Waterloo News

An illustration in the style of some African art, of two hands grasping each other

February 2, 2026

Celebrating Black History Month 2026

A message from the President and Vice-Chancellor

Geometric shapes representing the five Global Futures elements

January 19, 2026

2026 Global Futures: Innovation Update

Defying convention to shape our global futures

January 12, 2026

Waterloo’s IP model sparks global research commercialization recognition

New Zealand adopts researcher-centric principles after studying Waterloo’s pioneering approach to IP ownership

Insignia for Companion, Officer and Member of the Order of Canada against a wood backdrop

January 7, 2026

Four Waterloo leaders appointed to the Order of Canada

Alumni and honorary alumni recognized for shaping Canada’s health, policy, justice and financial sectors

January 6, 2026

Scientists discover first method to safely back up quantum information

Quantum information researchers solve longstanding “no cloning” problem with encryption workaround, fully quantum ‘cloud services’ now a potential reality

April 25, 2016

Students compete in the Let’s Talk Science Challenge

More than 220 students in grades 6, 7 and 8 from 20 Waterloo-area schools will unite this week to explore, discover and compete at the Let’s Talk Science Challenge

Image of a computer with line graphs in an excel sheet

April 25, 2016

Management engineering for industry decision-making

Samir Elhedlhi , Chair of the Department of Management Engineering, focusses on game-changing differences data analytics will make

Panel members at opening session of OpenAccess Energy Summit

April 25, 2016

OpenAccess summit addresses energy inequity

Waterloo Global Science Initiative brings together top minds to tackle global challenges

April 22, 2016

Waterloo physicist honoured for early-career achievement

A professor at the University of Waterloo is the recipient of a 2016 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Herzberg Medal for his outstanding early-career achievements in condensed matter physics

April 20, 2016

Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that drawing pictures of information that needs to be remembered is a strong and reliable strategy to enhance memory.

April 20, 2016

Waterloo hosts workshop to encourage interest in math among young women

About 40 young women in grades 9 and 10 will come to the University of Waterloo this week to take part in the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing’s annual Think About Math workshop, where they will explore exciting career opportunities available in the field of mathematics

April 20, 2016

Submarine student team inspired by engineering innovation

Amy is the name of a submarine that recently competed in the third biennial European International Submarine Race (eISR) in Gosport, England

Richard Hughson conducting research with Chris Hadfield - this story contains video

April 19, 2016

Waterloo science aboard the International Space Station

Researcher in Applied Health Sciences is leading a new experiment aboard the International Space Station

April 19, 2016

Waterloo accounting students win international finance competition

Five students from the University of Waterloo are the first Canadians to win the prestigious CFA Institute Research Challenge

April 19, 2016

Lockheed Martin Canada announces $1.1 million investment in University of Waterloo research project

The investment was formally announced here today at the University of Waterloo’s Aerospace Defence Industry Forum

Gah-Jone Won giving his 3MT presentation

April 15, 2016

Treatment to restore nearby vision a winner for Waterloo PhD student

Three-Minute Thesis competition challenges graduate students to make research relatable

April 15, 2016

Three times more Canadian teens gambling online

Three times more Canadian teenagers are gambling online than previously thought, according research from the University of Waterloo and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)