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Waterloo researcher Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen stands next to a rheometer, which is used to test the flow properties of hydrogels.

January 8, 2026

New ‘hydrogel’ makes personal hygiene products greener

Plant-based material developed by Waterloo researchers absorbs like commercial plastics used in products like disposable diapers - but breaks down in months, not centuries

December 19, 2025

Our top 12 trending stories of 2025

Here are the people and events behind some of this year’s most compelling Waterloo stories

Grid of photographs featuring students, faculty and staff smiling.

December 17, 2025

Ending the year with bold predictions for Waterloo’s future

A winter holiday message from President Vivek Goel

Engineering master's student Nayeema Nonta (left), one of the three paper authors, and her supervisor, Dr. Sirisha Rambhatla

December 9, 2025

Making powerful AI more accessible to everyone

Waterloo researchers develop highly efficient AI training system that paves the way for cheaper, greener “intelligent partners”

December 5, 2025

Commemorating the victims of the Montreal Massacre

The Waterloo community comes together to remember, reflect and respond to gender-based violence

University of Waterloo Nanotechnology faculty in Jiangsu

December 13, 2012

Nanotechnology institute views research as borderless pursuit

An international network linking researchers, students and institutions enhances Waterloo's global reputation as a nanotechnology leader.

University of Waterloo Architecture students Unsilent Night installation

December 6, 2012

Architecture students enhance sights and sounds of Unsilent Night

Student installations bring 'wow-factor' to holiday displays

December 6 - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

November 29, 2012

December 6 events honour Montreal students, raise awareness of gender-based violence

On Dec. 6, two University of Waterloo events will mark the anniversary of the day a gunman walked into Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique and killed 14 women. The shocking act of violence deepened Mary Wells' drive to be an advocate for women in engineering.

November 29, 2012

Engineers Without Borders program drives growth in developing regions

Founded by two University of Waterloo Engineering students, Engineers Without Borders now has 45,000 members. Staff and volunteers in Canada and Africa work to fight poverty in struggling communities.

November 29, 2012

Waterloo researchers create world's largest functioning model of the brain

A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo has built the world's largest simulation of a functioning brain

Aeryon Lab's Scout drone using WAVElab controllers

November 26, 2012

Autonomous robots reducing human risk

Autonomous robots that can perceive and react to the ever-changing scenarios have the potential to tackle situations too dangerous for humans.

Aeryon Labs robotic surveillance tool the 'Scout'

November 13, 2012

Undergraduate passion for flying robots turns into soaring business

Dave Kroetsch and Michael Peasgood started playing with flying robots as undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo. After graduating, they found a market hungry for a reliable eye in the sky.

October 31, 2012

BufferBox: Frustration fuels innovation to found a company

An idea sparked by a missed parcel delivery fuelled an award-winning fourth-year engineering project that grew into a successful business. BufferBox, a consumer-friendly delivery system, is popping up in locations across Ontario.

October 31, 2012

CrossChasm guides drivers into new world of electric vehicles

As University of Waterloo students, Matthew Stevens and Christopher Mendes saw an entrepreneurial niche in simplifying the confusing realm of emerging automotive technologies. They created CrossChasm Technologies Inc. to help fill that niche.

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.

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 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.