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WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012) - The University of Waterloo announced today a new program to enhance the depth and effectiveness of student learning at the institution.

Geoff McBoyle, vice-president academic & provost at Waterloo unveiled the University Teaching Fellows program to guests at Back to Class, an event highlighting innovation in teaching at the university. Local and provincial elected officials attended the presentation, which took place in tandem with similar activities at other universities in Ontario.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012) - Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis continue to show their generous support of post-secondary education and world-class research with a gift of $21 million to the University of Waterloo’s faculties of science and mathematics.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012) - A generous donation to the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy is funding a new professorship that promotes innovation and research initiatives in pharmacy.

The Ontario College of Pharmacy (OCP), the regulating body for pharmacists in Ontario, recently gave $600,000 to the school to establish the Ontario College of Pharmacists Professorship in Pharmacy Innovation. Professor Nancy M. Waite, the associate director of practice-based education at the school, now also holds this new position.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012) - A breakthrough that could keep secret information safe from prying eyes would prove key to bringing quantum computing into real-world use, according to a team that includes a researcher at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Jan. 23, 2012) - The University of Waterloo named an award-winning professor and accomplished researcher as its new dean of engineering.

Professor Pearl Sullivan is currently the chair of the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Waterloo. She joined the university as a professor of mechanical engineering in 2004.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Jan. 23, 2012) - The University of Waterloo named a noted statistician and senior administrator as its next vice-president academic & provost.

OTTAWA, Ont. (Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012) - In a move that will create even greater opportunities in environmental research, CANARIE, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, and the University of Waterloo today announced an extension of the ultra high-speed fibre optic network to the Waterloo Summit Centre for the Environment in Huntsville, Ontario.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012) – An exceptional opportunity for Grade 10 students who are planning on a university education will take place at the University of Waterloo later this month.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Dec. 12, 2011) - For the second consecutive year, a recent graduate from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) at the University of Waterloo has won the national and provincial gold medals for the Chartered Accountancy Uniform Final Examination (UFE).

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011) - Imagine being able to propel an electric model car around a classroom using only the electrical signals from your muscles. That’s just one of the intriguing health and movement lab applications that more than 1,000 Ontario high school students will experience at the University of Waterloo's Kinesiology Lab Days taking place weekdays from today to Dec. 16.