Research

Velocity is an entrepreneurship program at Waterloo, and the Velocity Garage is set to be the world's largest free business incubator, thanks to a new partnership with Google and Communitech, announced today.

Founded by two Waterloo graduates from computer science and the psychology and business program, HealthIM synchronizes law enforcement and health care systems. Their software is based on the interRAI brief mental health screener.

A researcher at the University of Waterloo who authored new exercise recommendations for people living with osteoporosis has won the prestigious Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

A researcher at the University of Waterloo who authored new exercise recommendations for people living with osteoporosis is the winner of the prestigious Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health, announced today.

Startups working in the Velocity Garage in Downtown Kitchener. Velocity will become North America’s largest free business incubator thanks to a new partnership with Google and Communitech.

Rashmee Singh

When it comes to prosecuting domestic violence cases in court, it turns out that photographs of injuries after the assault and videotaped testimony can potentially victimize women further, says a University of Waterloo expert in domestic violence.

In a range of experiments Professor Elizabeth Meiering, in collaboration with colleagues from India and the United States, created a protein that can withstand a range of physiological and environmental conditions - a problem that has challenged chemists looking to create super stable, highly functional proteins.

Their results are published this month in the prestigious, peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Global tourism is largely dependent on fossil fuel energy, and emits more CO₂ than than all but five countries of the world. Recent estimates conclude that tourism, including transport, accommodation, and leisure activities contributed close to five per cent of total human-made emissions of CO₂ world-wide.

Sometimes, we don’t know what we’re missing until we look.

A missing umbrella is no big deal until it rains. An executive panel full of male faces may be accepted without a second thought, until someone has the audacity to question the absence of diverse voices.

Unintentional bias is like that. It’s a part of our culture that feels so comfortable that we tend not to notice. It becomes engrained in our social norms, so that non-normative items or individuals are overlooked, dismissed or somehow seen as lacking.

Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment methods.

The Institute of Performance and Learning awarded the Silver Award for Training Excellence to the Office of Organizational & Human Development for the Principles of Inclusivity program, a seven-part certificate program that develops and reinforces inclusive behaviours and skills. Organizational & Human Development is Waterloo’s non-academic support unit dedicated to personal and professional learning and development.