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Starting Nov 9, #UWaterloo will require masks for indoor activity that is part of academic instruction. This includes, but is not limited to, lectures, seminars, labs, tests, exams and all other forms of academic instruction wherever it happens indoors.
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Congratulations to Dr. Donna Strickland, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at #UWaterloo, is one of three scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. She is the first woman to receive this award in 55 years. #NobelPrize#UWaterlooProud
"We scientists like to puzzle as to why something is working."
Donna Strickland never worked as hard or had as much fun as when she was performing the research that led her to the 2018 #NobelPrize in Physics.
Listen to full telephone interview:
youtube.com/watch?v=tbbIJq…
#UWaterloo is proud to announce that a full tuition waiver will be offered to all qualifying students from two First Nation communities on whose traditional territory the University is situated.
More: bit.ly/431yA10 | #UWaterlooNews
When #UWaterloo alumnus, Josh Kalpin, volunteered to help @VaxHuntersCan, he was trying to protect his family and friends from COVID-19.
Now, just one month later, he’s helped thousands of people across the country get life-saving shots.
Read more: bit.ly/3ndwuar
With heavy hearts we share that Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan and Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani, two #UWaterloo phD students, were listed on the passenger manifest of flight PS752. Our thoughts are with their family, friends and all those lost in this incident. bit.ly/2QAWVbp
Donna Strickland, a #UWaterloo Associate Professor who helped revolutionize laser physics, has been named a winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Her work paved the way toward the shortest & most intense laser pulses created by humankind. More: ow.ly/f1pc30m47Ch
#UWaterloo will require students living in our residences during the 2021/22 academic year to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
We're making these changes based on the new advice we received this week from @ROWPublicHealth.
See details: bit.ly/UWCOV-Res
And she's off! ✈️ #UWaterloo's @NobelPrize winner Donna Strickland has taken off over the Atlantic with her husband and is on her way to Stockholm to receive her prize. Follow Donna's 'Diary of a Nobel Laureate' here: ow.ly/QjHD30mRHjC#UWaterlooProud
UPDATE:
▹ #UWaterloo is suspending all on-campus courses from March 14 - 23.
▹ At the end of the suspension, #UWaterloo is cancelling all in-person academic activity, including in-person exams, until the end of the term (April 25).
More details: uwaterloo.ca/coronavirus
Your health and safety are top of mind as we respond to changes in COVID-19 trends. We need to act now to minimize disruption to the end of term exam season and to protect the most vulnerable people in our #UWaterlooCommunity.
More info:bit.ly/3FVarAA | #UWaterloo
“I am getting to know Waterloo well and it is clear to me that this place is special."
#UWaterloo is saddened by the news that scientist, and forever #WRAwesome friend, Stephen Hawking has passed away. Much like the universe he studied, his work will live on into infinity.