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WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, November 14, 2013) – A low cost digital x-ray system that screens for tuberculosis and new signal-based technology to recognize hand and arm gestures will be on display at the university of Waterloo today.

Graduate student researchers in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo will present 54 research projects across various disciplines at the fourth annual WE INNOVATE conference in Waterloo.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, November 13, 2013) — Ground was broken for a pioneering innovation institute for aging on the north campus of the University of Waterloo today. The initiative will help Canada better prepare for an aging population.

Ground was broken for a pioneering innovation institute for aging on the north campus of the University of Waterloo today.

In addition to the new centre, the University of Waterloo has more than 50 experts involved in aging-related disciplines in all six Faculties.

Entrepreneurs developing diverse businesses – everything from a puzzle game that teaches children about computer programming to an app that helps you order clothes online that actually fit -– will compete at the VeloCity Fund Finals on Nov. 28.

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