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Rodney Chan standing on the ION platform with train behind him

January 29, 2025

A champion for transit equity

Planning co-op student's journey from concerned rider to a key voice in Ontario's transit conversation is a testament to community organizing

glacier visible on top of the water in Antarctica

March 24, 2025

Snapshot of Antarctica’s past helps predict future climate

Models of 34 million years of water flow below key Antarctic glacier could alter estimates of rising sea levels

March 25, 2025

Waterloo celebrates Co-op Students of the Year

At the 20th annual awards ceremony, Waterloo announces winners from each of the six faculties for their impactful contributions

January 29, 2025

New institute helps local governments build better cities

The Future Cities Institute founded by CAIVAN brings together global thinkers across disciplines to identify equitable, sustainable solutions for the future of cities

December 2, 2024

Giving alpaca waste new life

Waterloo researchers are combining alpaca waste with biochar to design a new compost that helps people and the planet

April 28, 2020

What’s in stock?

Crowdsourcing platform with Waterloo connection provides users a snapshot of grocery store supply levels

April 23, 2020

Q and A with the experts: the oil and gas industry during the pandemic

This week, oil futures fell below $0 per barrel. What happened? What is Canada’s plan for helping the industry at home, and will it be effective?

April 22, 2020

There is no vaccine for climate change — but there is a treatment

Like epidemiologists, climate science knows how to flatten our climate curve, but politicians must listen first

March 10, 2020

New framework factors climate risk into financial valuation

The University of Waterloo has developed a tool to help the capital markets incorporate physical climate change and extreme weather risk into investment decisions

March 4, 2020

Waterloo mourns the loss of Ambar Roy

Waterloo mourns the loss of first-year student Ambar Roy

February 28, 2020

Beyond flight shaming

In an industry with soaring growth, keeping air travel sustainable means training future aviators to transform the industry

February 6, 2020

At least 13% of wastewater treated by Southern Ontario septic systems ends up in streams

University of Waterloo researchers reveal that 13 percent of septic system wastewater from rural Southern Ontario homes eventually makes its way into local streams

January 28, 2020

Alumni thrive in unexpected careers

What does it mean to go beyond expectations at work? Here are a few examples to inspire you.

January 23, 2020

Waves of migrants escaping sea level rise could flood urban centres inland

A University of Waterloo researcher offers the first clear tool to predict where climate migrants could move to, and how this will affect communities

January 2, 2020

Creating the first complete map of our world — in real-time

Startup founded at Waterloo is one of Canada’s fastest growing tech companies for innovating digital mapping

African girl standing in her school uniform

January 2, 2020

Breaking the cycle of poverty

SheCycle keeps girls healthy and in school with a sanitary pad

December 18, 2019

Ski tourism may disappear if climate commitments not met

As the longest United Nations climate talks on record end with a compromise in Madrid, new research from the University of Waterloo has found that higher emission reduction pledges consistent with the Paris Climate Agreement are needed to preserve ski tourism in Eastern Canada and the U.S.