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The University of Waterloo's startup incubator Velocity has launched a second venture capital fund targeted specifically at early-stage startups involved in health technology.
The announcement came Thursday evening in Kitchener during Velocity's tri-annual pitch competition.
The presence of artificial sweeteners has revealed that at least 13 percent of septic system wastewater from rural Southern Ontario homes eventually makes its way into local streams.
In a recent study, researchers at the University of Waterloo used the presence of artificial sweeteners excreted from humans to identify the wastewater content in streams across rural Southern Ontario.
This fall, 100 top-ranking high school students across Canada will begin their University journey with the award of a lifetime: a Schulich Leader Scholarship.
From chip-resistant windshields to streamlining access to education, the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list highlights five entrepreneurs with University of Waterloo connections. Take a look at the innovators who are shaking up some of the world’s most competitive industries, one product at a time.
Banner image courtesy of Loran Scholars Foundation. Chidi Umenwofor-Nweze, far right, stands with all of Waterloo's current Loran Scholars.
Earlier this year, Waterloo opened its doors to thousands of new students, one of whom was Chidi Umenwofor-Nweze, a 2019 Loran Scholarship recipient whose educational journey from the ice-capped mountains of Iqaluit to a small village in India has given her the ability to thrive as a young leader and make a positive impact in her communities.
A Waterloo alumnus with a distinguished career in the fields of animal biology, behaviour and social biology will be among the recipients of honorary doctorates at the University of Waterloo’s upcoming fall convocation ceremonies.
Anne Dagg
Startups in the fields of biotechnology, energy and urban-air commuting were among the winners of the Velocity Fund Pitch Competition, as the University of Waterloo’s flagship entrepreneurship program brought its marquee event to downtown Toronto for the first time in its history.
The four winners, who each received direct equity investments worth $50,000, were chosen from a slate of 10 finalists who made their pitches in front of a soldout crowd at the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in the Toronto Reference Library on Thursday night.
I feel as though this is an unconventional post on this blog, because unlike most people on here, I am not an alumnus. I haven’t even started school, actually. This fall I’ll be moving into the University ofWaterloo, where I’ll be taking Mechatronics Engineering. I’m incredibly excited for the future, especially because both my parents graduated from here and I’ve been granted the amazing Schulich Leader Scholarship.
Rukshan de Silva (BES ’14, MEDI ’17) received a top honour at the Planning Institute of Australia’s (PIA) National Awards for Planning Excellence.