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

Multicoloured hoods awaiting graduates at convocation.

October 18, 2012

Celebrating achievement: Waterloo’s 105th Convocation

Convocation is an exciting time when special guests, family and friends are welcomed from across the globe to celebrate academic achievement and excellence at our University.

A young woman holds her framed Waterloo degree.

October 17, 2012

New grads join global alumni family

With each new convocation ceremony, the University of Waterloo alumni family grows. Waterloo's 160,000 grads currently live in 144 countries around the world, linked by our global ambassadors and international chapters.

October 17, 2012

University of Waterloo named Research University of the Year

For the fifth year in a row, the University of Waterloo is Research University of the Year among Canadian comprehensive universities, says Research Infosource Inc

October 16, 2012

Convocation links Waterloo graduates to centuries of academic tradition

The ritual of Convocation remembers the roots of the university, and marks a beginning for the students as they enter a new stage in their lives. Both the symbols and the ceremony look back far beyond the beginning of the University of Waterloo, back to the centuries of university life in western civilization which Waterloo joined five decades ago.

October 16, 2012

University of Waterloo Stratford Campus opens new building to house digital media programs and foster innovation

The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus marks a historic occasion today with the grand opening of its new building

Inside University of Waterloo Stratford campus

October 15, 2012

Digital programs hold entrepreneurial appeal

Digital programs draw budding entrepreneurs to University of Waterloo's new Stratford Campus.

October 15, 2012

DNA researcher pursues science with impact on society

Interactions between DNA and nano-materials have the potential to change water treatment, drug delivery systems and cancer detection.

October 15, 2012

Finding clean water, green energy in the earth beneath our feet

Innovative groundwater research earned James Craig an Ontario Early Researcher Award, but the University of Waterloo professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is also studying ways to make geothermal energy systems more efficient and cost-effective.

October 12, 2012

University of Waterloo researchers named Canada Research Chairs

Three of the researchers are new chairs at the Tier 2 level, and one advances to Tier 1.

CRC honourees: Ken Stark, Abigail Scholer, Frank Gu, Jack Callaghan.

October 10, 2012

Researchers with the potential to change lives

Leading-edge research with the potential to improve human health has earned national recognition for four Waterloo professors, whose Canada Research Chair grants were announced on Friday, Oct. 12.

October 9, 2012

Fitness program marks 10 years of helping people with cancer

A group exercise program that operates out of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo is marking 10 years of helping approximately 900 people with cancer cope with treatment

October 5, 2012

Arthur Carty brings Waterloo perspective to international science and technology forum

When world leaders and scientists gather to discuss global challenges at the annual Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in Kyoto, Japan this month, the University of Waterloo will be represented by Arthur Carty, executive director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.