Don Cowan (MSc ’61, PhD ’65), distinguished Professor Emeritus and Director of the Computer Systems Group at the University of Waterloo, has spent his entire career supporting students and continues to look for ways to do so.
Today is an international celebration of GIS. Even if you’re not sure exactly what that is, you have benefited from GIS. GIS — geographic information systems — refers to digital tools that help us store, visualize and analyze vast amounts of data. If you’ve ever used Google Maps to figure out which restaurant to go to for dinner, you've used GIS!
Celebrated since the 1980s, November 15 is National Philanthropy Day, a day to recognize the contributions of philanthropy and the ways it can transform lives and communities around the world.
