KI professor Ed Jernigan, Senior Design Demonstrator Paul McKone, along with recent KI grads Bryson McLachlan and Evaleen Hellinga, will be facilitating workshops at the Launch + Link event for the Roots & Shoots program of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada the weekend of October 23-25.
There's a new exhibit opening today at THEMUSEUM with KI connections.
LIGHT Illuminated was a partnership between THEMUSEUM and Institute for Quantum Computing grad students, to develop something for International Year of Light (2015). The grad students sought KI students to help with the early stages of the exhibit design.
KI Professor Vanessa Schweizer lead the Canadian component of World Wide Views on Climate and Energy, a global citizen consultation initiative.
Find out more about this at:
The results are in! Canadians and global citizens share views on climate change and energy
Congratulations to Hannah James, first year KI student, on being awarded the Dean of Environment’s Scholarship for Excellence.
For Hannah's profile and more information about this award, please see: Meet our 2015 Dean of Environment’s Scholarship for Excellence winners
We're glad that she chose to join the KI community!
Rob Gorbet, Chair of the Department of Knowledge Integration, recently was recognized for his collaborative work for Epiphyte Chamber, an interactive technology art project.
Read more about Waterloo collaboration wins big at 2015 AZ Awards from Azure magazine.
Congratulations, Rob!
The BKI class of 2015 convocated today, and another group of solution integrators are now out to change the world!
Here they are at our convocation reception:
Check out photos from the trip!
Waterloo Unlimited, the transdisciplinary high school enrichment program hosted by the Department of Knowledge Integration, is celebrating its tenth anniversary of programing.
Geoff Evamy Hill, 4th year Knowledge Integration student and St. Paul's GreenHouse collaborator, received funding from a new $5,000 Social Innovation Fund for his startup idea.
Learn more about Geoff's Pan-Canadian University Program project.
Professor Katie Plaisance, and KI students Georgia Lamarre, Akanksha Madan, and Shane Morganstein have been awarded a Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) grant for "Breaking Down Barriers: A Student-Led Conference in Interdisciplinary Collaboration".
The LITE Grants are intended to provide support for experimenting with and investigating innovative approaches to enhancing teaching that aim to foster deep student learning at the university.