Waterloo News

Warrior mural on display beyond some foliage

July 22, 2026

University of Waterloo researchers secure more than $8 million in SSHRC funding

Federal funding supports Waterloo research tackling climate action, artificial intelligence and pressing social challenges

Red sunset over Toronto's skyline caused by wildfire pollution.

July 16, 2026

Q and A with the experts: What Ontario’s wildfire smoke means for your health

Air quality expert explains the health risks of wildfire smoke and how to stay safe.

University of Waterloo signage on University Avenue at sunset with a person below the tree walking to cross the street

July 9, 2026

Waterloo researchers awarded more than $7.1 million in funding

Federal funding recognizes innovative research advancing climate resilience, AI, health care, quantum science and robotics

President Vivek Goel addresses a crowd from a podium outside the Indigenous Gathering space on campus

June 24, 2026

Waterloo community thanks President Vivek Goel for his leadership

President Vivek Goel’s term set the foundation for Waterloo’s next century. He united the community behind a bold vision for the future and advanced lasting progress in innovation, sustainability, and reconciliation.

June 23, 2026

New global study highlights burden of unsafe food

Waterloo public health researcher Dr. Shannon Majowicz contributes to WHO estimates

July 5, 2012

Getting girls into gaming – and math

For the last two years in a row, Waterloo students have won the Illinois-based Games4Girls competition, which has young women develop video games for girls.

A lookout point shows autumnal trees and a sheer cliff.

July 5, 2012

Protecting both nature and employment

Thanks to Waterloo, there are hundreds of biosphere reserves around the world – not parks or museums, but places that combine environmental protection and jobs.

A young woman takes a picture of herself and a friend, who are clearly visible on the screen of a BlackBerry.

July 5, 2012

Changing the face of communication

Research In Motion, founded by a Waterloo student in 1984, introduced the world to a game-changing smartphone. You may have heard of it – the BlackBerry.

July 5, 2012

Pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy

Today’s dominant model of psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, was developed in part by Waterloo professor Donald Meichenbaum.

Hands, piled with rice pouring out of them.

July 5, 2012

Improving access to food for the hungry

Nearly a billion people in the world are undernourished. The solution, says professor Jennifer Clapp, isn’t to produce more food, but to improve distribution.

July 3, 2012

Ten University of Waterloo graduate students win Vanier scholarships

Ten graduate students from the University of Waterloo received prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships that will help them pursue and complete doctoral degrees and conduct significant research

June 27, 2012

University of Waterloo students plan a Canada Day party for all ages

The University of Waterloo and its Federation of Students are bringing the region’s favourite community party back to Columbia Lake Fields.

June 26, 2012

Waterloo scientists receive grants to train next generation of researchers

The University of Waterloo received two prestigious grants designed to enable leading scientists to mentor and train promising young researchers.

June 25, 2012

Two University of Waterloo-bound students receiving $60, 000 Canadian Schulich Leader Scholarships

The University of Waterloo is pleased to announce that Nicole Pitre and Nicole Shum have been chosen to represent their high schools as inaugural Schulich Leaders.

June 18, 2012

UW research team to launch global sustainable development study at UN's 'Rio+20' conference

A team of University of Waterloo researchers will launch an international study on the global implementation of community sustainability plans, at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (“Rio+20”) later this week in Rio de Janeiro

Woman looking through a transparent, microscope slide like lab on a chip.

June 14, 2012

Creating the tiny future of science

When you picture a laboratory, what do you see? Complex machines, beakers and lasers, maybe a person hunched over a microscope?

Forget it all. The next generation of labs will small enough to fit inside a handbag, and Waterloo’s researchers are forging new frontiers in their design and efficacy.

June 14, 2012

Finding water across the universe

Waterloo physics and astronomy professor Michel Fich is looking for water – not underground, but way, way, up in the sky and across the universe.