Math e-Ties

Reimagining ownership in gaming

Robin Morden — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“Silicon Valley loves to romanticize the 21-year-old college dropout founder,” says Jess Zhang (BMath), founder of Blockus.

“If you think there’s a chance, it’s worth it, you should go for it”: Q&A with Tony Tang

Robin Morden — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Tony was part of the inaugural Financial Analysis and Risk Management (FARM) cohort at the University of Waterloo, but early academic setbacks forced him to reconsider how he approached learning. He embraced campus support resources, gained his footing and began to excel. Today, he is a full-time real estate agent in New York City at the Corcoran Group, where he also works in property development, house flipping and short-term rentals.

Gardening by the numbers

Robin Morden — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

When Math alumni Adarsh Mehta (BMath ’98) and Jeff Jenner (BMath ’84) moved to a new property in the spring of 2025, they treated the parched lawn surrounding their home as a blank canvas. In its place, they envisioned an ambitious ecological project: not simply a garden, but a thriving ecosystem teeming with plants that would support wildlife, feed their family and bloom beautifully through the seasons.

Tags: Fall 2026

From loot drops to Blackjack

Robin Morden — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Before he encountered stochastic processes in a classroom, Jeffrey Gu (MDSAI ’24) was investigating probability through video games. He would calculate the chances behind loot drops and rare item rewards. Years later, as a Waterloo Statistics student, he enrolled in STAT 333, “Stochastic Processes,” with Professor Steve Drekic, turning those early intuitions into a more sophisticated understanding.

Technovation Girls Waterloo celebrates two milestones

Robin Morden — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Two Waterloo Region high school student teams are celebrating landmark achievements in the 2026 Technovation Girls competition. For the first time in the Waterloo chapter’s history, a team has advanced to the Technovation Girls World Summit, while another team has been recognized as the second-ranked intermediate-level team in North America.

Tags: Fall 2026

Letter from the Dean

Robin Morden — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

A busy fall schedule of events has given our community plenty of opportunities to discuss the changes we're seeing in mathematics and across society as a result of AI.

Tags: Fall 2026

Alumni stories

Robin Morden — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

From sustainable food forests to board games, here is a look at what our alumni and supporters are building next.

Tags: Fall 2026

A different angle: can you solve the six dollar game?

Lin Chen — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Bringing back a feature from the old Math Ties with the return of A "Different Angle" that will give alumni a chance to solve math problems.

Tags: Fall 2026

A wide web of words

Lin Chen — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

How Waterloo and the New Oxford English Dictionary Project helped create the modern search engine

Tags: Faculty news, Fall 2026

A Lasting Legacy in Pure Mathematics

Robin Morden — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Sara Kannan (BA ’16) talks about why she established the Dr. P. L. Kannappan Memorial Scholarship