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September 28, 2020

Pharmacy co-op program participants rise to pandemic challenges

Pharmacy co-op students, employers and staff collaborated to achieve 100 per cent co-op employment for pharmacy students throughout 2020

November 26, 2020

Green Growth

Priceless environmental services of wetlands are key to a green, economic future

November 24, 2020

Pesticide deadly to bees now easily detected in honey

Simple new method effectively detects common insecticide

November 23, 2020

Q & A with the experts: The problem with herd immunity and COVID-19

The “herd immunity strategy” has been discussed and largely rejected by scientists as a strategy to combat COVID-19. Why?

November 17, 2020

Q and A with the experts: Pfizer vs. Moderna and how vaccinating against COVID-19 will work

Pfizer and Moderna announced in recent days that they have vaccine candidates that are over 90 per cent effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus. How do they work? How long will it take to go back to normal once there's a vaccine being used?

November 13, 2020

Q and A with the experts: COVID-19 in our wastewater – What does it tell us?

University of Waterloo Professor Mark Servos and his team are running wastewater surveillance and measuring COVID-19 and its variants in municipal wastewater and providing rapid turnaround for more than 10 locations across Ontario as part of the province’s wastewater surveillance initiative.

October 26, 2020

A Waterloo legacy

Carey Bissonnette was a beloved teacher at the University of Waterloo. A former student looks back on his compassion, and aims to continue his legacy.