One thousand of the brightest students in the world will spend 36 hours next weekend at the University of Waterloo — at the largest international hackathon in Canada.
Justin Trudeau, head of Canada's Liberal party, stopped by E5's Sedra Student Design Centre as part of his tour of Waterloo Region today.
"Great tour of Sedra Student Design Centre at @UWaterloo. Keep up the amazing work," Trudeau tweeted after his visit.
Leila Meema-Coleman and Allyson Francis, current presidents of the Waterloo Engineering Society posted a message about the "loss of one of its newest members" on Eng Soc's website.
Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo, read the following statement to a news conference earlier today:
"It is with deep regret that we have confirmed the death of a member of our campus community and student body, who was struck by lightning this morning during an unexpected storm, and died of her injuries."
"The family of the deceased student have requested privacy, and have asked that we not release the student’s name."
Ralph Haas, a distinguished professor emeritus of civil engineering, is the recipient of a 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Alberta where he graduated with an undergraduate degree and master's
degree in civil engineering.