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It was another successful year for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region’s annual Canstruction event.

By May Nemat Allah, Advancement, and Matt Regehr, Creative Services

Alumnus Mike Farwell (BA ’97) is the host of the Mike Farwell Show on 570 News, the voice of the Kitchener Rangers. As leader of the Farwell4Hire campaign, Farwell takes on various jobs given by members of the community each year in return for a donation to cystic fibrosis research.

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A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing.

The study, which involved researchers from Waterloo’s Faculties of Applied Health Sciences and Engineering, found that the data from wearable sensors and artificial intelligence that assesses changes in aerobic responses could one day predict whether a person is experiencing the onset of a respiratory or cardiovascular disease.

University of Waterloo chemists have found a much faster and more efficient way to store and process information by expanding the limitations of how the flow of electricity can be used and managed. 

In a recently released study, the chemists discovered that light can induce magnetization in certain semiconductors – the standard class of materials at the heart of all computing devices today. 

The University of Waterloo launched the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Canada today. 

The organization brings together Canadian post-secondary institutions, civil society members and others to mobilize around the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.

As part of the launch, Waterloo is hosting a free public lecture today, May 7 and Tuesday, May 8, with a keynote address by acclaimed development economist Jeffrey Sachs, Director of SDSN. 

“Making comparisons with one another comes naturally to us, and in modern society, that is especially common when it comes to women and their bodies,” said Kiruthiha Vimalakanthan, a PhD candidate, who co-authored the study with Allison Kelly, a professor of psychology at Waterloo.

The study found that comparison-focused women who deliberately exercise compassion towards the females they compare themselves to experience less body dissatisfaction, a lower motivation to diet, and a reduced tendency to compare their appearance to those around them. 

The mother of two will compete and showcase her product, the Breastbowl, during the “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck” Hackathon, an event hosted at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and dedicated to improving the practice of breastfeeding.

"The University of Waterloo is committed to the free and open exchange of knowledge and ideas. The ability to listen to all ideas, even those we disagree with or find distasteful, is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge and of learning.

The greasy food being served at hockey rinks isn’t really what young hockey players want, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.

The study of 25 travel team players aged 11-15 found they were more motivated by performance, recovery and marketing when making food choices – values that typically aren’t represented with the unhealthy food currently served at arenas.