News for Future students

Thursday, June 11, 2020

I don’t want to be a doctor of medicine. I want to be a doctor of mathematics.

Jose Luiz Avilez

Early in his second year of medical school, Jose Luiz Avilez realized he wanted something different than medical school could offer. In his heart, he knew he wanted to study mathematics. It was a difficult decision, but by 2016 he was applying to universities.

“A friend of mine who studied at Waterloo told me about its program in Mathematical Finance and that it has a co-op program,” remembered Avilez. “I was sold.”

Learn more about Avilez's experience.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Wanchun (Rosie) Shen awarded 2020 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award

Wanchun Shen by a frozen river

Wanchun (Rosie) Shen, a pure mathematics major at the University of Waterloo, has been awarded a 2020 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. Shen has focused much of her work on the multifractal analysis of self-similar measures of finite type.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Zhenyuan Zhang awarded honorary mention for the 2020 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award

Zhenyuan Zhang on a path in the woods

Zhenyuan Zhang, a pure mathematics major at the University of Waterloo, has received an honorary mention for the 2020 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Cameron Stewart named CMS Second Inaugural Class of Fellows

At the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Winter Meeting Banquet in Toronto on December 8, 2019, the CMS will recognize Cameron Stewart as part of the Second Inaugural Class of Fellows.

One of 11 of the 2019 fellows, Stewart has been a faculty member in the Department of Pure Mathematics since 1978. Since that time, he has received several honours and awards including:

Friday, May 10, 2019

Two graduate students placed in the inaugural Mathematics Doctoral Prize competition

Pure Mathematics PhD students Boyu Li and Ruizhang Jin won second and third places respectively in the inaugural Mathematics Doctoral Prize competition at the University of Waterloo. This new prize will be awarded annually to recognize the achievement of graduating doctoral students in the Faculty of Mathematics. Li will receive a $1,000 award and Jin will receive $500.