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This is a place of world-changing impact, where ideas have the power to transform, and unique intellectual property policies allow students and researchers to stake their claim to the future. Defined by an unassailable spirit of connection and collaboration, Waterloo is a place like no other.

Breakthrough scientific research happening at Waterloo will lead to better medical diagnosis and treatment, a revolution in communication and information security, power produced at a cost the Earth can afford and deeper understanding of the universe around us.

Jaclyn Blacklock is a Waterloo researcher who wants to know how leisure protects workers from stress on the job. So, when she saw an opportunity to talk directly to a Canadian astronaut working on the International Space Station (ISS) she jumped at the chance.

“It’s not every day you get to speak to someone in outer space. I think it’s pretty cool,” said Blacklock, a PhD student in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies.

The University of Waterloo will host an event marking the 24^th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre and commemorating the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

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A team of students from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) are getting an opportunity to invest in the stock market after an anonymous donor committed $250,000 to the University of Waterloo for a student-run investment fund.

The calculated killing of six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of others as Nazi Germany spread across Europe, remains a potent catalyst for debate sixty-eight years after the end of the Second World War.

Dr. Sallie Ann Keller has stepped down from her position as Vice-President, Academic & Provost at the University of Waterloo, effective immediately. Dr. Keller cited personal reasons for her decision to resign.

"On behalf of the University of Waterloo, I would like to wish Professor Keller well as she begins the next stage of her distinguished career, and thank her for her contributions to the university community," said President & Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur.

This week is National Non-Smoking Week. The following University of Waterloo experts are available for comment in media stories about tobacco use.

Professor Geoffrey Fong

Department of Psychology and the School of Public Health and Health Systems

WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, Jan. 18, 2013)— If you think dementia only afflicts the elderly, just ask Mary Beth Wighton. At the age of 45, Wighton was diagnosed with frontotemporal lobe dementia, a rare form of dementia with no treatment or cure.

“Being so young with a diagnosis of dementia baffled people,” said Wighthon.