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Physics - 02.06.2025
Redefining physics to roll a ball vertically
Redefining physics to roll a ball vertically
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have achieved a feat previously thought to be impossible - getting a sphere to roll down a totally vertical surface without applying any external force.

Health - Environment - 02.06.2025
Researcher receives funding from ARIA to unlock potential of plants
Researcher receives funding from ARIA to unlock potential of plants

Career - Innovation - 02.06.2025
More than a degree: Waterloo empowers students to succeed in adulthood
More than a degree: Waterloo empowers students to succeed in adulthood

Innovation - Career - 02.06.2025
Engineering the future with service and care
Engineering the future with service and care

Event - Economics - 02.06.2025
Six honorary doctorates recognized at Spring 2025 Convocation
Six honorary doctorates recognized at Spring 2025 Convocation

Campus - 02.06.2025
Three Waterloo graduates earn prestigious gold medals
Three Waterloo graduates earn prestigious gold medals

Campus - 02.06.2025
From discovery to impact: Celebrating our PhD graduates

Health - Pharmacology - 30.05.2025
Breast cancer: a new target to eliminate dormant cells before they wake
A study by researchers at the IRCM and UdeM offers new hope for understanding and limiting the metastatic recurrence of breast cancer.

Social Sciences - Campus - 30.05.2025
Philanthropy: Love of Humanity
Philanthropy: Love of Humanity

Campus - 30.05.2025
Academic freedom must be defended: Quebec rectors
Academic freedom must be defended: Quebec rectors

Social Sciences - Event - 30.05.2025
Pride month is a time to celebrate, and also a time for reflection

Innovation - Economics - 30.05.2025
UCalgary drives innovation forward at Inventures 2025
UCalgary drives innovation forward at Inventures 2025

Microtechnics - Economics - 29.05.2025
Serving up a taste of robot food delivery
Serving up a taste of robot food delivery

Social Sciences - Environment - 29.05.2025
Empowering student voices from marginalized communities
Empowering student voices from marginalized communities

Research Management - 29.05.2025
Meeting the public transit needs of aging Canadians
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Life Sciences - Environment - 29.05.2025
How Western's Centre for Animals on the Move is safeguarding ecosystems
How Western’s Centre for Animals on the Move is safeguarding ecosystems
There are an estimated 3 billion fewer birds in Canada and the United States today than there were in 1970.

Pedagogy - 29.05.2025
Secularism in Quebec schools: experts calls for dialogue and diversity
An inter-university research group has serious questions about Quebec's Bill 94, which tightens secularism in the province's education system.

Health - Life Sciences - 29.05.2025
Researchers awarded $2.88 million to strengthen Canadian water monitoring for microbes and other life
Researchers awarded $2.88 million to strengthen Canadian water monitoring for microbes and other life

Environment - Economics - 28.05.2025
RBC taps into Waterloo talent to tackle building climate resilience
RBC taps into Waterloo talent to tackle building climate resilience

Innovation - Economics - 28.05.2025
Celebrating future-focused supporters during Leave a Legacy Month
Celebrating future-focused supporters during Leave a Legacy Month

Environment - Campus - 28.05.2025
Coastal Alaska wolves exposed to high mercury concentrations from eating sea otters
Coastal Alaska wolves exposed to high mercury concentrations from eating sea otters
In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska.

Innovation - Campus - 28.05.2025
Evolve to Innovate experiential innovation training program wraps up first year under Hunter Hub
Evolve to Innovate experiential innovation training program wraps up first year under Hunter Hub

Music - 27.05.2025
Hitting the right notes to play music by ear

Sport - 27.05.2025
How an Olympic gold medallist became an SFU alumnus at 54
How an Olympic gold medallist became an SFU alumnus at 54

Computer Science - 27.05.2025
Scheduled campus electrical and computing outage at north Oshawa campus - Saturday, July 5

Environment - Life Sciences - 27.05.2025
Early detection system for bird flu
Early detection system for bird flu
A team of University of Calgary undergraduates hopes to tackle bird flu by developing a continuous early detection system for the virus. Highly infectious avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has impacted 167 million birds in the U.S. since 2022 and has become more effective at crossing species.

