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

April 20, 2016

Waterloo hosts workshop to encourage interest in math among young women

About 40 young women in grades 9 and 10 will come to the University of Waterloo this week to take part in the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing’s annual Think About Math workshop, where they will explore exciting career opportunities available in the field of mathematics

April 20, 2016

Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that drawing pictures of information that needs to be remembered is a strong and reliable strategy to enhance memory.

April 20, 2016

Submarine student team inspired by engineering innovation

Amy is the name of a submarine that recently competed in the third biennial European International Submarine Race (eISR) in Gosport, England

Richard Hughson conducting research with Chris Hadfield - this story contains video

April 19, 2016

Waterloo science aboard the International Space Station

Researcher in Applied Health Sciences is leading a new experiment aboard the International Space Station

April 19, 2016

Lockheed Martin Canada announces $1.1 million investment in University of Waterloo research project

The investment was formally announced here today at the University of Waterloo’s Aerospace Defence Industry Forum

April 19, 2016

Waterloo accounting students win international finance competition

Five students from the University of Waterloo are the first Canadians to win the prestigious CFA Institute Research Challenge

Gah-Jone Won giving his 3MT presentation

April 15, 2016

Treatment to restore nearby vision a winner for Waterloo PhD student

Three-Minute Thesis competition challenges graduate students to make research relatable

April 15, 2016

Three times more Canadian teens gambling online

Three times more Canadian teenagers are gambling online than previously thought, according research from the University of Waterloo and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

April 14, 2016

Waterloo PhD candidate wins provincial thesis competition

Research that offers the promise of a pharmaceutical fix for age-related sight loss earned a Waterloo PhD candidate top honours in the provincial Three-Minute Thesis competition.

April 14, 2016

Waterloo PhD candidate wins provincial thesis competition

Research that offers the promise of a pharmaceutical fix for age-related sight loss earned a Waterloo PhD candidate top honours in the provincial Three-Minute Thesis competition.

April 14, 2016

High school students to compete in neuroscience contest

More than 50 high school students will test their knowledge of neuroscience in the eighth annual University of Waterloo Brain Bee contest this weekend

Image of audience sitting in the bleachers at PAC at the FIRST competition

April 14, 2016

Robotics teams will always find a home at Waterloo Engineering

The University of Waterloo hosted the 12th FIRST Robotics Waterloo Regional Competition over the April 1st weekend