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ATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, April 7, 2011) - The University of Waterloo, long known for innovation and as an international leader in health promotion, has been selected as the natural home of a comprehensive index that measures the wellbeing of Canadians.

The Honourable Roy J. Romanow joined campus leaders to officially launch the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) Network at University of Waterloo. He also presented a new CIW report on Canada’s environmental path and its effect on long-term quality of life.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, April 6, 2011) - Senior energy executives from across the country will gather at the University of Waterloo this week to attend the inaugural meeting of an advisory council that will help develop innovative solutions to the challenges of the energy sector.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, March 29, 2011) - The University of Waterloo is today announcing a US$1-million donation to support its students' business startup ambitions.

The donation, made by 23-year-old former Waterloo student and high tech entrepreneur Ted Livingston, will be used to help fund VeloCity, the unique residence-based program for student entrepreneurs.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, March 24, 2011) - The effects and impact of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster will be explored by a panel of experts in a public talk at the University of Waterloo on Monday.

On March 11, an earthquake measuring 9.0 Mw on the moment magnitude scale (the newer of two common seismic scales) rocked Japan in Tōhoku, the northeastern area of the country. The earthquake triggered tsunami waves up to 10 metres high that struck Japan minutes after the quake, with smaller waves reaching many other countries after several hours.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, March 23, 2011 ) - High school students keen about robots will compete this weekend at the University of Waterloo in a Canadian qualifying round for an international robotics competition.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, March 22, 2011) - Future observatories on the moon that will allow researchers to examine problems in astrophysics will be explored in a free public lecture at the University of Waterloo on Thursday.

The talk, entitled Exploring the Cosmos from the Moon, will be given by Jack Burns, a professor in the department of astrophysical and planetary sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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.