A landmark study aimed at improving the food intake, health and quality of life of older adults in long-term care homes is among three projects at the University of Waterloo receiving close to $1.5 million in grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Anindya Sen’s long road to becoming a distinguished teacher at the University of Waterloo began in Kolkata, India.
Born in Saskatoon, Sen was visiting India when he saw an old man sitting in a plywood shelter topped with a single sheet of corrugated metal.
Adjunct professor of aviation and retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield can add one more title to his growing resume: Officer of the Order of Canada.
On June 30, 2014, Hadfield was among 86 outstanding Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada by Governor General and former University of Waterloo president David Johnston.
A University of Waterloo professor has accomplished an unusual publishing feat: Two books in one summer.
Eric Helleiner, acting chair of the Department of Political Science, spent 11 years poring over archived transcripts and memos to write Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods which is released now at the 70th anniversary of the Bretton Woods agreement.
Hany Aziz hopes his research will change the future of electronic devices, making them cheaper and more flexible. His work on new materials can also be applied to solar panels and the future of green energy.
Although she was given a set of golf clubs by her father when she was five, Devon Rizzo admits it took her some time to warm up to the sport.
“I hated the game when I was little,” says Rizzo, a fourth-year student in Waterloo’s management engineering program. “In the beginning it was really frustrating and it took me a long time to actually like playing.”
Kashif Memon navigated through complex supply chains of feudal lords and military forces to transport food from Pakistani farmers and fishermen to a Persian Gulf port and on to Britain.
Kristin Marks, a researcher who looks into ways that estrogen affects different fats, has become an advocate for the misunderstood molecule that has been vilified for North America’s growing obesity crisis.
A doctoral candidate in the University of Waterloo’s Department of Kinesiology has been awarded a 2014 Women’s Health Scholars Award from the Council of Ontario Universities. The $20,000 award, which is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, recognizes outstanding research in women’s health issues.
Kristin Marks researches the ways estrogen affects the synthesis of different fats, and the results of her study will have wide-ranging implications for women’s health.
Dominic Toselli graduates this week with a mechanical engineering degree and numerous prestigious awards for PetroPredict, a startup that’s garnering considerable investor attention.
The company he co-founded with Andrew Andrade, a second-year Waterloo mechatronics engineering student, uses data analytics to find potential oil and gas leaks that may go undetected for years.