Class notes

James Lau (BMath ’76, MMath ’77): Hong Kong's first virtual insurer, Bowtie, appoints James Lau to its board of directors. Read more... 

Ginny Dybenko (MMath ’72): Ginny Dybenko receives the 2023 Luminary Award for the Canadian Chapter of the International Women's Forum. Read more... 

Jan Jaworsky (BMath ’88): Jan Jaworsky draws parallels between the tech and artisan world with her home business ScarfLady. Read more... 

Frank Yam (BMath ’88): Frank Yam has been asked to be the next Independent Chairman of the University of Waterloo Centre for Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance.

Jennifer Francis (BMath ’84): SheBoot co-founder and Capital Angel Network chair Jennifer Francis partners with the National Angel Capital Organization to roll out a six-month mentorship program for women and diverse-women entrepreneurs. Read more...

Martin Wainwright (BMath ’94): MIT Professor Martin Wainwright is named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Read more...

April Gale-Seixeiro (BMath’95) and Steve Seixeiro (BMath’95): Math alumni use shared love of problem-solving to advance international curling. Read more...

Calvin Wang (BMath ’95): Behind the scenes with NHL Arena Technical Coordinator Calvin Wang. Read more...

Sid Sankaran (BMath ’99): FWD Group appoints Sid Sankaran as Managing Director and Group Chief Financial Officer. Read more...

Nick Piquard (BMath ’97): Nick Piquard joins Hamilton ETFs as Chief Options Strategist. Read more... 

Thaddeus Yu (BMath ’08): Manulife Hong Kong has appointed Thaddeus Yu as its cheif strategy officer for Hong Kong and Macau operations. Read more...

Jeremy Auger (BMath ’01): Jeremy Auger, chief strategy officer at D2L, receives Best Executive Award for 2023. Read more...

Hussein Fazal (BMath ’05): CEO of Super.com, Hussein Fazal, raises $85-million in Series C funding for the San Francisco based savings app. Read more...

Dinah Davis (MMath ’04): Dinah Davis is awarded the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Rogers Woman of the Year Award in STEM. Read more...

Rudy Gunawan (BMath ’03, MMath ’04, PhD ’10): Seagen, with Director Rudy Gunawan, strikes a $43-billion dollar deal with Pfizer to bulk up its cancer treatments portfolio. Read more...

Beryl Tomay (BMath ’05): Amazon's Vice President of Last Mile Delivery and Technology Beryl Tomay shares tips after 18 years at the company. Read more...

Gaurav Rastogi (BMath ’10): Agam Capital has promoted Chief Actuary Gaurav Rastogi to Partner with responsibility for all Actuarial Functions. Read more...

Jason Yin (BCS ’14): Industry-leading consumer financial services company JG Wentworth has appointed Jason Yin to Vice President of Front-End Engineering. Read more...

Keegan Keplinger (PhD ’17): Keegan Keplinger spent months tracking down one of the most effective hackers on the Dark Web. Read more...

Lesley Istead (PhD ’18): Lesley Istead and a group of UWaterloo researchers closely analyze colour in films. Read more...

Jimmy Lin (Professor, Cheriton School of Computer Science): Jimmy Lin, director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, organized a three-week program in May to help leaders integrate the latest advances in AI. Read more...

Joline Cheng (Student, Data Science): Splunk intern Joline Cheng shares a day in her life as a Software Engineer for the Delivery Frameworks and Tools team. Read more...

Alex Zhu (Student, Computing and Financial Management): Alex Zhu named Co-op Student of the Year for the Faculty of Mathematics. Read more...

Joel Wretborn (PhD Candidate): Computer Science PhD candidate Joel Wretborn wins visual effects award. Read more...

David McKinnon (Chair, Department of Pure Mathematics): David McKinnon wins Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision. Read more...

Zoey Vu (Student, Honours Math) and Nadayar Enegesi (Student, Computer Science and Business Administration): Waterloo students named winners of the Swift Student Challenge at Apple's WWDC 2023 conference. Read more...

