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Science at Waterloo is a global leader in research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge and imagination. From black holes and quantum computing, to ensuring the health of our great lakes, or creating new materials, medications and vision care, our research leads to disruptive innovations that will ensure a healthy and sustainable future.
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News
Lighting the way for future physicists
Congratulations to Dio Hsieh, the first recipient of the Lee Chan Chiou Entrance Scholarship in Physics, the largest donor-funded undergraduate scholarship in Science at Waterloo.
Graduate impact series: Catching atoms and chasing curiosity
PhD student Kent Ueno and his team are doing something that sounds like science fiction: trapping individual rubidium-87 atoms in space and manipulating them with lasers.
Celebrating a successful first CRC term
Newly renewed Canada Research Chair Dr. Brian Kendall reflects on his first term and toward his next.
Events
IQC Colloquium featuring Jonathan Home
Scaling quantum computing with trapped ions
Jonathan Home
ETH Zürich
Monday, November 17, 2025
2:30 p.m.
In-person: QNC 0101
Chemistry Seminar Series: Elizabeth R. Gillies
Self-immolative polymers: Designing, synthesizing, and applying polymers that fall apart
Elizabeth R. Gillies
Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
11:00 a.m.
In-person: C2-361
PhysiX: Girls Matter 2025
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting students in Grades 7 and 8 on campus in-person on November 22nd for free activity workshops, inspiring talks, and a panel discussion, to encourage and engage female and non-binary students to explore physics.
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