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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Waterloo students take first place at World Water Day poster competition

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The Water Institute congratulates the Waterloo students who took first place, on March 22, in four out of five categories in the World Water Day research conference poster competition.

Each March, the United Nations celebrates World Water Day. This year, Waterloo celebrated the occasion by hosting its seventh annual water research conference, organized by the Water Institute and Laurier's Institute for Water Science.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Waterloo biologist and First Nation examine mercury in fish

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A lab coat decorated by Kluane First Nation Youth Councilor Jared Dulac.

A research collaboration between a University of Waterloo biologist and the Kluane First Nation is coming up with good news for the Yukon community — so far, the research team is finding extremely low levels of mercury in the fish.

Monday, March 21, 2016

John Cherry announced as 2016 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize recipient

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The Singapore International Water Week announced today that John Cherry, distinguished professor emeritus from Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, will be awarded the 2016 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, a prestigious international award worth more than $280,000 CDN.