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Longueuil, Quebec, April 29, 2013 – After making over 35,000 observations and logging more than 25,000 hours of studying the Universe, the Herschel Space Observatory has exhausted its supply of liquid helium, which is required to cool the telescope's instruments to make highly precise measurements. Now that the school-bus sized telescope will cease its active duty, astronomers from 14 countries, including Canada, will devote their full attention to analyzing the prolific telescope's legacy of data.

Speech communication professor Jennifer Simpson asks an important question: So what? How can educators make issues of public good and social justice relevant to students? Higher education provides an environment for faculty and students to learn to deal with difference. Educators have an opportunity to make social issues real to students. In doing so, those students can leave university with an understanding of their role in society and ability to contribute to public justice.

In today’s world, the goal is “one.” One language, one culture, one way of thinking. French Studies professor François Paré comes to the defense of plurality. With the globalizing trend toward monoculture, where minority languages are threatened with extinction, he proposes a worldwide ecology of cultures and languages. Through his scholarship and public consultation, Paré hopes a diversity of languages will remain relevant in a multicultural and multilingual society.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, April 24, 2013) - More than 200 grade-school students from across Waterloo Region will test their scientific knowledge in an annual national science competition at the University of Waterloo this Friday.

When Christine McWebb helped design the new Master of Digital Experience Innovation (MDEI) program she created partnerships with industry so graduates would be better positioned to work in careers they love.

Research, entrepreneurialism and venture capital all have a vital role to play in fuelling economic growth and prosperity for Ontario, Canada and the world.

To spark high-level discussion about the steps and policy levers needed to advance global economies, the University of Waterloo is hosting the Leadership Innovation Conference (LINC) on April 22 and 23, at its Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.

Education really does change the world.

John Baker discovered that when he founded the next-generation learning provider, Desire2Learn, as a University of Waterloo student in 1999.

Today, D2L's 750 employees in Waterloo Region and around the world provide access to world-class education to learners on almost every continent.

Communication is fundamental to a child's wellbeing and development, but if language skills are delayed, it can impact a child for life.

MEDIA ADVISORY: UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO EXPERT

University of Waterloo’s Professor Richard Hughson is available to talk to media following the first on-orbit experiments with International Space Station Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield looking at heart health in space.