Events

It's time for a little Boston Cheer!

Calling all Boston-area Science alumni!

We'd love for you to join us for Happy Hour at Beerworks No 3 (Boston/Canal).  Reminisce with us about your time at Waterloo, network with fellow classmates and hear all the latest news from your alma mater.  We will be partnering with our Engineering friends, so we can expect a lively crowd!

Join us as we launch the Future of Astronomy:

The University of Waterloo and the Faculty of Science are celebrating the launch of the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics!  Please join us for an exclusive cocktail reception where you'll have the opportunity to meet astrophysics faculty and learn more about the thrilling research that promises to redefine our knowledge of the universe.

Visit the University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum for our annual Gem and Mineral Show!  

Friday October 25th: 12 noon - 6 p.m.

Saturday October 26th: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Join us on the first and second floors of the EIT building for two days of gems, minerals, fossils and jewellery.

Join us on October 26^th for an extravaganza of hands-on science discovery for school-age kids.

Unveiling an International Masterpiece!

The Department of Chemistry and the Faculty of Science welcome all alumni, friends and family to a very special occasion as we celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table.

Update: 11/10, 8:00 PM - Event postponed due to poor weather forecast. Please do not attend at this time. Updates (if applicable) will be posted.

Safely watch Mercury glide across the Sun for the last time until 2032!

Please join us as we celebrate the wonderful life of Carey Bissonnette

Join us to celebrate Dr. Anne Innis Dagg's recent honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science. We are thrilled to offer a free screening of "The Woman Who Loved Giraffes", a documentary about her life and research, and an audience Q&A with Dr. Innis Dagg, moderated by Dr. Barb Katzenback. Registration required.

Presented by alumnus Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD (BSc Biology '08), who will be awarded the Young Alumni Award at 3:00 pm on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the University Club. 

Dr. Bondy-Denomy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco, and is best known for his ongoing investigations in CRISPR-Cas immunity, with implications in therapeutics for human genetic and infectious disease, as well as our basic understanding the microbial world. Dr. Bondy-Denomy is Scientific Advisory Board Member of SNIPR Biome and Excision BioTherapies and has expanded his research activities to the private sector as co-founder of and Scientific Advisor to Acrigen Biosciences

Robert Lemieux, Dean of the Faculty of Science, cordially invites all faculty, staff, alumni and friends to attend our annual Science Alumni Achievement Awards Reception.