Where there’s a challenge, Waterloo is on it.
Our world is changing, and we must evolve with it. To make the greatest impact, Waterloo is developing future-focused solutions – built on boundary-breaking research, experiential education and entrepreneurship – that innovate for real-world change.
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Waterloo has a wealth of leaders, changemakers and innovators who are imagining a bold new future.
Discover more ways Waterloo is on it.
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Discerning fact from fiction →
Explore how the research can help information consumers separate sense from nonsense.
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Making life with diabetes better →
See how one Waterloo researcher’s tiny, wearable patch is transforming life with diabetes.
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Fighting cancer with code →
Machine learning could supercharge the body’s innate cancer-fighting abilities. Read on and explore this breakthrough.
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Taking flight for food security →
By mobilizing a new generation of pilotless airplanes, Ribbit is on a mission to deliver critical supplies for everyone, everywhere. Read on to discover their solution.
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Charting the uncharted universe →
Equipped with a super-high-resolution telescope, Euclid will help us answer how the universe came to be. Read on to discover how the Euclid satellite is illuminating the dark cosmos.