WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, June 12, 2012) – Major new research in nanotechnology, a joint initiative between the University of Waterloo and Soochow University in China, has received close to $1 million in funding.
Canada’s most comprehensive climate change adaptation report calls for immediate action.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, May 31, 2012) – The latest national Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) reveals that in the 2010/2011 school year, 93,870 fewer Canadian youth (Grades 6-12) smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days compared with 2008/2009 data, representing a 2 per cent decline for students in Grades 6-9 (from 7 per cent to 5 per cent) and a 4.5 per cent decline for students in Grades 10-12 (from 21 per cent to 16 per cent). For the younger group, this signifies a return to the lowest rate previously seen (in 2004/2005).
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, May 30, 2012) - The University of Waterloo’s Department of Geography and Environmental Management is turning 50, and it’s kicking off celebrations with a reunion tomorrow.
The reunion is timed to coincide with the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, taking place at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 28 to June 2. Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University are jointly hosting Congress 2012.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, May 25, 2012) - The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded a University of Waterloo researcher a grant of more than $2.5 million for his work into the effects of digital games.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, May 23, 2012) - There are more opportunities for Aboriginal students with today’s grand opening of the new Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre at St. Paul’s University College at the University of Waterloo.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, May 22) - An estimated $7 million in economic spinoffs will be infused into the local economy when 7,000 delegates attend the 2012 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences from May 26 to June 2 at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, May 4, 2012) - University of Waterloo research into the early detection of prostate cancer may give hope to the more than 25,000 men annually diagnosed with this disease that is the third leading cause of cancer death among Canadian men.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, April 26, 2012) - With today’s official launch of the mobile app, “Crush the Crave,” University of Waterloo researchers fuse scientific evidence with innovative technology to help young Canadians quit smoking.
BMO vice-chair Kevin Lynch committed to strengthening Waterloo's international impact and world-leading expertise in education and innovation
WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, April 24, 2012) - The University of Waterloo has appointed as chair of its Board of Governors a distinguished individual who, when he served as the most senior non-political official in Canada, advised the prime minister.