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The Velocity Fund is a non-equity grant program for startups. Each year Velocity produces three pitch competition events where the Velocity Fund awards at least $115,000 in money to winners. To read more about the Velocity Fund Finals, please visit their website.

At the Velocity Fund Finals, Spring 2015, the following students from the Math faculty pitched their ideas:

Dr. Eric Katz and Dr. Laura Sanita from the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization have been named recipients of this year's Early Researcher Awards. A total of 14 researchers were selected for this award from the University of Waterloo.

Congratulations to today's graduates and honorees!

From the University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin

It's a by-the-numbers situation today as two ceremonies will see 1,079 Mathematics graduates cross the stage to receive their degrees.

Congratulations to the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, (CEMC) honoured today with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Award for Science Promotion. Details in this NSERC media release.

Canada Partners with University of Waterloo to Help Establish Indonesia as a Centre of Actuarial Excellence

Canada strengthens actuarial sector in Indonesia to stimulate economic growth and stability

May 21, 2015 - Waterloo, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada

Three subjects at the University of Waterloo rank in the top 50 in the world and eight other subjects rank among the top 100, according to the U.K. firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.

Subject ranking highlights for the Faculty of Mathematics:

The University of Waterloo team did extremely well in the 2014 Putnam Competition, finishing in 4th place.

Pictured, from left to right: Dean Ian Goulden, 2014 Waterloo Putnam team members Daniel Spivak and Sam Eisenstat, with coach Prof. Stephen New.

The Bernoulli Trials Contest (PDF) was held on Saturday, March 7th.

This is a recreational contest in which contestants are given a sequence of statements, and they must decide (or guess) whether the statements are true or false.

This year, contestants were being eliminated after their third incorrect answer.

The Faculty of Mathematics is partnering with the Student Success Office to invite students to the student portal this term. This new online communications tool is enhancing the student experience by delivering just-enough, just-in-time information for current students.

The portal is mobile-friendly and customizable by each user. It aggregates existing academic and campus information to deliver time-sensitive content such as