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The School of Optometry & Vision Science's Professor Ben Thompson has been named a winner of New Zealand’s Te Pūiaki Putaiao Matua a Te Pirimia Science Prize - the country’s top award for scientific discoveries that have had a significant economic, health, social and/or environmental impact around the world.

Dr. William Bobier from the School of Optometry & Vision Science has been named Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of Waterloo, in recognition of his decades of leadership, teaching excellence and advocacy for the profession of optometry.

Earlier this month, an old friend visited the University of Waterloo. The Right Honourable David Johnston, former President of UWaterloo and former Governor General of Canada, joined faculty, students and members of the local community at the School of Optometry & Vision Science to speak about trust in our nation, the topic of his 2018 book, Trust.

A new device being tested in the University of Waterloo Optometry Clinic may one day help prevent the leading cause of vision loss in older adults – and it all started with a chance conversation among quantum physicists.

The School of Optometry & Vision Science's Professor Ben Thompson was named a 2022 University Research Chair at the last University Senate meeting.

As the contemporary practice of optometry evolves, the University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry & Vision Science (UWOVS) continues to be at the forefront of education for all Canadian optometrists with the introduction of a new Advanced Procedures Program.

It is our pleasure to share with you our Optometry (OD) Student Award winners!

On March 21, Waterloo Optometry’s first-year students participated in the seventh annual Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day – a day that brings together health-care students from across Ontario to learn about how they can work together to improve health outcomes for patients.

Low blood sugar in infancy is serious, but treatment can ward off long-term brain damage in infants, a new study has found.

The study from the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry & Vision Science and the University of Auckland's Liggins Institute is the first research of its kind to declare stabilizing blood sugar levels in newborns with hypoglycemia prevents brain damage.

The University of Waterloo’s School of Optometry & Vision Science is pleased to announce generous gifts from the Alberta Association of Optometrists ($200,000), Manitoba Association of Optometrists ($50,000) and the Saskatchewan Assocation of Optometrists ($50,000) in support of the Waterloo Eye Institute.