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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!

John McLevey has been awarded a Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) grant from the University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence for his project "A Data-Driven and Interactive Approach to Enhancing Student Learning about Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production."

With an international team of colleagues, KI Professor Vanessa Schweizer co-authored a paper on how to iterate between the techniques of meta-studies and developing computer simulations for land change science.

From meta-studies to modeling: Using synthesis knowledge to build broadly applicable process-based land change models is available open access at the web site for the journal Environmental Modelling & Software and will appear in the Oct. 2015 issue.

Ed Jernigan, Professor and founding director of the Knowledge Integration program, reflects on the 30 years that he has led the SHAD Waterloo high school enrichment program.

Thanks, Ed, for your dedication and hard work changing the change-makers!

Read the full Waterloo Chronicle interview [PDF]

Weather forecasters should be on the frontline of communicating climate change to millions of viewers, says KI assistant professor Vanessa Schweizer's, read more about her research at:

Climate change: Is your weather forecaster telling the whole truth?

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!