The University of Waterloo awarded Chris Hadfield with an honorary doctor of science degree from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences on Tuesday, June 10. Following the award of the degree, Hadfield, who joins the University of Waterloo as an adjunct professor later this year, addressed the auditorium:
Astronauts and space researchers attending the inaugural Aging in Space for Life on Earth Symposium at the University of Waterloo will hear for first time that some astronauts’ arteries are stiffer when they return from six months in space.
Levent Tunçel’s formula for effective teaching isn’t complicated.
All you need to remember is that command and care — command of your field of study, and care to share the things you’ve learned — are the main determinants.
“It is really quite simple,” Tunçel said in a recent interview: “If you care, you do the right thing.”
Renison University College at the University of Waterloo is pleased to announce the appointment of an experienced administrator and professor with a strong reputation for team building and collaboration as its new principal.
A University of Waterloo startup has been named one of the 2014 TiE50 winners – a prestigious TiE Silicon Valley honour awarded to only 50 companies among thousands competing worldwide.
Venture capitalist and former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya returned to Ontario from Silicon Valley earlier in May to announce a new Social+Capital Partnership Engineering Fellows program that will pair top Waterloo engineering students with innovative startups in Silicon Valley.
Mihaela Vlasea might have headed off to medical school after earning her Bachelor of Applied Science degree in mechatronics engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Instead, she chose to stay to push three-dimensional (3D) printing into new territory: Bone replacements that have the porosity and function of the real thing.
For thousands of Canadians facing surgery to deal with the pain of faulty joints, this holds the possibility of improved, lasting remedies.
Professor Jan Huissoon wants engineers to learn about green energy online without ever having to leave the office. But he also believes that people learn best when they interact with professors.
A University of Waterloo delegation, led by the president and vice-chancellor of the University, is in China this week to strengthen relationships with leading Chinese universities. Feridun Hamdullahpur will meet with representatives from five of China’s top universities:
Hamdullahpur will also learn more about China’s education policy through meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Education.