Current graduate students

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Orlando Rojas, Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair, Scientific Director of the Bioproducts Institute, Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemistry | Wood Science, The University of British Columbia.

Please join us on Thursday, July 24 at 2 p.m. to hear Professor Rojas's lecture titled "The Role of Bio-Based Colloids in Gelation Technologies and Green Interfaces."

Where: QNC 1501

When: Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Shuk Han CHENG, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Please join us on Thursday, July 10 at 2:00 p.m. to hear Prof. CHENG's lecture titled "Curiosity-Driven Research on Nanomaterials Led to Unexpected Societal Impact."

Where: QNC 1501 When: Thursday, July 10, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3 p.m.

In this online presentation, Courtney Wilson, MScFN RD (she/her) will dive into all things nutrition, menstruation, and hormones. We will look at how the phases of the menstrual cycle can impact physical symptoms, intake patterns, and nutrient needs and chat about strategies to support these needs. There will be time for a Q&A to ensure all your burning questions are answered.

Back by popular demand! Discover the connection between menstruation and mental health with host Thara Thakidiyil from Counselling Services. We will delve into the impact of gender, disability, and socio-economic status on one’s menstrual experience and the effect it can have on mental health. You will be introduced to eye-opening insights on this important aspect of menstrual equity, and there will be time for a Q&A.

In honour of Pride Month and our ongoing commitment to care, healing, and solidarity, you’re invited to a special two-part community experience on Wednesday, June 25, 2025:

New Beginnings: Pride Month Community Gathering

Hosted by: Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism (EDI-R)

Time: 12:30–1:00 PM (or while supplies last)

Location: Arts Quad (outside Dana Porter Library)

Start the afternoon with a gentle moment of reflection and hope. Pick up a free seedling — a living symbol of resilience and growth — and set an intention for a safer, more inclusive campus.

Pride Month Community Panel: Conditional Acceptance

Hosted by: University of Waterloo Library

Time: 1:00–2:30 PM

Location: Dana Porter Library, Learning Lab

Then, join us inside for an honest, meaningful panel discussion exploring the theme of Conditional Acceptance. Hear from students, staff, and faculty as they share real stories about navigating inclusion, and belonging on our campus.

All are welcome. Come for the Gathering, stay for the Panel — or join whichever feels right for you. Together, let’s honour the past, care for the present, and imagine an inclusive future.

As we meet this moment of social and ecological systemic unraveling, artificial intelligence stands as both a mirror and a symptom of modernity’s habits: control, mastery, and separation. This talk invites a different question: what is AI revealing about us, and what is collapsing through that revelation?

Drawing on decades of work in educational, decolonial, and post-representational relational inquiry, Vanessa Andreotti explores how Large Language Models (LLMs), when engaged from within an ontological shift (from epistemic regression to relational inference), rather than the logic of optimization, can become something else: a co-witness to social, ecological, and psychological destabilization, and a speculative co-weaver of life-affirming and Earth-aligned relationalities.

Canada is at a crossroads facing simultaneous crises in climate resilience, economic productivity, housing affordability and institutional effectiveness. Join Rik Logtenberg, Dirdctor of CanAdapt for an inspiring talk and interactive workshop demonstrating how complexity science, AI, and community-led systems thinking can accelerate CAnada's transition.

Calling all graduate students! Join us for an event featuring Jenike & Johanson, a globally recognized engineering firm specializing in the science of bulk material handling. Founded by Dr. Andrew Jenike, the company pioneered the field of bulk solids flow and storage. This employer information session is for students looking to land a full-time role.

This event will be held in E6 Room 4022.

J&J is looking for students interested in working across a variety of industries, including mining, geology, chemical science, pharmaceuticals, and sustainable energy. This event is targeted to all engineering students (mechanical, computer, chemical, etc.) as well as geologists and students in mining-related disciplines, but anybody is welcome!

Want to learn more about the Engineering Master’s and PhD programs offered at the University of Waterloo?

Join us for our in-person Graduate Studies Fair to have all your questions answered by Engineering faculty members, current grad students and admissions experts from each department!

The CareNext Collective is hosting a virtual event that shines a spotlight on the PREVENT Clinic – a pioneering initiative that challenges traditional care pathways and demonstrates what happens when practitioners coordinate across silos and intervene earlier to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Learn from the visionary team at Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) who brought the clinic to life, including practitioners, partners and the patients whose lives have been positively impacted by this preventative approach to care.

The CareNext Collective is virtual forum facilitated by the CareNext Coalition, a unique partnership between the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Regional Health Network. The coalition is committed to bringing together clinicians, researchers and entrepreneurs to create more innovative and integrated heath care systems.