collage of Waterloo CS women researchers and entrepreneurs

🎉 Happy (early) International Women’s Day! To celebrate, we are recognizing our phenomenal women researchers and entrepreneurs.

⭐ From groundbreaking discoveries to accelerating patient care, #UWaterloo Computer Science women shine!

🔗 Read more: cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/interna...

#IWD #womeninstem

University of Waterloo researchers have successfully engineered soil bacteria to "eat" cancer tumors from the inside out. The bacteria target the oxygen-starved core of tumors, leaving healthy, oxygen-rich tissue completely untouched This breakthrough uses *Clostridium sporogenes*, a bacterium that naturally thrives only in zero-oxygen environments—exactly like the center of a solid tumor. The researchers added a "genetic circuit" (using DNA like wires) that acts as a safety switch. It only turns on the bacteria's survival and cancer-fighting traits once they've reached a high enough population inside the tumor. This prevents the bacteria from growing in oxygen-rich areas like the bloodstream, making it a highly targeted "guided missile" for cancer.

University of Waterloo researchers have engineered soil bacteria to *eat* cancer tumors from the inside out! 🤩 These bacteria precisely target the tumor's core, leaving healthy tissue completely untouched. #CancerResearch #UWaterloo #ScienceBreakthrough

Tracking transit | Waterloo News A first-year Waterloo student has developed a program that tracks the real-time speed of every streetcar line in Toronto. Called the TTCLeaderboard, the app is set up like keeping score of a race, ran...

#UWaterloo student, Luka Jovanovic built a website to track the speed of the #TTC streetcars.

🏁 Called the TTCLeaderboard, the app is set up like keeping score of a race, ranking the lines from fastest to slowest 🏁

Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/mathema...

#toronto

Powering smart irrigation with second life batteries: Waterloo’s breakthrough approach for Yucatán farmers | Water Institute | University of Waterloo Draft 1

What happens to EV batteries after the road? 💧

#UWaterloo students Carter McCrae & Aidan Iapicco are giving them a second life powering irrigation for farmers in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

Read more: uwaterloo.ca/water-instit...
#Water #CircularEconomy #SustainableAgriculture

The University of Waterloo sign on main campus with the Dana Porter Library in the background in winter

👀 Big news today for #UWaterloo and postsecondary education across Ontario.

The government of Ontario announced a $6.4 billion investment over four years to strengthen the postsecondary sector and support its long-term sustainability.

More: uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-bud...

JHM Shortlist | CUP

My Oct 2025 article on the #UWaterloo layoffs and budget cuts got shortlisted for the JHM Labour Reporting Award!
www.cup.ca/jhm-shortlist
Article:
uwimprint.ca/layoffs-what...

Back to campus: students, staff, and faculty react to new in-person work guidelines Following in the footsteps of other employers, UW has announced its own return-to-office expectations for employees and faculty members in the new year. But what do they think about this change?  On ...

My article on reactions to #UWaterloo 's new RTO policy for staff and the RTO push for faculty is out in the Jan issue of Imprint: uwimprint.ca/back-to-camp...

A collage of health care activities from UWaterloo grads

Did you know your optometrist is likely a #UWaterloo graduate? Or that Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy offers Canada’s only pharmacy co-op program? Waterloo doesn’t just teach — it prepares allied health professionals who improve lives across Canada & beyond.

Full story: uwaterloo.ca/news/how-wat...

#UWaterloo Staff RTO guidelines are now in effect, meaning they're now expected to come to campus 5 days a week. It's also peak illness season w much higher positive flu case numbers than last year.
Wear a K/N95 mask when you come in so everyone else can stay safe and healthy!!!

🈴 #UWaterloo students showed how AI can unlock human learning at the Google-UWaterloo Symposium 📈

🔗 Read more about the students' projects and the #Google & UWaterlo collaboration at: uwaterloo.ca/news/mathema...

Waterloo Blockchain standing in front of a screen and doing the "W" hand sign

✈️ Waterloo Blockchain flew to South America for #ETHGlobal Buenos Aires and came home with $25,850 USD 🏆

🔗 Read more about our students' hackathon win at cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/waterlo...

#uwaterloo #laurier #blockchain

ADHD: What it is, and what it isn’t When you think of someone with ADHD, what comes to mind? What assumptions do you make? And how does it match up with what having ADHD is truly like? According to the Canadian Psychological Associatio...

Dec issue of Imprint is out, including my article on #UWaterloo students w ADHD: uwimprint.ca/adhd-what-it...

A white male with short brown hair wearing a white 3M n95 respirator standing infront of a silver occupational health and safety office sign

I’m on today’s JHSC meeting agenda at #UWaterloo, representing @cupe5524.bsky.social, speaking about Health Canada’s Guidance for Indoor Air Quality Professionals, published this past September.

Wish me luck for even the smallest win in making indoor air safer at our workplace!

⚖️ Professors Maura R. Grossman, Yuntian Deng, and Wenhu Chen join CIFAR's Solution Networks to tackle AI safety in the legal system and linguistic inequality 🗣️

🔗 Read more: cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/cs-prof...

#uwaterloo

1/11
🇨🇦 🦠 WATERLOO STUDY: EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW COVID VACCINES 🦠 🇨🇦

Researchers at the #UWaterloo looked at the real-world effectiveness of the 2024-2025 #COVID #vaccines against new strains.

