Engineering is a profession long steeped in tradition, with the symbolism of hard hats and Iron Rings held in high esteem.
This September, the Faculty of Engineering is introducing a new tradition – the Waterloo Engineering pin - to symbolize students’ commitment to their studies and to each other.
Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), which comprises of the Academy of Arts and Humanities, Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Science, recognizes excellence, advises the government and promotes a culture of knowledge and innovation with other national academies around the world.
Professor John Hirdes (School of Public Health Sciences) is one of five University of Waterloo researchers to be named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their exceptional contributions in Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences.
This year, the University of Waterloo is pleased to welcome 10 new first-year students to its cohort, through the Schulich Leader Scholarships program. Awarded annually to 100 high school students across Canada, the Schulich Leader Scholarships are granted to exceptional students who show great entrepreneurial promise in the field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Expanding upon its long legacy of excellence, the Department of Management Sciences at Waterloo Engineering has undergone an official name change to better encapsulate the unit’s distinctive, interdisciplinary approach to education within the engineering field.
The introduction of the department’s new name – Management Science and Engineering (MSE) – follows more than a year of discussions, meetings and town halls with students, faculty, staff, alumni and senior engineering faculty leadership.
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Two recipients of the prestigious national Loran Award have chosen the University of Waterloo for their academic careers.
Garvit Jain of electrical engineering and Steven Yang of software engineering will begin their undergraduate degrees this fall.
The following is a transcript of a video message shared with University of Waterloo students on August 31, 2023
Hello everyone
I’m Vivek Goel, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo. I use the pronouns He/Him
It is my privilege to welcome you to our Fall 2023 term.
For some of you, this will be your first time on our campuses. For others, we welcome you back.
While research and learning on our campuses continues throughout the year, every September, there is a sense of a new beginning.
Dr. Lai-Tze Fan wants to make a more equitable AI. Critical approaches to advancing artificial intelligence are urgent, she says. “We tend to want AI to do more and more tasks for us and not be involved ourselves. But if that tendency continues, critical thinking in the process of generation is going to collapse in on itself and we won't have a responsible role in the technology anymore. And that could make AI a dehumanizing tool.”
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