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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

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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

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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

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January 5, 2026

New year’s resolutions? Add social fitness to the list

Dr. Troy Glover shares key strategies for improving health and well-being this year through collective community participation

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December 4, 2025

Waterloo named Canada’s top comprehensive research university for the 18th consecutive year

Research Infosource Inc. recognizes Waterloo’s continued leadership in interdisciplinary research and partnerships to drive impact

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Innovating at the annual Esch awards

Six teams of graduating students win $10,000 each to commercialize Capstone Design projects on everything from picking tomatoes to treating foot ulcers

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Disinfection can help in efforts to recycle personal protective equipment

New disinfection method could allow PPE to be reused

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Graduating student shares recording of cancelled piano recital

When Mykayla Turner’s final recital was cancelled due to Covid-19, she decided to share her music online to bring peace and hope to others

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Flattening the COVID curve

Waterloo students help create COVID-tracking platform used by more than 300,000 people in first week

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Bridging local efforts for global supports

How Waterloo professors are helping adapt health-response guidelines for lower-resource areas

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Q and A with the experts: what is hydroxychloroquine?

What is it, and does it really work?

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Students build ventilator that could be used for COVID-19 response

Engineering students are looking for help from academics and industry to refine and produce their low-cost, portable ventilator

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PODCAST: Marc Lafleur’s hunger and hustle

The co-founder and CEO of truLOCAL shares his entrepreneurial journey, including the successes and failures he found along the way.

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Q and A with the experts: face masks

Professor Zahid Butt, of the School of Public Health and Health Systems, answers common questions about face masks

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New AI-powered search engine makes it easier to find information in the fight against COVID-19

Prof. Jimmy Lin spearheads creation of new search engine

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Student Emergency Support Fund

University of Waterloo launches emergency support fund for students

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Q and A with the Experts: Modelling COVID-19

With different countries, and different levels of government grappling with whether or not to publicly release their mathematical models and projections on the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked Professor Chris Bauch, an expert in mathematical and computer modelling of infectious disease outbreaks, to explain the basics to us.