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A high proportion of older adults entering long-term care homes in Ontario are B12 deficient, with more developing deficiencies over the course of their first year in residence, according to research from the University of Waterloo.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Kinesiology remembers Neil Widmeyer

It is with sadness that the Department of Kinesiology announces the passing of Neil Widmeyer, professor emeritus and a pioneer in the world of sport psychology. Widmeyer died Friday.

He served as a peacekeeper in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, worked with European allies on a humanitarian mission in Eastern Africa, and ran a Canadian field hospital in Afghanistan— but for kinesiology alumnus Colonel Jim Kile, his new role may be the most challenging yet.

Cindy Wei of British Columbia is one of four incoming first-year University of Waterloo students who received a Schulich Leader Scholarship, awarded for demonstrated leadership in areas such as academic excellence and entrepreneurship.

Fewer than half of psychology studies published can replicate their original results, according to University of Waterloo researchers involved in the most comprehensive investigation ever conducted on the rate and predictors of reproducibility in a field of science.