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Environment - Innovation - 05.12.2022

Forward thinkers: Our favourite Waterloo stories of 2022
What does the future look like? How can we prepare for it? Nine UWaterloo community members weigh in.

Environment - Innovation - 05.12.2022

Social Sciences - Innovation - 02.12.2022

Innovation - 29.11.2022

Creating a technologically inclusive model of disability
Recent philosophy PhD graduate breaking new ground in disability studies By Jon Parsons University Relations Dr. Lynne Sargent's research focuses on what she defines as the "techno-inclusive mo

Environment - Innovation - 29.11.2022

Western Engineering receives $4 million in funding to improve urban climates 

Environment - Innovation - 29.11.2022

Putting artificial intelligence to accelerate the energy transition in large buildings
Technology perfected by BrainBox AI uses artificial intelligence to help large buildings reduce their CO2 emissions and transition to more sustainable energy sources.

Innovation - Economics / Business - 24.11.2022

Environment - Innovation - 23.11.2022

McGill receives $4.8 million to advance climate change science and technology

Innovation - Materials Science - 18.11.2022

Startup’s tech could put an end to unsightly screen ’notches’ on smartphones

Economics / Business - Innovation - 17.11.2022

SFU Beedie to lead major digital skills training initiative with $4M investment from federal government

Environment - Innovation - 15.11.2022

Sustaining WindEEE’s excellence entails digital transformation
Our changing climate is affecting the timing, location and might of hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather events, and Western University is at the forefront of international research into how to build structures and cities strong enough to withstand the blows.

Innovation - Environment - 08.11.2022

Innovation - Health - 07.11.2022

Health - Innovation - 07.11.2022

A new model for innovation? How Elizabeth and Aled Edwards are driving an open science revolution
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, scientists, corporations and governments around the world scrambled to share research data and ideas to advance the understanding of the disease and produce life-saving vaccines and therapies in record time.

Law - Innovation - 04.11.2022

Innovation - Social Sciences - 03.11.2022

Campus - Innovation - 01.11.2022

University of Toronto collaborates with Naver, Wattpad on AI research

Health - Innovation - 01.11.2022

Waterloo startup testing nanotechnology to reach better postoperative patient outcomes
Smart monitoring system is designed to help caregivers identify leaks, bleeds or potential infections early By Etta Di Leo University Relations Growing up, Youssef Helwa was fascinated by his mother's stories about the patients she cared for as a surgeon. Those conversations became the inspiration behind his company, FluidAI.

Innovation - Career - 31.10.2022

Campus - Innovation - 31.10.2022

Two University of Toronto professors named Canada CIFAR AI Chairs

Economics / Business - Innovation - 27.10.2022

Innovation - Computer Science - 26.10.2022

Gift from Schmidt Futures to spark a revolution in AI-based STEM research at the University of Toronto
With the goal of accelerating scientific research through the application of artificial intelligence, Schmidt Futures is investing $148-million in nine global universities, including the University of Toronto.

Health - Innovation - 25.10.2022

$90-million gift to the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research marks new era in cardiac health

Innovation - Health - 21.10.2022

Quantum technology for real world impact
Waterloo researchers share health solutions at the Quantum for Health pitch competition By Stephanie Longeway University Relations On October 20, the Transformative Quantum Technologies team hosted a

Economics / Business - Innovation - 19.10.2022

Innovation - Materials Science - 18.10.2022

Environment - Innovation - 17.10.2022

Startup lands federal contract to plant one million trees across Canada using drones

Innovation - Computer Science - 05.10.2022

Four startups to watch from University of Toronto Engineering’s Hatchery Demo Day 2022
From brain data software that simplifies neuroscience research to wearable technology that will protect older adults from fall-induced injuries, four student-led startups at the University of Toronto are moving closer to commercial viability.

Innovation - Environment - 05.10.2022

Innovation - Economics / Business - 03.10.2022

Physics - Innovation - 29.09.2022

Global experts in quantum technologies, research gather at University of Toronto to discuss ’growing and maturing field’

Innovation - Economics / Business - 27.09.2022

University of Toronto Entrepreneurship’s Jon French on the new RBC Innovation Challenge - and what students need to know

Law - Innovation - 26.09.2022

The AI Taxman: Documentary focuses on University of Toronto law prof who launched legal-tech startup

Health - Innovation - 24.09.2022

Innovation - 21.09.2022

CFI invests $3.9 M in McGill research

Environment - Innovation - 19.09.2022

Environment - Innovation - 19.09.2022

Innovation - Economics / Business - 16.09.2022

Goal: Create one of the best entrepreneurial support programs

Innovation - 12.09.2022

Innovation - Campus - 08.09.2022

Innovation - Computer Science - 08.09.2022

Innovation - Economics / Business - 08.09.2022

Canada must boost support of science and tech: President Meric Gertler and Alan Bernstein in the Globe and Mail

Innovation - Health - 07.09.2022

Making a breakthrough in bricks
Engineering student impresses judges with carbon-neutral masonry units formed using bacteria By Brian Caldwell Faculty of Engineering A project inspired by a co-op work term on a construction crew has put a Waterloo Engineering student in the running for an international invention prize.

Innovation - 06.09.2022

Computer Science - Innovation - 06.09.2022

History / Archeology - Innovation - 06.09.2022

Campus - Innovation - 06.09.2022

Ten students at McGill University receive Canada’s largest Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) scholarship

Sport - Innovation - 02.09.2022

Find school-life balance this fall
There's no shortage of ways to get involved By Jennifer Halcrow UWaterloolife Team Your university experience extends beyond the classroom.

Astronomy / Space Science - Innovation - 01.09.2022

International collaboration advances drones as next big step in planetary exploration
Professor Catherine Neish led a team of students to Iceland to test how drones and rovers could work together for future space missions Godzilla vs. Kong. Batman vs. Superman. Drone vs. Rover? While Hollywood loves pitting iconic characters against one another in a summer blockbuster, even those fighting the same good fight, that's not the case for planetary scientists exploring the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Innovation - Career - 31.08.2022