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Today, the University offers its sincere congratulations to its members who are being honoured with the President’s Excellence in Teaching and Research awards.

Typically, the celebration takes the form of an in-person reception event, but this year the University is celebrating the achievements of the award winners virtually with the entire campus. To see the full list of recipients, visit the Excellence in Teaching and Research website.

A graduate student at Waterloo Engineering is the inaugural winner of a new scholarship for women in the field of quantum information science.

Cindy Yang, who is doing a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, has had a passion for acoustic and superconducting waves since learning how to make photonic devices.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed a palm-sized device to monitor glucose levels in people with diabetes using radar and artificial intelligence (AI), not painful finger pricks to draw blood.

The new technology is safe, fast and accurate, and works by sending radio waves through the skin and into blood vessels when users place the tip of their finger on a touchpad.

A group of high school students headed to the University of Waterloo this September have been named 2020 Schulich Leaders. 

The prestigious award comes with an $80,000 or $100,000 scholarship made possible by businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich.  

This year, the Schulich Leader Scholarship program supports 100 young Canadians pursing a STEM degree.