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WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, March 21, 2011) - The University of Waterloo, which pioneered co-operative education in Canada, will honour six top students during this year's national co-op education week.

The week, which runs from today to Friday, celebrates the growth of co-op education programs across the country. Students, employers and academic institutions have benefited from co-op since its launch at the University of Waterloo in 1957. Today, Waterloo now is home to the world's largest co-op program.

TORONTO, Ont. (Thursday, March 17, 2011) - People with dementia will break the silence and talk candidly about the fear, stigma, challenges and triumphs of living with memory loss at a special interactive forum being held in conjunction with the 26th Annual Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International in Toronto from March 26 to 29.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, March 16, 2011) - Graduate students at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo will mark World Water Day next week with a day-long celebration that includes talks on water science, technology and policy.

In 1992, the United Nations declared March 22 as World Water Day, an international day of observance for the importance of freshwater resources.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, March 15, 2011) - Upper-year undergraduate students in six University of Waterloo engineering programs will display innovative design projects over several days starting next Monday.

At Engineering Design Symposium Week, nearly 700 senior engineering students will present more than 150 design projects, posters and prototypes to the public, industry guests, alumni and the academic community.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, March 14, 2011) - Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) and Senator Roméo Dallaire, who commanded the UN forces in Rwanda during the genocide of 1994, will give a public talk this week at the University of Waterloo.

Dallaire will deliver the arts student union’s 2011 keynote lecture on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre, located in the J. G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, March 11, 2011) - Feridun Hamdullahpur has been appointed the sixth president of the University of Waterloo.

His appointment was approved Friday by the university’s senate and board of governors and announced by Robert Harding, chair of the board and chair of the presidential nominating committee.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, March 10, 2011) - High school students, their parents and friends can find out about campus life when the University of Waterloo holds its annual March break open house next week.

The open house will take place as the decision on where to attend university in the fall looms over high school students across the province. At Waterloo, prospective students will participate in information sessions and activities related to undergraduate studies.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, March 1, 2011) - More than 60 girl guides are expected to qualify for science and technology engineering badges during the first annual Ontario Girl Guide Badge Day event to be held at the University of Waterloo campus during National Engineering Month.

On Saturday, March 5, girl guides and their leaders will visit Waterloo Engineering and meet with women engineers while learning firsthand about engineering careers. They will also take part in hands-on activities to meet the requirements for earning their engineering badge.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011) - The University of Waterloo’s kinesiology department will host the third annual brain bee for high school students in Waterloo Region and surrounding areas on Saturday.

The contest, open to Grade 9 to 12 students, is one of 13 brain bees scheduled across Canada this winter and spring. It raises awareness about neuroscience by challenging students to answer questions about the brain.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011) - The University of Waterloo won a gold medal last week from an international organization for its extensive institutional identity program, which sparked new designs for souvenirs, letterhead, recruitment publications, posters and web pages.

The medal was presented in Baltimore during the annual meeting of District II of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. At the same event, Waterloo received several awards for a program aimed at involving alumni in student recruitment.