👉 The key finding: They are "indeed effective," especially against severe outcomes. 👈

#VaccinesWork

A conglomerate with the iron oxide replaced by native copper. From Calumet and Hekla Mine, Michigan. University of Waterloo Earth Sciences Museum Collection. https://uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum/resources/detailed-rocks-and-minerals-articles/copper

Native copper in a sedimentary conglomerate. It is proposed that detrital hematite reacts with copper sulfate solutions to reduce the copper and the fluids carry away the iron and sulfur.

From Calumet and Hekla Mine, Michigan. University of Waterloo Earth […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]

🦅 What if your gym routine consisted of gliding across a forest, skewing fruits like a ninja, or racing on a Formula 1 track? 🏁

🎮 That’s the vision behind Hiro. They're supporting children with disabilities by gamifying physiotherapy exercises.

🔗 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/clinic-...

#UWaterloo

A Banner of the 5 Fall Convocation valedictorians

Meet five exceptional #UWaterloo graduate students crossing the convocation stage this weekend as Class of 2025 valedictorians.

🔗 uwaterloo.ca/news/graduat... | #UWaterlooGrad

Chatted with @cupe5524.bsky.social about the bargaining process for a fair collective agreement on behalf of #UWaterloo academic workers! Tysm for taking the time and trusting me with your story.

Layoffs: what’s happened so far and what’s to come Third-year communication arts student Haya Kharouba was in her DAC 209 course in winter 2025 when her instructor announced the devastating news on the last day of class. “At the end, she ‘Hey everyo...

Did a feature on the ongoing layoffs and impacts of budget cuts at #UWaterloo: larger class sizes, hiring freeze, and less funding for TAs. uwimprint.ca/layoffs-what...

A title slide for a presentation, with purple coloured striped at the top and faded pathogen-containing aerosols in the background. Integrating Health-Inclusive Principles in Course Design Addressing Shared Indoor Air as an Accessibility Barrier 10/14/2025 Ryan Tennant, BASc, MASc, PhD CandidateSystems Design Engineering University of Waterloo – Accessible Education Day 2025 University of Waterloo crest (orange, black, red, and white shield) Faculty of Engineering

It's Accessible Education Day at #UWaterloo!

This afternoon, I'm looking forward to joining the panel "What are instructors doing to integrate accessibility in their courses?"

My talk will focus on how shared indoor air quality is a fundamental barrier to accessibility and what we can do about it.

A treat for our tastebuds and for us | Environment | University of Waterloo Under bright autumn skies and the buzz of conversation, the Faculty of Environment community gathered on the EV3 Green for its annual Fall Food Truck Social.

The University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment held its annual Fall Food Truck Social, bringing together students and faculty with amazing global cuisine! Food trucks are the perfect way to build community! #UWaterloo #FoodTrucks

COVID-19 and flu vaccine appointments available at Health Services Appointments now available to book On Oct. 9, it was announced via the Daily Bulletin that Health Services is now offering appointments for updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines, with high-risk individual...

#UWaterloo Health Services is now offering appts for the new #covid19 and flu vaccines. High risk can book Oct 14 and later; general public Oct 27. uwimprint.ca/covid-19-and...

A group of seven people standing at the front of a lecture hall in front of a projector screen. The title on the slide of the screen says: "Ethical Tech for a Global Future" The text below reads: "A symposium presented by the University of Waterloo Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism, in partnership with the University of Waterloo's Black Faculty Collective/Black Studies and the Critical Media Lab (CML). Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)."

Last week, I was invited to be a panel respondent to a Keynote presentation by Dr. Maurita T. Harris at the Ethical Tech for a Global Future Symposium at #UWaterloo. Dr. Harris's talk was titled, "Human Factors, Ethics, and the Future of Responsible Innovation."

🧵1/4

Academic workers union launches E-action Union urges UW to bargain in good faith as talks continue The union representing academic workers at UW (graduate student TAs, RAs, and sessional instructors) launched its e-action campaign on Septemb...

Spoke to @cupe5524.bsky.social last month about the long process for a fair collective agreement with #UWaterloo which started last year and has faced several delays. uwimprint.ca/academic-wor...

UW staff returning to office five days a week in 2026 An email attributed to president Vivek Goel sent out Wednesday Oct. 1 announced new work guidelines for all UW staff would take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. All staff will be expected to work from campus f...

#UWaterloo says staff are expected to RTO 5 days a week starting next year; 2 days a week max for hybrid arrangements. uwimprint.ca/uw-staff-ret...

Google and UWaterloo logos side by side

Today, #UWaterloo & Google announced a research collaboration that will examine the impact of AI on education and career readiness.

The partnership includes a $1 million research agreement to create the Google Chair in the Future of Work and Learning.

🔗 uwaterloo.ca/news/media/g...

🤖 #UWaterloo researchers have discovered major privacy weaknesses in collaborative robots— calling for stronger defenses.

🏆 This study won the Best Research Paper Award at ARES 2025, one of the biggest conferences in #cybersecurity.

🔗 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/robots-...

Students walking on the main path at the University of Waterloo with a graphic saying "#18 in the world for producing entrepreneurs, up 3 spots since 2024"

In 2025 Waterloo has produced: 639 founders, 527 companies and $14B USD raised in capital

The University of Waterloo has jumped to 18th in the world for producing entrepreneurs. 📈

Founders from #UWaterloo raised more than $14 billion USD in venture capital in 2024, according to the latest 2025 rankings by PitchBook.

🔗 uwaterloo.ca/news/waterlo...

The BONUS of meeting in Kingston meant that me and my #UWaterloo ladies could reunite for our 20 year friendiversary! I can’t believe 20 years ago I left northern Newfoundland and moved halfway across the country alone

Well, I can believe, I know myself and my persistence (or stubborness?) well!