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Imagine a health condition that is deeply personal, involves profound losses and requires you to travel to an out-of-town clinic several times a week. It may last for weeks, months, even years – but you’re afraid to tell your employer.

“A growing number of women have to face this situation when they receive an infertility diagnosis. In fact, one in six Canadian couples are affected by infertility,” says Nada Basir (BSc ’05), a professor in the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.

One digital flyer company with deep roots at Waterloo Engineering has joined forces with another in a deal announced this week.

Flipp, which was launched in 2007 by four friends and computer engineering graduates, acquired Kitchener-based reebee, which was founded by two mechatronics engineering graduates in 2012, for an undisclosed amount.

Looking back on their undergraduate years, Michelle Liu (she/her) and Allie Kennington (they/them) wish there had been more on-campus support and mentorship for them as 2SLGBTQ+ engineering students.

An industry partner of Waterloo Engineering in the fields of crypto currency and blockchain technology is opening a new office in Toronto – its first in Canada – to support growth in North America and the rest of the world.

Ripple, a leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has strong ties to Waterloo through the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), a relationship formed in 2018 to support research in several key areas while providing opportunities for students to acquire valuable technical skills.

Gordon Stubley is the 2022 recipient of a lifetime service award from the leading engineering and design education organization in Canada.

Stubley, a retired mechanical engineering professor, Waterloo Engineering alumnus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, becomes the fifth engineering educator honoured with a Lifetime Service Award from the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA).

A student at Waterloo Engineering has won a $10,000 scholarship through a Hydro One program designed to increase educational and employment opportunities for young Indigenous people.

Callum Perrault, an electrical engineering undergraduate and a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, is one of 20 winners of 2022 Leonard S. (Tony) Mandamin Scholarships, which also offer the chance to do a paid work term at Hydro One.

A grassroots fundraising and awareness initiative is underway on campus to support humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine.

Led by faculty, staff and student volunteers, University for Ukraine (U4U) aims to bring together the University of Waterloo community to show solidarity and provide coordinated relief to war victims.

The reception area of a high-rise office in downtown Toronto now features a one-of-a-kind privacy wall thanks to a research team from the Waterloo School of Architecture.

Comprised of 175 unique, interlocking bricks made of clay, the Hive project combined an ancient building material with modern digital design and 3D printing technologies.

“This approach embraces the spirit of traditional ceramic craft with robotic precision, offering new avenues for material expression and geometric complexity within this field,” team members wrote in a project description.

Passionate about sharing his Indigenous background, an adjunct architecture professor named a new course after the ceremony his ancestors have used for thousands of years to welcome visitors to their homeland. 

This semester, William Woodworth, also known as Elder Bill, started teaching At the Woods Edge, a course focused on the relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers from the 16th century to today, and how those associations have affected both engineering and architecture.

After being told by a high school teacher that she wasn’t smart enough to pursue a post-secondary engineering education, Amy Tai has proven him wrong. In a big way.

With a cumulative average of over 98 per cent, the newly minted engineering graduate was the top student in her management engineering program for every term and has already started a master’s degree at Waterloo.