Hendrix Hanes (BMath ’21, In Progress PhD): Video Coach and Senior Developer with the Kitchener Rangers Hendrix Hanes to work with the NHL's Calgary Flames. Read more...

Ronald C. Mullin and Pat Cunningham honoured with rooms in the new Waterloo Math Advancement Hub. Read more...

Inaugural Research Discovery Days highlights cutting-edge research in Faculty of Mathematics. Read more...

Math Teaching Fellow Diana Skrzydlo wins Distinguished Teacher Award. Read more...

Meet new CS professor Hong Zhang. Read more...

Computer Science PhD candidate Ludwig Wilhelm Wall leads construction of interactive art installation at Ontario Place. Read more...

Craig S. Kaplan helps discover "einstein" shape. Read more...

Douglas Stebila leads multi-million-dollar NSERC Alliance Consortia Quantum research. Read more...

Edith Law and colleagues to develop personalized curious tech to support lifelong learning. Read more...

Gautam Kamath among eight Canada CIFAR AI Chairs named Vector Institute Faculty Member. Read more...

Diana Skrzydlo uses universal design for learning to make her courses more inclusive. Read more...

Math alum wins Oktoberfest Woman of the Year award for STEM. Read more...

Waterloo team beats the competition at 2023 ICPC North America Championship. Read more...

The final lap: meet 2023 graduate Laura Bumbulis. Read more...

Jay Austin Lydiatt, beloved husband of Barbara Lydiatt (nee Gallagher), of Calgary, AB, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at the age of 71 years. Read more...

Paul Dirksen, a pioneer computer scientist at the University of Waterloo, passed away on April 8, 2023. He was 83. He is survived by his best friend and wife of 58 years, Sandra. He will be profoundly missed by his children David, James, and Heidi (Chris) and grandchildren Nathan and Mackenzie, as well as his brother Eric (Dee Anne) and family. Read more...

It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to a true visionary and leader, Ronald (Ron) Garth Dunkley, longtime faculty member in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, the founding director of the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC), and the co-creator of the Canadian Mathematics Competition. Ron passed away on February 19, 2023, after a brief illness. Read more...

With heavy hearts, the family of Nicholas Anthony Marischuk shares the sad news of his passing on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in his 71st year. Nick was a loving and devoted husband of the late Karen Marischuk (nee Hollidge) for 45 happy years, cherished father of Steven (Whitney) Marischuk and Mathew (Alexandria) Marischuk, beloved son of the late Steve and Olga Marischuk, proud grandfather of Jackson, Riley, James and David, brother of Suzanne Grant, Wayne (Loretta), Mark (Louise), Dan (Chenh) Marischuk, and brother-in-law of Colin (Emily) Hollidge. He is also remembered by his many nieces, nephews and neighbors. Read more...

James McConnell passed away suddenly at home on December 14, 2022, at the age of 76. He was a loving and patient husband, father and brother. He is survived by his wife Janet, brother Larry (& Ginny), children Michelle (& Greg), Jennifer and Matthew, 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He also was predeceased by his parents James and Vera, brother Ronnie and grandson Brian. He will be missed by many friends, including Halina and Sharon. Read more... 

A beloved father, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, Paul Henry O'Neil, passed away peacefully in Toronto, surrounded by his loved ones on March 18, 2023. He was 53, and the cherished son of Theresa Broadley O'Neil and Owen McCaul O'Neil. Read more...

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Barry Charles Scott on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the age of 76. Lovingly missed by his wife Lisa and daughter Alanna (Luke). Fondly remembered by his mother-in-law Janet and father-in-law Felix Collins and brothers-in-law Paul and Johnathan. Deeply loved by Yogi and Jeter. Read more...

It is with great sadness that we announce that David George Bennett died peacefully at home on November 28, 2022, at the age of seventy-three.  Dave was born on October 10, 1949, in Windsor, Ontario to parents Alton (Bennett) and Mary (Szabo). Read more...