Humanitarian Stephen Lewis is among the honourees at the University of Waterloo’s 107th convocation, where more than 2,300 students will receive degrees this week.
More than 1,300 undergraduate degrees and 1,000 graduate degrees will be handed at ceremonies taking place this Friday and Saturday.
The University of Waterloo has named its Student Design Centre – where students fall “in love with engineering” – in honour of Adel Sedra, former dean of engineering.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, October 17, 2013) – For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Waterloo is Research University of the Year among Canadian comprehensive universities, according to rankings published today by RE$EARCH Infosource Inc.
Considered one of Canada's leading consulting firms for organizations with interests in science, technology, and innovation, the firm ranks top research universities in three categories: Medical/Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Undergraduate. The group scores institutions based on research input as well as impact.
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has recognized a professor at the University of Waterloo for her work in the area of global environmental and food policy by awarding her a prestigious Trudeau fellowship.
Professor Jennifer Clapp, from the Department of Environment and Resource Studies at Waterloo, conducts research that looks at the effect of global trade, financial markets and investment on world hunger and the environment. She is Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability.
The University of Waterloo is celebrating the news that Canadian writer Alice Munro has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Munro's fiction "forever changed how generations of readers look at place," says Shelley Hulan, associate professor of English Language and Literature.
Award-winning author Alice Munro.
Photo credit: Derek Shapton, courtesy of Random House Canada.
The following University of Waterloo professors are available to discuss the significance of Canadian author Alice Munro in light of her 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Shelley Hulan
Associate Professor, English Language & Literature
Phone: 226-338-9032
WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, October 8, 2013) – The University of Waterloo today announced the appointment of David McLaughlin as strategic advisor on sustainability in the Faculty of Environment.
McLaughlin is the former president and CEO of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), and is a leading public policy expert in Canada with more than 25 years of top-level experience including as a chief of staff and deputy minister at both the federal and provincial levels of government. McLaughlin headed the NRTEE from 2007 to 2013.
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation today recognized a professor at the University of Waterloo for her work in the area of global environmental and food policy by awarding her a prestigious Trudeau fellowship.
Professor Jennifer Clapp, from the Department of Environment and Resource Studies at Waterloo, conducts research that looks at the effect of global trade, financial markets and investment on world hunger and the environment. She is Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability.
Three recent graduates of Waterloo’s nanotechnology engineering program are at work developing a product that, with a couple of key strokes on a smartphone or laptop, can transform any window or wall into an ever-changing display.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, September 10, 2013) – The University of Waterloo’s engineering and technology faculty areas rank among the top 50 in the world according to results published today.