Research

The world will need petroleum for many years, says a Waterloo biology professor. The challenge, he says, will be getting it out of the ground while leaving the smallest possible environmental footprint.

For almost two decades, George Dixon — a renowned eco-toxicologist — has been a major player on the team of scientists examining the ecological impact of the Alberta oil sands and the efforts to contain any environmental damage to the Athabaska River.

Students from the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) at the University of Waterloo are available to comment to the media about the federal budget.

Approximately 20 students will watch the federal budget speech as a group. They will then discuss taxation aspects of it with SAF professors Ken Klassen, Alan Macnaughton, Kevin Markle and Julie Robson.

The media are invited to attend this extracurricular event. Individual students are available for interviews after 5 p.m.

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2013

As pioneers in co-operative education, Waterloo was one of the first to recognize the educational value of connecting students and industry.

WATERLOO, Ont., (Monday, March 18, 2013) – The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) at the University of Waterloo and a biomaterials company started by two Waterloo chemistry graduates are teaming together to make the next generation of biolatex® binders for applications in paper coating, paperboard and personal care products.

The shock was so great when seven people died from drinking water in Walkerton, Ontario in May 2000, that it forever changed how the provincial government manages and protects its municipal water, says an environment and resource studies professor.

To serve and protect is a slogan that could describe Peter Huck’s career, but he’s not a police officer.

For the past 20 years, Huck has devoted most of his academic life to making public water supplies safer.

Our watersheds are being affected by more than the industrial chemicals that flow through wastewater treatment plants into our watersheds.  Fish are being affected by everything from the medicine we take to the personal care products we use, says biology professor Mark Servos.

Better research happens when more women work in disciplines like science and technology, says philosophy professor Carla Fehr.