Innovation - 27.05.2025
XPRIZE Canada Hub officially launches at UCalgary
XPRIZE Canada Hub officially launches at UCalgary

Campus - 26.05.2025
Alumni, staff and students named Women of the Year
Alumni, staff and students named Women of the Year

Computer Science - Innovation - 23.05.2025
Waterloo connections run deep within 2025 Narwhal unicorn list
Waterloo connections run deep within 2025 Narwhal unicorn list

Computer Science - Economics - 23.05.2025
How to deliver on the powerful promise of quantum computers
How to deliver on the powerful promise of quantum computers

Health - 23.05.2025
Bone and Joint Institute team connects artificial joint and dental implant experts
Interdisciplinary project on implants, corrosion drives Western research to improve patient outcomes During the NHL playoffs, attention across the country turns to the arenas of those Canadian teams battling for the Stanley Cup.

Pedagogy - 23.05.2025
UCalgary awards more than $800K to 2025 teaching and learning grants recipients

Health - 22.05.2025
AI's medical diagnostic skills still need a check-up
AI’s medical diagnostic skills still need a check-up
You may want to think twice about using powerful artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT to self-diagnose health problems.

History & Archeology - 22.05.2025
The engineer's iron ring is part of Canada's national identity
The engineer’s iron ring is part of Canada’s national identity

Life Sciences - 22.05.2025
Finding a voice: people with aphasia sing out
UdeM's Carole Anglade is exploring the benefits of choral singing for those who have difficulty communicating after a stroke. Regardless of how severe the impairment is, "why do some people cope with aphasia better than others," asks Carole Anglade, a professor at Université de Montréal's School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

Health - Agronomy & Food Science - 22.05.2025
Researcher exposes flaws in global heart-health recommendations
A leading cardiovascular disease researcher from Simon Fraser University is ringing the alarm on universal recommendations intended to improve heart health around the globe.

Materials Science - Event - 21.05.2025
Linda Nazar awarded prestigious Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship
Linda Nazar awarded prestigious Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowship

Health - Pharmacology - 21.05.2025
A world first: ’prime editing’ reverses effects of rare illness

Social Sciences - Career - 21.05.2025
Class of 2025: Undergrad’s research sheds light on LGBTQ+ newcomers’ journey to Calgary
While people from across the globe choose to move to Canada for any number of reasons, for some LGBTQ+ newcomers, Canada represents the freedom and safety they cannot find in their home countries.

Campus - Event - 21.05.2025
Help make spring convocation a memorable experience for graduands and their families
Help make spring convocation a memorable experience for graduands and their families

Health - 21.05.2025
No evidence for viral mouth-taping trend, Western sleep expert says
No evidence for viral mouth-taping trend, Western sleep expert says
Mouth taping, a growing trend on social media channels like TikTok, carries serious health risks, especially for those with sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea, according to a new paper published May 21 in PLOS One.

Campus - Life Sciences - 21.05.2025
'I'm a researcher. This is what I do.'
’I’m a researcher. This is what I do.’

Architecture & Buildings - 21.05.2025
Construction underway on new student residence building and child care at SFU

Health - 21.05.2025
Family Medicine Residency: New doctors headed to the Outaouais

Campus - Social Sciences - 20.05.2025
Ontario Tech to celebrate more than 2,200 graduates and six distinguished honorary degree recipients at Spring Convocation

Health - Pharmacology - 20.05.2025
Study links dementia care gaps in Quebec to socio-economic status
A new study has found stark differences in the dementia care received by people in richer and poorer neighbourhoods in Quebec, despite the universal health-care system.

Health - Pharmacology - 18.05.2025
Andropause: rising interest in falling testosterone
Endocrinologist Hélène Lavoie discusses this complex and often misunderstood hormonal change in men, which occurs gradually and unevenly starting as young as age 30.

Innovation - Economics - 16.05.2025
Made by Waterloo: Alchemy transforms nanotechnology for defense solutions
Made by Waterloo: Alchemy transforms nanotechnology for defense solutions

Architecture & Buildings - 16.05.2025
Financial landlords are leading Toronto rent hikes
Financial landlords are leading Toronto rent hikes
Financial landlords in Toronto charge monthly rents 44 per cent higher than the average neighbourhood price, according to a groundbreaking new study.

Politics - 16.05.2025
UCalgary launches New North America Initiative focused on Canada-U.S. relations
UCalgary launches New North America Initiative focused on Canada-U.S. relations