Ian VanderBurgh, a lecturer in the University of Waterloo’sFaculty of Mathematics, has won the prestigious 2016 Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Excellence in Teaching Award for "sustained and distinguished contributions” at the post-secondary undergraduate level.
Waterloo’s Physical Activities Complex (PAC) swapped sports for robotics, hosting the twelfth Waterloo FIRST Robotics Waterloo Regional Competition over the April 1st weekend.
A research collaboration between a University of Waterloo biologist and the Kluane First Nation is coming up with good news for the Yukon community - so far, the research team is finding extremely low levels of mercury in the fish.
Rapid climate change, high mercury levels in fish and unaffordable store prices are just some of the threats to food security in Canada’s northern communities. Members of the Kluane First Nation are working with Heidi Swanson, a University Research Chair in the Faculty of Science, to test fish mercury levels as part of a larger food security project.
A robot designed to safely defuse landmines without an explosion was one of six major winners at the 2016 Norman Esch Capstone Design Awards competition for University of Waterloo engineering students.
Landmine Boys’ five founders are mechanical engineering students who will graduate this spring. Their impressive pitch won them $10,000 to help cover startup and other costs.
Four University of Waterloo faculty members have been recognized for excellence in teaching with the University’s most prestigious teaching honour - the Distinguished Teacher Award (DTA).
The DTA consists of a citation along with a $1,500 award to be used by the recipients in support of any teaching activities. The awards will be presented by Mario Coniglio, associate vice-president, academic, at the June convocation ceremony.
While case studies have long been used to educate business students about problems in the business world, at the University of Waterloo they’re also being used by engineering students to learn about real-world problems that come up during their peers’ work terms.
Senior digital design students in the Faculty of Arts are developing an innovative social media campaign that will be used to recruit high school students to the University of Waterloo.
The students are working with the University’s Marketing and Undergraduate Recruitment department to create an Instagram campaign. The real-world project teaches digital arts students how to understand, design for, and then communicate with a real audience.
As educators struggle to expand digital literacy globally and U.S. President Obama announces a $4-billion Computer Science for All initiative, the University of Waterloo is launching free online courseware that will teach people computer science and programming skills.
University of Waterloo President and Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur thanks everyone for helping to widen the University's lead in innovation; promote gender equity and build relationships locally and globally.
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.