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The Accelerator Centre celebrated one of its biggest graduating classes last Thursday as four startups left the nest at the local high tech business incubator.

The most recent graduates — Ecopia, InTheChat, Knowledge in Development and Trending.Info — bring the total to 55 startups that have graduated from the centre in the last decade.

Annually, an award valued at $750.00 is provided to a graduating undergraduate student enrolled in any program at the University of Waterloo. Selection are based on academic excellence, prior research experience related to child language development, and a demonstrated commitment to future postgraduate study in the area of child language development. No application is required. This fund is made possible by a donation from Knowledge in Development Inc.

This year, the award was given to two recipients.

Henri (Hansky) Santos was this year’s winner of the Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in the Faculty of Arts. The award is granted to a graduate students who has made significant contributions to teaching within the Faculty of Arts.

Congratulations Henri!

CBC Quirks & Quarks Question RoadShow with Bob McDonald was in Waterloo last night to record their show at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas. 

The authors of a recent study linking smart phone use and lazy thinking say the results don’t mean users need to throw away their cellphones, but rather people should think twice before reaching for Google.

Shy babies need to have a strong bond with their parents to avoid developing anxiety disorders in their teens, according to a new study co-authored at the University of Waterloo.

 

When you play pat-a-cake with your baby, you might think you’re just enjoying a fun game. However, child experts say rhymes, songs, and finger play actually help our children develop early literacy skills and build the foundations for a lifetime of learning.

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.

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