Awards, Honours and Rankings
Bernard Glick and a team of researchers have discovered the mechanism in bacteria that help plants grow, even under stressful conditions like drought and disease.
The implications of this fundamental scientific discovery are huge: crops that otherwise would have been wiped out can be saved; people who might have gone hungry have food.
Professor Bernard Glick, Biology, University of Waterloo
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013) — Scholars at the University of Waterloo and St. Jerome’s University have received inaugural grants from the Chanchlani India Policy Centre (CIPC) to support research that provides policy recommendations for building stronger relations between Canada and India. Focusing on diverse areas such as natural resources, G20 cooperation, and infant health, the scholars will share their findings with academic, government, and private-sector communities.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo will be among those sharing their discoveries when scientists from around the world gather at the prestigious annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from February 14 to 18.
This year’s gathering of the world’s largest scientific society explores the Beauty and Benefits of Science.
A team of students from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) are getting an opportunity to invest in the stock market after an anonymous donor committed $250,000 to the University of Waterloo for a student-run investment fund.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012) - A professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo was selected a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the highest honours in the field.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012) - Environment 3, the newest building at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment, has earned platinum status for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The third-party certification administered by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
One of the many lessons University of Waterloo student Jamie Lee learned from his hardworking parents is that money doesn’t come for free.
Except sometimes, it does. This spring, Lee was one of three winners to pick up $5,000 in a campus giveaway.
But instead of having the maddest spring break on record, Lee turned around and gave half of it away in a $2,500 donation to the high school scholarship he won just a few years earlier.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012) – The University of Waterloo is one of eight Canadian universities selected to nominate prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs).
When the university integrated social media into the convocation ceremonies for the first time in June, it did so quietly, unsure what the response would be like from students and parents. But 2,000 congratulatory tweets and one marriage proposal later, it was clear that the CONVO-sation, as it was dubbed, had taken on a life of its own.
This fall marks University of Waterloo’s 105th convocation. Convocation is an opportunity for members of the University and guests to gather and celebrate the achievements of our graduates, as well as the accomplishments of those receiving honorary degrees and awards. Honorary degrees are awarded to those who have been designated by the Senate (the university’s governing body) as deserving a special honor.
