News for Future students

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Three students nominated for the Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award

$Kevin Hyun$

Congratulations to the three students nominated for the Jessie W.H.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Graduate students awarded the inaugural Mathematics Doctoral Prizes

$Harmony Zhan$

Three graduating PhD students in the Faculty of Mathematics were awarded the inaugural Mathematics Doctoral Prizes. Hanmeng (Harmony) Zhan from Combinatorics and Optimization placed first, and Boyu Li and Ruizhang Jin from Pure Mathematics won second and third places respectively.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

University of Waterloo ranks first for insurance/actuarial publications

$Top 5 overall rankings with University of Waterloo having the highest score$

The University Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Global Research Rankings of Actuarial Science and Risk Management and Insurance has ranked the University of Waterloo the number one non-business, degree-granting school worldwide. Waterloo was ranked first in both the number of papers in the leading risk and insurance journal, as well as in the top four leading actuarial journals.

Monday, May 6, 2019

University of Waterloo had the largest number of competitors at the Data Open Championship

$The Data Open logo$

Out of 100 students competing at the Data Open Championship, 11 of them were from the University of Waterloo, making it the institution with the largest number of competitors to compete in the championship.

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Three faculty members appointed University Research Chairs

$Kate Larson, Matthew Kennedy, and N. Sri Namachchivaya$

Professors Kate Larson, Matthew Kennedy, and N. Sri Namachchivaya have all been appointed as University Research Chair in recognition of their outstanding research contributions. Waterloo’s designation of University Research Chair recognizes exceptional achievement of faculty and their pre-eminence in a field of knowledge.