Blog posts archive

«Previous

November 2014

Waterloo students are accomplishing awesome things every day - and we want to tell your stories of success.

Faculties collaborate to bring home the gold

Thursday, November 27, 2014 by Taylor Neufeld

We've heard the saying "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts". A fourth-year Biomedical Science student has proven this to be true by leading a diverse group of students to success at an international synthetic biology competition.

Science

Engineering

Math

Environmental passions flowing freely

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 by Taylor Neufeld

Water, water everywhere - or is it? A second-year Environment and Business student is turning her passion into action by installing water meters on campus in an effort to reduce water consumption.

Environment

GreenHouse

entrepreneur

Bridging cultures with a new startup

Thursday, November 20, 2014 by Taylor Neufeld

Exploring and learning about different cultures may seem like a dream come true for some. An Economics and Business student has taken his intercultural experiences to launch a startup that seeks to connect Aboriginal communities and their resources to investors in Asia.

Shaping your future by learning abroad

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 by Ryan Connell

Guest blog by Nicola Toffelmire

The best decision I made at the University of Waterloo was to internationalize my degree. I was granted the opportunity to work in three different countries during my co-op terms at the University of Waterloo: Togo, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.

international

guest blog

Applied Health Sciences

Student wins excellence in teaching

Thursday, November 13, 2014 by Taylor Neufeld

Many may consider studying English and Engineering to be two very separate worlds. A UWaterloo student has been working to show these two worlds can nicely complement each other in the world of teaching. Now he has an award to prove it.

Let's talk about it

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Taylor Neufeld

From left to right: Rob Martin (Crisis Respite Manager, Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health Inc.), Madeline Mackenzie, Julie Stevenson and Natasha Ekelman.

Some things are hard to talk about, but a team of UWaterloo students are standing up to the stigma against suicide and saying "Let's talk about it".

Renison

Social Work

social change

Achieving the Freshman 15

Thursday, November 6, 2014 by Taylor Neufeld

Graphic courtesy of Renison University College

Young people can gain so much from the university experience. A UWaterloo student is making the "Freshman 15" a meaningful gain that will help you during and after your time spent in school.

Recreation and Leisure

NERv: the dream of risk-free operations

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 by Youssef Helwa

Imagine a world with risk-free operations. More than 200 Canadians died of surgical complications in 2011 alone, according to Statistics Canada. A UWaterloo student holds a envisions a world without these risks.