WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, November 12, 2013) — VeloCity, the University of Waterloo’s startup program, confirmed today the ten startups that will compete for their share of $100K in grant funding at the VeloCity Fund Finals on Thursday, November 28.
A delegation of University of Waterloo students are contributing this week to negotiating global climate change agreements at the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP19) in Poland.
Senior government officials from all over the world are meeting in Warsaw for COP19 – the most significant climate change gathering of the year. Students from the University of Waterloo Coalition for Sustainable Development (UWCSD) organized the delegation.
Sara Jalali arrived in Waterloo from Iran with a passion for film and digital media that she comes by honestly. Both of her parents work in the Iranian film industry: her father is a film producer and director and her mother is a film production coordinator.
Lana Vanderlee and Andrew Mitchell went to Nepal to volunteer but it didn’t take long for them to discover a serious problem:
Kate Larson uses mathematical processes and computing power to solve real-world problems. One project the Waterloo researcher worked on used game theory to help fight forest fires in Canada.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, November 8, 2013) - University of Waterloo experts are available for media interviews about Remembrance Day.
At a panel discussion that will take place on Monday, they will discuss the relevance of Remembrance Day, including its evolution, and whether its importance varies between generations and nationalities.
Professor Geoffrey Hayes, Department of History
Nurses and doctors who treated injured and dying soldiers during wartime wrote in diaries and letters about “the wounded body in a very, very graphic way,” says a Waterloo researcher.
In a dynamic and bustling university campus, there are thousands of interesting student stories that go untold. With the recent launch of the u
During this all-day event, university-bound students have the opportunity to learn more about Waterloo’s academic strengths through program and faculty-specific sessions. They can also hear first-hand about the University’s world-leading co-op program, student life, and leadership opportunities.
A team of students from the Faculty of Environment have joined efforts with musician Jack Johnson to research and further develop All At Once, Johnson’s social action network.
Jack Johnson (middle) stands with Environment Professor Jennifer Lynes (far left) and fourth-year environment students after his Toronto concert