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Two incoming first-year students at the University of Waterloo are recipients of Schulich Leader Scholarships worth $80,000 and $60,000 each.

Amanda Rampertab from Oakville, Ontario won the award worth $80,000 for a student pursuing a degree in an engineering program. A graduate of Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, Rampertab enters mechatronics engineering this fall. She was selected on the basis of her outstanding admission average of 95.2 percent, and her demonstrated leadership in school life and within the community.

New students to the University of Waterloo will be able to explore Uptown Waterloo at one of the activities being offered during the week of Orientation.

The new community event, called World of Waterloo, will allow students to check out a variety of landmarks throughout Uptown Waterloo. On Wednesday September 3, new students will take part in:

The University of Waterloo is pleased to announce that it has signed a five-year exchange agreement with the University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany. The agreement establishes an annual student exchange between the University of Waterloo’s Masters of Arts in Global Governance (MAGG) program, based at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), and Konstanz’s MA in International Administration and Conflict Management (IACM). 

Vital information on how civilizations cope with climate change could be hiding under a medieval castle in England, and the professor leading the project to uncover it is among the Waterloo researchers to receive government funding announced today.

Professor Steven Bednarski, of St. Jerome's University and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo, leads one of four UWaterloo projects receiving Partnership Development grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) worth approximately $200,000 each over three years.

Orientation activities at the University of Waterloo get underway next week with events that include undergraduate, graduate and international students, parents and community members.

Canada's U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities has named Feridun Hamdullahpur, University of Waterloo's president and vice-chancellor its next Chair for a fixed two-year term.

Hamdullahpur, who previously served as U15 vice-chair, assumes the leadership role from outgoing U15 Chair Amit Chakma, Western University's president and vice-chancellor.

Quick: Would you rather receive lukewarm food served on a hospital tray or order takeout from a menu created just for you?

The choice is obvious – and if Heather Keller had her way, more long term care homes in Canada would give residents access to innovative eating options like restaurant-style food service.

The University of Waterloo has unveiled a new satellite image of Antarctica, and the imagery will help scientists all over the world gain new insight into the effects of climate change.

Thanks to a partnership between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the prime contractor for the RADARSAT-2 program, and the Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN) at UWaterloo, the mosaic is free and fully accessible to the academic world and the public. 

The University of Waterloo has named Roly Webster as its new director of athletics and recreation after an extensive search. 

Christine Logel visits the Sedra Student Design Centre, a state-of-the-art 20,000 square foot facility that is home to over 20 of the Faculty of Engineering student competition teams.

While educators and business leaders struggle to attract and retain women in science and engineering, a team of psychology researchers have proven that small interventions can produce dramatic results.