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For Jen Parks, being equitable isn’t something you do, it’s how you think – a mindset that has earned her a 2024 Equity and Inclusivity Award. Parks received the award at a ceremony held on campus at the end of January.
For Jen Parks, being equitable isn’t something you do, it’s how you think – a mindset that has earned her a 2024 Equity and Inclusivity Award. Parks received the award at a ceremony held on campus at the end of January.
Professor Barbara Moffatt has been named Distinguished Professor Emerita, the first in Biology at Waterloo. Her recipe for success? Choose to do things that challenge you and look for ways to make them fun.
Mark Servos, a Biology professor and one of the lead scientists in Ontario for monitoring wastewater COVID levels, has been granted a $900,000 NSERC Alliance Advantage grant to monitor high-risk substances (drugs of abuse) in our wastewater.
Bushra Almalki attended the PhysiX: Girls Matter event while she was in middle school. Now, in her first term at the University of Waterloo, she is giving back through volunteering!
After sharing the world’s first images of a black hole with the world in 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team recently released a follow-up to the 2024 paper reporting on the results from the 2018 observations of M87* entitled “The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87”.
Quantum research is thriving at the University of Waterloo and five Science researchers have just received almost $9M in funding for their exceptional projects.
A well-rounded education goes beyond just textbooks and lectures, it’s about finding yourself in the unexpected. For Charlotte Doyle, a third-year Medicinal Chemistry student at the University of Waterloo, that journey took her from the lab to the vineyards of Dijon, France, to learn about the chemistry of wine making.
The Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo is dedicated to amplifying Indigenous histories and cultures, driving the initiative to transform science education by weaving Indigenous and Western scientific teachings into the classroom.
Leading this initiative are Savannah Sloat, Manager of Science Indigenous Initiatives, and Kirsten Müller, Chair of the Biology department, who have redesigned an old biology course to include Indigenous knowledge frameworks for an inclusive educational experience.
Science alum Yasmeen Alshehabi BSc '23 (Biomedical Sciences) reflects on her impact on healthcare through research, as she continues her work on neurodegenerative diseases during her graduate degree with Dr. Dale Martin.
Over the past year, several faculty members in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences have transitioned into retirement. While they may not necessarily be stepping completely away from the grind, let’s hope they find time for some gneiss relaxation