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McMaster Museum of Art Appoints New Interim Director and Senior Curator
Betty Julian has been appointed to interim director and senior curator at the McMaster Museum of Art — M(M)A — beginning Sept. 1, 2024.
Julian steps into the role following her tenure as the museum’s adjunct senior curator since…
McMaster Researchers Warn of Threat to Aquatic Ecosystems from Drugs in Wastewater
A team of international researchers is calling for urgent action as the world becomes increasingly reliant on medications that end up in rivers and lakes, where they pose a serious threat to fish and other aquatic species.
While…
McMaster Surgery Department Brings Together Innovative and Creative Minds
A new art installation aiming to inspire a culture of creativity has officially opened in the department of Surgery.
The Creative Collective is a curated gallery that features a variety of artwork from faculty members, staff and their…
Waterloo Researchers Renowned for Challenging Perspectives and Creating Transformative Solutions for…
Waterloo researchers are renowned for challenging perspectives in their pursuit of truth and to produce knowledge that leads to transformative solutions for humanity to thrive in a complex future.
Although universities are…
Waterloo Researchers Find Restricting Text Highlighting Can Enhance Reading Comprehension
If you scroll through the average student’s digital textbook or reading, you will probably see multi-coloured streaks scattered everywhere. However, new research reveals that excessive highlighting may do more harm than good.
Researchers…
University of Waterloo’s RECOVER Project to Aid Island Nations in Climate Change Fight
Small island communities contribute less than one per cent to global greenhouse gas emissions but suffer disproportionally from climate change effects and are struggling to adapt to the crisis. Their experiences underscore a critical need…
Study Links Loneliness to Higher Risk of Memory Loss in Older Adults
About a third of Canadians feel lonely, and a study from the University of Waterloo shows it has a greater negative impact on memory than even social isolation, though both present a significant risk to the aging population.…
University of Waterloo Hosts Vitalik Buterin, Co-Founder of Ethereum
On Saturday, July 6, nearly two hundred students gathered for an ask-me-anything event with Vitalik Buterin, the co-creator of the Ethereum blockchain and a former University of Waterloo student.
Buterin studied computer science at…
Waterloo Historian and Holocaust Expert Corrects Alderney Island Death Count
Waterloo researchers are known globally for tackling complex problems and Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt, of Waterloo’s School of Architecture in Cambridge, is one of them. He is a highly regarded expert and truth-seeker on all things related to…
Waterloo Students Secure Over $700,000 in Grants for AI-Driven Cultivated Seafood Research
Two students from the faculties of Science and Mathematics are exploring new ways to bring cultivated seafood to the table. Kevin Shen (BCS ’24) and Rikard Saqe’s idea to apply computational modelling to understand how fish cells grow and…