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The Amit & Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student recognize up to four students from across the University of Waterloo for excellence in teaching of all kinds (e.g., teaching assistant, laboratory demonstrator, sessional lecturer) by registered students.

This year, two of the four winners were from the Faculty of Science.

At yesterday’s meeting of the University's Senate. Associate Vice-President, Academic David DeVidi made the announcement of the Distinguished Teacher Awards for 2021. Among the four awardees was Professor Suzanne Kearns, from the Aviation program joint with the Faculty of Environment.

Every four months. That’s how often Divya, a fourth-year Science and Business student, went home to Qatar to visit her family. Yet, in March of 2020, that option became impossible. COVID-19 had hit the globe, shutting down airports and bringing international travel to a grinding halt.

We are pleased to share some upcoming organizational changes with some leadership positions held by Science faculty members.

The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have fuelled both hope and falsehood. Here, Professor Kelly Grindrod debunks the most common myths she and her colleagues have heard about the new COVID-19 protection.

This month, Andrea Edginton (BSc and PhD, University of Guelph) begins her term as Hallman Director of the School of Pharmacy.