Mike Dixon Convocation
Developmental Convocation
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Welcome to the Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology at UWaterloo offers several programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. Our faculty are internationally renowned and our graduate and undergraduate programs are consistently ranked among the top departments in Canada. Our department conducts high-impact research in each of the six major subdivisions of psychology listed below.

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News

Geoff Fong
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Geoffrey Fong is recipient of the 2015 Luther L. Terry Award for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control

Geoff Fong
The American Cancer Society is pleased to share with the global tobacco control community the names of the recipients of the 2015 Luther L. Terry Awards for Exemplary Leadership in Tobacco Control. The awards are named for the late United States Surgeon General Luther L. Terry, MD, who led the landmark 1964 Surgeon General’s report that connected tobacco use to lung cancer and other illnesses.

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Startup takes baby steps to million-dollar prize

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Written by Eugenia Xenos Anderson. Originally published on the daily bulletin.

St. Paul’s GreenHouse innovator Alisha Karmali and her team at BabySteps Academy have won the first round of the coveted Hult Prize and will represent the University of Waterloo at the regional level next March, competing against universities and teams from around the world.