Waterloo News

Man excavating a human skull from the ground

May 6, 2026

DNA matches identify four more sailors from Franklin expedition

New research uncovers more details of doomed mission to find the Northwest Passage

Trevii unit is attached to the side of a hospital bed with medical staff in the background

April 28, 2026

Made by Waterloo: Tracking the tools that keep patients well

Velocity startup Technology Trace is helping hospitals spend less time searching for equipment and more time caring for patients

Circles of light on the night sky. A telescope dome atop a mountain is below the center of the circle.

April 15, 2026

Forget the Hitchhiker’s Guide – here’s a real map of the universe

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument finished its initial run this week, mapping more than 67 million galaxies, quasars, and stars

Aerial view of UWaterloo campus facing southeast

March 30, 2026

The University of Waterloo’s impact drives nearly $7 billion in GDP across Ontario

Independent analysis shows Waterloo is one of the province’s most powerful generators of talent, innovation and economic growth

March 26, 2026

University of Waterloo ranks top 100 globally in 15 subjects

Waterloo rises in STEM and social sciences in the most recent QS World University Rankings by Subject

September 18, 2015

Hack the North: Canada’s largest international hackathon

1,000 students from around the world are at the University of Waterloo this weekend to build mobile apps, web platforms, robots and more

September 17, 2015

Innovation leaders offer a glimpse of the future

Connected communities, flexible organizations, trend spotters and risk takers in the spotlight at Waterloo Innovation Summit

September 17, 2015

University of Waterloo welcomes 1000 students from around the globe for Canada’s largest hackathon

Following the success of last year’s Hack the North, the University of Waterloo will once again host Canada’s largest international hackathon

September 17, 2015

Waterloo and Thomson Reuters partner on big data innovation

Researchers from the University of Waterloo are partnering with global information company Thomson Reuters to launch a collaborative research investigation on large-scale data integration and data cleaning

September 16, 2015

Trudeau Foundation names Waterloo professor among new fellows

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation today recognized a Waterloo professor who is an expert on the economy and political situation in the Middle East with a prestigious fellowship

September 16, 2015

Waterloo's IP policy drives innovation

Historian Ken McLaughlin launches new book — Innovation and Entrepreneurship are in the Waterloo Genome

September 15, 2015

Health fair to raise awareness about heart-friendly living

Members of the public will learn about the latest advances in cardiovascular research, watch a demonstration of blood flow in the brain, participate in a nutrition session and get new ideas for living a more heart-friendly life when researchers from the University of Waterloo put their work on display at an interactive health fair

The Tannery Building with Google and other tech companies

September 15, 2015

What drives leading innovation ecosystems?

The Waterloo Innovation Summit welcomes global tech leaders, academics and policy makers

September 15, 2015

The new generation: Are millennials changing the game?

Professor Markus Moos, assistant professor in the Faculty of Environment, will give a talk tomorrow to discuss how the values, preferences and priorities of the millennial generation could affect your work, commute, home and community—both now and in the future

September 15, 2015

Provinces should treat abortion access as Canadian Charter obligation, say researchers

Access to abortion across Canada is hampered by a patchwork of provincial policies and lower court interpretations of women’s rights to health services related to abortion according to a new study published today

September 15, 2015

Waterloo rises 17 places in world university ranking

The University of Waterloo rose 17 places to be ranked 152nd in the world in 2015, according to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK firm that released an annual ranking of world universities today

September 14, 2015

Steve Blank, Salim Ismail and Mariana Mazzucato to speak at Waterloo Innovation Summit

Everyone is talking about innovation, but who is actually saying anything?