23, 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., MC 2009.
Warrior Basketball vs. Nipissing Think Pink, Residence Challenge, Warrior Tribe Zone, Friday, November 23, 6:00 p.m., PAC main gym.
Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. Balinese Gamelan Music: From the Middle Ages to Today, Friday, November 23, 7:30 p.m., Humanities Theatre, University of Waterloo.
Warrior REC Think Pink 3-ON-3 Indoor Soccer, Saturday, November 24.
Stuff the Warrior Van toy drive launch event at the Women’s Hockey vs the Queen’s Gaels, Saturday, November 24, 2:30 p.m., CIF Arena.
University Choir: Musik’s Empire, Saturday, November 24, 7:30 p.m., First United Church, 16 William St, Waterloo. $10/$5 Students & Seniors.
Warriors Women's Hockey vs. UOIT Think Pink, Minor League Day, Camp Day, Sunday, November 25, 2:30 p.m., CIF Arena.
Waterloo Store MONSTER Event, Monday, November 26 to Wednesday, November 28, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., SCH Concourse.
Staff Work-Travel Information Session, Monday, November 26, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.. ROOM EC5 1111 (Enterprise Theatre). Please register.
Invasive Plants in Southern Ontario, Monday, November 26, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., Math and Computer Building Room 5501.
Boston Pizza Think Pink Fundraiser Night, Monday, November 26, 5:00 p.m.
Velocity Fund Finals, “20 startups compete for $130,000,” Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 11:00am, SLC Great Hall.
Workday Mini Town Hall, Tuesday, November 27, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., HH 159.
Pursuing a Graduate Degree at Waterloo (for employee only), Tuesday, November 27, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., TC2218.
Holiday Luncheon at the University Club, Wednesday, November 28, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., University Club.
Tea and Talk with Human Rights Lawyer and Peace Activist Wazhma Frogh, Wednesday, November 28, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., HH 373.
NEW - Focus group discussion about water quality in the Grand River (for UWaterloo staff members only), Wednesday, November 28, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., EIT 3002.
Canadian Theatre Made for Black Women (Waterloo Women's Wednesdays), featuring Naila Keleta-Mae, Wednesday, November 28, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., EV3 4412.
Keeping the human in Artificial Intelligence, featuring Doug Peers, Dean of Arts, Wednesday November 28, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Kitchener Public Library.
Miroslaw Romanowski Lecture Presented by Professor Keith Hipel, Thursday, November 29, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., DC 1304.
Poster exhibition for Gender in War and Peace, “Gendered Conflicts & The Pursuit of Peace,” Thursday, November 29, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Conrad Grebel University College Atrium.
NEW - Donna Strickland's Nobel Prize Send Off Celebration, Thursday, November 29, 3:30 p.m., Science Teaching Complex Main Commons.
orchestra@uwaterloo: Telling the Story, Thursday, November 29, 7:30 p.m., Humanities Theatre. Free Admission.
Warriors Men's Hockey vs. York Think Pink, Staff and Faculty Appreciation Day, Friday, November 30, CIF arena.
Jazz @UWaterloo Concert, Sunday, December 2, 2:00 p.m., Conrad Grebel University College Great Hall (Room 1111). $10/$5 students & seniors. Reception to follow.
Instrumental Chamber Ensemble Concert, Sunday, December 2, 7:30 p.m., Conrad Grebel University College, Chapel. Free admission, reception to follow.
CBB Biomedical Discussion Group seminar, "Interpretable and Collaborative Deep Learning for Low-level Computer Vision" Monday Dec 3, 11:00 a.m., EC4-2101a. Dr. Xin Fan, Professor, Dalian University of Technology, and Dean, International School of DUT-RU Information Science & Engineering.
Research Talks: Pushing back the frontiers of knowledge with supercomputing, Wednesday, December 5, 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Math and Computer Building, Room 2017.
Strategies for Success: CIHR grant information session for spring 2019 applications, Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., DC 1304.
Retirement party for Vera Korody and Vic DiCiccio, Wednesday, December 5, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., University Club.
School of Public Health and Health Systems. Jeanette Prorok, "Development and Psychometric Testing of a Measure of the Healthcare Experiences of Persons with Dementia and their Caregivers." Supervisor, Paul Stole. On display in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, BMH 3110. Oral defence Thursday, November 29, 9:30 a.m., AHS 1686.
Applied Mathematics. Farinaz Forouzannia, "Studies of tumor heterogeneity, tumor microenvironment, and therapeutic regimens: A mathematical and computational approach." Supervisors, Sivabal Sivaloganathan, Mohammad Kohandel. Thesis available from MGO - mgo@uwaterloo.ca. Oral defence Thursday, November 29, 12:30 p.m., MC 6460.
Electrical & Computer Engineering. Mahmoud S. Faraj, "Co-operative Autonomous Vehicle Speed Optimization Near Signalized Intersections." Supervisors, Vincent Gaudet, Baris Fidan. On display in the Engineering graduate office, E7 7402. Oral defence Friday, November 30, 9:30 a.m., EIT 3142.
English Language and Literature. Clare Bermingham, "Feeling Queer Together: Identity, Community, and the Work of Affect in the Pre-Stonewall Lesbian Magazine, The Ladder." Supervisor, Victoria Lamont. On deposit in the Arts graduate office, PAS 2428. Oral defence Friday, November 30, 10:00 a.m., HH 232.
The Daily Bulletin is published by Internal and Leadership Communications, part of University Communications
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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.