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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 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.

October 21, 2020

Shifting gears and finding success

Alumni Gold Medal winner Matthew Schmitz changed programs and forged his path to medical school

October 20, 2020

New analysis shows a “wobble” in the ring around a black hole

Avery Broderick talks about the latest Event Horizon Telescope work

October 19, 2020

Waterloo celebrates Class of 2020 master’s students

Spotlighting the accomplishments of six exceptional students

October 19, 2020

Introducing the Class of 2020 valedictorians

Meet the six class speakers that have inspired our graduating students

October 14, 2020

Four brilliant researchers join Waterloo on fellowships

AMTD Scholars are the first recipients of a postdoctoral fellowship created by a Waterloo alumnus-led foundation

October 5, 2020

Q and A with the experts: COVID-19 testing in pharmacies

COVID-19 testing for individuals with no COVID symptoms is now available at some pharmacies in Ontario and Alberta.

October 2, 2020

Inaugural winner of Laflamme and Gregson award for women in quantum information science named

Cindy Yang is the winner of the inaugural Raymond Laflamme and Janice Gregson Graduate Scholarship for Women in Quantum Information Science.

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October 1, 2020

She belongs in STEM

A new scholarship supports five women every year, offering financial assistance and programming as they enter the technology sector

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October 1, 2020

The gift of sight

Anne-Marie and Heinz Brune’s legacy gift will help fight devastating eye and brain diseases

September 25, 2020

Q and A with the experts: scientific literacy and COVID-19

As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, Waterloo science professor Jozef Nissimov has been working to fight misinformation, and share accurate scientific resources. We asked Professor Nissimov to explain science literacy, and why it is even more important as the world deals with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.