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Waterloo’s innovative Fundamentals of International Aviation program is helping to reach the next generation of aviation leaders, earning it a Gold medal for Best Certification Program at the 2026 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards and Bronze for Online Learning Experience at the 2026 International E-Learning Awards.

Two researchers from the Faculty of Science are among the eight Waterloo faculty elected as Fellows and College Members of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). One of the country’s highest academic honours, these appointments recognize exceptional contributions to research, scholarship and innovation.

The Faculty of Science is pleased to welcome Schulich Leader Scholar Melind Bhroat to the University of Waterloo.

Luca Roy (CAP 2025) shares his first-year experience in the Conditional Admission to Pharmacy program in the Faculty of Science.

Master of Science student, Shahrzad Tofighi is applying physics to one of today’s most urgent global health challenges: the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

Tan Dinh, senior lab instructor in Physics and Astronomy, is retiring after 34 years at Waterloo. Dinh came to Canada in 1980 as one of the Vietnamese Boat People and first set foot on campus in 1986 as a graduate student in physics. He accepted a position as a lab technician in 1992. While the field has changed significantly during his time here, Dinh remains rooted in the fundamentals.

Three members of the Faculty of Science have been awarded funding as part of the latest John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) competitions. The announcement was made Thursday, August 20 at Trent University in Peterborough.

Congratulations to the Department of Chemistry’s Dr. Juewen Liu on receiving a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the project titled “Aptamer-functionalized liposomes for targeted delivery of drugs to treat dry eye disease.”

Ivy Vong, a Master of Science in Vision Science student, is investigating a faster way to differentiate between Sjögren’s Disease-related dry eyes and non-autoimmune disease-related dry eyes. Her research can help deepen the medical community’s understanding of the disease and improve the time it takes for patients to receive the care they need.

Researchers in the Faculty of Science have received $580,500 in funding through the Discovery Grants program, part of the more than $7.1 million awarded to faculty across campus.