Waterloo News

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

January 5, 2026

New year’s resolutions? Add social fitness to the list

Dr. Troy Glover shares key strategies for improving health and well-being this year through collective community participation

March 8, 2017

Kinesiology brings research to life at Ontario Science Centre

Biomechanics: The Machine Inside exhibit gives visitors a hands-on look at the marvels of natural engineering that drive human and animal movement

Epoch team: Lisa Tran, Keith Choy, Jade Choy, and BETS student Ryan Schmied

March 7, 2017

Waterloo team wins entrepreneurship title in London, England

The Epoch team is one step closer to a $1M prize, beating out universities like the London School of Economics, Imperial College and MIT

March 6, 2017

Wise deliberation sustains cooperation

Giving people time to think about cooperating on a task can have a positive effect if they are big-picture thinkers, but if they tend to focus on their own, immediate experience, the time to think may make them less cooperative, University of Waterloo research has found

March 6, 2017

Panel will examine impacts of Trump presidency

In light of the new government in the United States and recent events involving that administration, the University of Waterloo will present a panel discussion this week on the social, cultural and economic consequences of politics

March 3, 2017

How publishing affects the gender pay gap for professors

Waterloo professor examines causes of gender bias among Canadian accounting professors

Warriors Women's hockey team celebrating win

March 2, 2017

Warriors women’s hockey team advances to OUA semifinals for the first time

Support black and gold as Waterloo Warriors take on Guelph Gryphons on Saturday

March 2, 2017

Amazon partners with Waterloo to support AI research

Students and researchers will explore new ways to apply artificial intelligence to the Internet of Things through Alexa Fund Fellowship

March 2, 2017

Amazon backs Waterloo student program to advance operational AI

Engineering students at the University of Waterloo will apply classroom lessons in artificial intelligence (AI) to help develop new uses for a voice-activated virtual assistant system in a program funded by Amazon

February 27, 2017

Waterloo professors awarded $1.4 million for infrastructure

Nineteen researchers at the University of Waterloo will receive a total of $1.4 million for infrastructure to support research

February 24, 2017

Is slavery part of Canada’s history?

Waterloo professor examines history of black literary culture in Canada with book: Black Atlantic Reconsidered

February 22, 2017

Study says drugs could be developed cheaper and faster

Chemists at the University of Waterloo, SCIEX and Pfizer have discovered a new way to help the pharmaceutical industry identify and test new drugs

February 16, 2017

Engineering professor awarded prestigious teaching fellowship

Gordon Stubley is one of 10 in Canada honoured with a 3M National Teaching Fellowship