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A four-storey building that will house state-of-the-art research and teaching space is officially under construction in Waterloo’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.

A groundbreaking ceremony, held on December 12, marked the start of a 16-month project to link B.C. Matthews Hall with the Lyle Hallman Institute for Health Promotion.

The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) Connected Vehicle Technology Demonstrator, also known as the Connected Lexus

The vehicles of tomorrow are taking shape today at the University of Waterloo — home to the largest concentration of automotive researchers at any Canadian university.

The room smells of motor oil. Parts lie scattered on tables and students exchange uncertain glances.

This is the engine dissection lab for first-year engineering students — dirt-under-your-nails, experiential learning at the University of Waterloo. The specimens are snow blower engines.

When it comes to planning an event, liquid nitrogen and spoons don’t usually top the list of supplies — unless you are a student in Zara Rafferty’s Recreation and Leisure Studies class.

This Saturday, students in her program management and evaluation course will put their event planning — and ice cream making — skills to the test as they host a day of free family activities at the Stork Family YMCA and Harper Library.

The University of Waterloo’s Board of Governors has approved the construction of a new $88-million Engineering 7 (E7) building.

The 230,000-square-foot, seven-storey building will house Waterloo Engineering’s ongoing transformation of how it delivers education to students.

Commander Chris Hadfield made his University of Waterloo debut as Professor Hadfield to geography and aviation students Friday afternoon.

The installation of The Rev. Wendy Fletcher as principal and vice-chancellor of Renison University College at the University of Waterloo will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 13 at the Church of the Holy Saviour, Waterloo.

The new principal joins Renison from the Vancouver School of Theology, where she has served in a number of capacities as professor, academic dean, dean, vice-principal and, for a period of seven years, as principal.  

Two incoming first-year students at the University of Waterloo are recipients of Schulich Leader Scholarships worth $80,000 and $60,000 each.

Amanda Rampertab from Oakville, Ontario won the award worth $80,000 for a student pursuing a degree in an engineering program. A graduate of Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, Rampertab enters mechatronics engineering this fall. She was selected on the basis of her outstanding admission average of 95.2 percent, and her demonstrated leadership in school life and within the community.

Vital information on how civilizations cope with climate change could be hiding under a medieval castle in England, and the professor leading the project to uncover it is among the Waterloo researchers to receive government funding announced today.

Professor Steven Bednarski, of St. Jerome's University and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo, leads one of four UWaterloo projects receiving Partnership Development grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) worth approximately $200,000 each over three years.

Canada's U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities has named Feridun Hamdullahpur, University of Waterloo's president and vice-chancellor its next Chair for a fixed two-year term.

Hamdullahpur, who previously served as U15 vice-chair, assumes the leadership role from outgoing U15 Chair Amit Chakma, Western University's president and vice-chancellor.