News for Alumni

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Largest ever campus clean-up held on April 21

Overflowing garbage bin in a grassy field.

In honour of Earth Day, the Sustainability Office hosted their annual campus clean-up event on April 21. More than 100 employees and students helped to pick up litter from “hotspots” around main campus, collecting over 80 bags of trash.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Wrapping up Zero Waste Month 2022

Monday, February 8, 2021

Carbon neutral face masks – a small local business with a big impact

Founder of Sweat Free Apparel, Chanakya Ramdev, with his carbon neutral masks

Achieving a carbon neutral world seems like a daunting task – but companies like Sweat Free Apparel are bringing us one step closer to carbon neutrality through the creation of carbon neutral products, like face masks. Even better, they are doing it close to home – right here in Waterloo, Ontario!

Friday, January 22, 2021

Undergraduate Affairs team at School of Pharmacy goes paperless

Kaitlin Bykoski wearing a mask next to her printer

This story was originally published by the School of Pharmacy.

When COVID-19 struck, Waterloo Pharmacy’s Undergraduate Affairs team dramatically shifted how they offer admissions interviews. The interviews, typically conducted in person with hundreds of interviewers and prospective students, were moved entirely online.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Waterloo Receives Breakthrough Award for 2017 Sustainability Actions

Jean Andrey and Mat Thijssen accept Breakthrough Award

On Thursday evening, the University of Waterloo was honoured to receive the "Breakthrough ‎Award" from Sustainable Waterloo Region for its accomplishments in 2017.