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Waterloo, Ont. (Friday, Sept. 7, 2012) – As our population ages and lives longer, employers may face challenges meeting their pension promises to employees. International experts in the fields of insurance and risk are discussing the financial costs of living longer as they meet at the 8^th International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions conference, hosted by the University of Waterloo.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012) - An international research team including several scientists from the University of Waterloo has achieved quantum teleportation over a record-breaking distance of 143 kilometres through free space.

The experiment saw the successful teleportation of quantum information — in this case, the states of light particles, or photons — between the Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife.  The breakthrough is a crucial step toward quantum communications via satellite.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012) - The University of Waterloo and the Federation of Students will welcome 6,500 students for Orientation Week, beginning on September 3. There are a number of activities to help students to transition into life at Waterloo.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, August 28, 2012) - A distinguished group of Canadian and international experts will gather in Waterloo Sept. 6 for a public discussion of academic freedom in the context of university partnership agreements.

Co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, in partnership with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Perspectives on Academic Freedom conference will feature speakers and panelists representing a range of viewpoints from the academic community in Canada and abroad.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012) - The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has again named the University of Waterloo among the top 200 universities in the world. Waterloo's results place it seventh among 22 Canadian institutions.

Waterloo is within the 151-200 range of ranked institutions. After 100, the next 400 universities appear in groups, and not assigned a specific number.

Waterloo, Ont. (Friday, August 3, 2012) - The University of Waterloo today announced that TechTown, a 60,000 sq. ft. building located in the David Johnston Research + Technology Park, has been donated to the university.

TechTown is a multi-tenant professional services building which opened in January, 2007 on the north campus. The building provides services to the employees in the Park, the University of Waterloo and the local community including everything from health and wellness services to childcare. Services and amenities at TechTown will continue uninterrupted.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, July 24, 2012) - The University of Waterloo has appointed to its Board of Governors a respected leader with a passion for community involvement and nurturing emerging technology talent.

Jordan Banks is the managing director of Facebook Canada, and responsible for leading all of its commercial operations. Previously, he provided investment and advisory services to early stage technology companies as founder and managing partner at Thunder Road Capital as well as serving as chief executive officer of JumpTV.

University of Waterloo Police Services, assisted by Waterloo Regional Police, investigated and charged former University of Waterloo employee Jacqueline Hollmann with one count of theft over $5,000 and one count of fraud over $5,000, involving a total amount of approximately $955,000. The charges pertain to this individual’s role supervising the university’s copy centres, which operate as an ancillary business unit within the university providing print and other administrative services on campus.