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No cheering allowed: Blue Jays official scorer hails from Waterloo

TORONTO — Josh Donaldson has just launched his 40th home run of the year into the upper deck of the Rogers Centre and 48,000 delirious Blue Jays fans are losing their minds. Everyone, that is, except Stephen Utter.

Zhou Wang wins Emmy for developing technology that assesses video and image quality - affecting millions of viewers everyday

The University of Waterloo will award 24 outstanding female students a total of $288,000 over the next four years as part of a new scholarship supporting ongoing efforts to achieve comprehensive, long-term and sustainable gender equality.

This year’s recipients of the University of Waterloo HeForShe IMPACT Scholarships included Computer Engineering's Jenny Ma.  Click here for the full story.

One of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers from Waterloo receives JELF grant from CFI to help cover infrastructure costs to support their cutting-edge research.  Those researchers, their projects and funding included in today's announcement are:

Ming Yu, an electrical and computer engineering professor, has been elected a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, recognized for his outstanding abilities.

Receiving a DAS grant of $120,000 is Lin Tan, an electrical and computer engineering professor, who is generating novel program repair techniques that automatically generate fixes for real-world bugs.  Please read the full university news release.

The Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student was given to Adam Neale at convocation on June 13.

Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Manoj Sachdev has been named fellow by the Engineering Institute of Canada. Dr. Sachdev received the prestigious recognition at the institute’s annual awards banquet on May 26.

Wayne Loucks, an electrical and computer engineering faculty member, has been reappointed as associate dean, undergraduate studies from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015.  Loucks has served as the associate dean for engineering undergraduate studies since 1998. 

"He continues to work in the interests of our growing number of undergraduates," says dean of engineering Pearl Sullivan in a memo to faculty and staff about Loucks' reappointment.  "I know that all the departments are grateful that he has agreed to continue leading this important portfolio for the Faculty."