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October 2015

From 2013-2018, the UWaterloo Life Blog revealed many highlights of the University of Waterloo student experience. What started as one story all the way back in 2013, snowballed into over 300 unique tales of adventure and perseverance, a little failure, and a lot of success. If you liked the blog, you’ll love our Instagram! Follow @UWaterloolife to discover new stories of student success and follow along with student takeovers.

The 500-dollar selfie

Monday, October 26, 2015 by Aleks Bahdanovich

Last week, over 2000 votes were cast in this year’s 24 Hours of Waterloo photo contest. After the final tally, Jordan Grant, a second year Management Engineering student, walked away victorious – capturing the #UWaterlooLife of over 40 students in his thermodynamics classroom selfie.

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Student hackers play with Portal

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 by Aleks Bahdanovich

Peoples Choice Award - Team Waterloo Rideshare

UWaterloo students broke the Student Portal once again during an October 17 hackathon.

Waterloo's Hack the North founders wrap-up another successful event

Monday, October 5, 2015 by Aleks Bahdanovich

Hack the North co-founders Kartik Talwar, Kevin Lau and Liam Horne

A few weeks ago, Canada’s largest hackathon, Hack The North (HTN), invited 1000 students to spend 36 long and exciting hours problem solving and creating something meaningful.