Forget facts and figures — high school students need to develop lifelong learning practices and a sense of self, according to a report released by the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI).
Internet services Giant, Google, is investing in cutting edge research at the University of Waterloo. Research into electrical and computer engineering recently received a boost with Waterloo professors receiving a prestigious Google Faculty Research Award.
Wearability, a company founded by Waterloo Engineering students, has designed the latest in wearable tech – shirts that measure electrical activation in muscles to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders including lower back and neck sprains and strains.
Media are invited to attend the first annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design. The event will award six winning teams from the 2014 Capstone Design Symposia with prizes of $10,000 each.
As Canada celebrates Co-operative Education Week, it’s good to reflect on a few facts that make the University of Waterloo a global leader in co-operative education:
University of Waterloo startup incubator Velocity unveiled today the ten finalists that will compete for their share of $100,000 in grant funding at the Velocity Fund Finals on Thursday, March 27.
The finalists will pitch their startup ideas for a chance to win one of four grants of $25,000 and a place as one of more than 30 startups operating at the Velocity Garage workspace in downtown Kitchener.
Waterloo Professor Rob de Loë is the new Canadian Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board, The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced on Monday.
Professor Rob de Loë
Winners of the inaugural Christie Design Awards were announced Friday at the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus.
A partnership between Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc. (“Christie®”) and the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, the Christie Design Awards provide students with ongoing opportunities to explore and learn the capabilities of interactive display.
More than 120 first-year Global Business and Digital Arts (GBDA) students from Stratford campus participated in the competition.
Hilary Mason, listed in Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business 2013, will headline a Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) event at the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus this week.
Mason is a data scientist in residence at leading venture capital firm Accel Partners, and will speak at CODE's Inspiration Day program in Stratford on February 28. She will share the impact of Big Data, its possibilities, and the need for creative interpretation. Mason is a member of NYC Resistor and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.
People interested in the startup world of data science need a hacker mindset: the “ability to solve problems without a map,” says renowned data scientist Hilary Mason.