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WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, Oct. 15, 2010) - The faculty of engineering at the University of Waterloo will next week celebrate the grand opening of its new $55-million Engineering 5 building, which contains a world- leading student design centre and an electromagnetic radiation laboratory.

The six-storey Engineering 5 also provides much-needed space for students, professors and researchers in the departments of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, systems design engineering, and electrical and computer engineering.

DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 19

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010) - More than 150 young women interested in what a future in engineering could hold for them will make their way to the University of Waterloo campus on Saturday, Oct. 16 for the sixth annual Go Eng Girl! event. The girls, in Grades 7 to 10, will have the chance to discover firsthand what engineering is all about.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Oct. 4, 2010) - The University of Waterloo today officially opened its new world-class Energy Research Centre, which will support cutting-edge research and technology development in energy conversion.

At the opening ceremony this morning, the university also announced the appointment of University of Waterloo professor Claudio Cañizares as the inaugural Hydro One Chair in Power Engineering. The Hydro One Chair in Power Engineering is funded by a $2.5-million agreement signed last year with Hydro One Networks Inc.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Sept. 27, 2010) - Joe MacInnis, a renowned deep-sea explorer and researcher, will share his insights into the catastrophic BP oil spill and its impact during a public talk this week at the University of Waterloo.

MacInnis, who was the first man to dive beneath the North Pole, will deliver this year's TD Canada Trust Walter Bean Lecture, entitled Oilstorm: Leadership Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico. It will be held Thursday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre, located in the J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010) - David Johnston, Governor General Designate, is among four people being honoured during the University of Waterloo's fall convocation to be held next month.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Sept. 20, 2010) - The University of Waterloo is inviting the local community to help celebrate Homecoming 2010 with a barbecue on Friday, Sept. 24 and a series of activities on Saturday, Sept. 25.

"You don’t have to be a Waterloo grad to enjoy Homecoming,” said alumni officer Chantel Franklin. “This is a great event, especially for families with young children. There’s plenty to see and do, and most of our activities are free.”

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010) - International adoption experts and advocates will attend a special University of Waterloo summit in next week in Stratford to discuss the current and future status of intercountry adoptions, a global phenomenon involving more than 38,000 adoptions annuallly and billions of dollars every year.

The Intercountry Adoption Summit: State of Intercountry Adoption will be held from Thursday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Sept. 26 at the Arden Park Hotel.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010) - The University of Waterloo has bestowed a double honour on its departing president David Johnston, Canada’s Governor General Designate, by naming the university’s bustling research and technology park and a new international student award after him.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010) - Beckie Scott, the first North American woman to capture a cross-country skiing Olympic gold medal, will discuss the practice of clean sport among other topics during the University of Waterloo's Friends of the Library lecture and authors event next week.