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WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, April 23, 2012) - The University of Waterloo named a respected business leader and community volunteer as its new vice-president, university relations.

Tim Jackson has filled the role of vice-president, external relations at Waterloo on an interim basis since last June. It was a secondment from his position as associate vice-president, commercialization and CEO of the Waterloo Accelerator Centre. 

WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, April 20, 2012) - Parks are often perceived as pristine. In fact, researchers at the University of Waterloo and other institutions work hard to restore them and keep them sustainable. To continue that work, the Ontario government has extended for three years thefunding of a major initiative on parks and protected areas research led by the University of Waterloo.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2012) – The University of Waterloo today renewed and expanded its cooperation with King Saud University.

Feridun Hamdullahpur, president & vice-chancellor of Waterloo, and Abdullah A. Al-Othman, university rector at King Saud University, signed the agreement, which expands on the existing collaboration between the two institutions. It involves joint research and commercialization opportunities, and an international exchange for faculty members and non-degree graduate students.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) – A leading physicist and officer of the Order of Canada, and a champion of co-operative education at Waterloo are among the eight recipients of honorary doctorates to be presented during the University of Waterloo's spring convocation ceremonies from June 13 to 16.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) - The Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre (Conrad) at the University of Waterloo today received a US$1.6 million grant that will boost countless student businesses.

The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), owner of the GMAT® exam and the leading membership organization of graduate business and management schools worldwide, announced the award today. Waterloo was the only Canadian university to receive funding this round.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Apr 12, 2012) - The University of Waterloo this week unveiled an international collaboration that was a year in the making and blends science and art.

Contributors, investors and chemistry educators attended the public event this week to get a first look at the large mosaic known as the Chem 13 News Periodic Table. Chem 13 News is a monthly magazine that Waterloo's chemistry department publishes. The unique project is approximately 8 metres by 5 metres in size and hangs in the foyer of the Centre for Environmental and Information Technology.

University of Waterloo awarded six Canada Research Chairs.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012) - The University of Waterloo has cemented its place in the top echelon of Canadian research centres after six of its researchers received $7.5-million to pursue projects ranging from alternative energy storage to improved interactive audio.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Mar. 19, 2012) - The University of Waterloo’s latest Schlegel research chair is a leading expert on nutrition and healthy aging whose work will improve the nutrition of older adults, helping them lead longer and healthier lives.

Professor Heather Keller is the newly appointed Schlegel research chair in nutrition and aging at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging. She is a registered dietitian who has led and participated in national and provincial projects aimed at supporting the nutritional health of older adults.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012) - A University of Waterloo geographer is leading a trailblazing effort to reclaim environmentally important peatlands that once covered more than half the Athabasca landscape but have been scraped away by oil sands mining.

Students in seven University of Waterloo engineering programs, including the first graduating class of management engineering, will display inventive design projects during Engineering Design Symposium Week beginning tomorrow.

Approximately 750 senior engineering students will present more than 150 design projects, posters and prototypes to the public, industry guests, alumni and the academic community. In the past, design projects such as BufferBox, a self-service parcel delivery kiosk with 24-hour a day access, have led to the successful startup of local companies.