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    Innovative

    • In pursuit of the perfect contact lens

      Tucked away on the third floor of the School of Optometry, scientists are working hard at a world renowned research centre. The Centre for Contact Lens Research (CCLR) investigates the ocular response to contact lenses and other forms of vision correction.

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    • When technology dances with the sun

      Solar Collector, with its 12 tall aluminum shafts set in a sweeping curve, is public art. It’s also a unique collaboration between human beings, technology, and the sun.

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    • Students “Plan to Better” with sustainable design

      Entering a nation-wide competition to design a sustainable community east of Regina, a team of six undergrad planning students from Waterloo tied for first with a graduate-level team — and inspired the developers to revise their plans.

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    • VLink knows no bounds

      VLink helps people living in poor, rural areas connect to the Internet and the world in a whole new way.

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    Unconventional

    • From lawbreaker to lawmaker

      The journey from a Quebec penitentiary cell to Saskatchewan’s legislature seems an improbable one, until you hear Serge LeClerc (BA ’96), the honourable member for Saskatoon Northwest, talk about his transformation from criminal to social activist.

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    • The full (green) picture pays off

      Olaf Weber joined the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development as the Export Development Canada (EDC) Chair of Environmental Finance. He’s convinced banks could have better credit risk management if they think green.

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    • At Think About Math, fun is the common denominator

      Waterloo’s Think About Math! conference for teen girls convinces them that math leads to an exciting career.

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    • Unearthing opportunities in the geosciences

      Participating high school students will be eligible for credit to explore their planet, and future careers, under a new partnership between the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Region District School Board.

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    Collaborative

    • Weaning cars away from fossil fuels

      When it comes to reducing the automobile’s dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels, Xianguo Li takes both the short view and the long view. “We do what we can right now,” he says. “And we plan to do more in the future.”

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    • Measuring what comes from the mouths of babes

      Psychology professor Daniela O’Neill has worked with hundreds of parents and health professionals to create a Language Use Inventory that measures early language development in children.

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    • WELL-FIT gives its message a good workout

      UW WELL-FIT has been helping cancer patients through exercise on its home turf. Now it’s spreading its message to the rest of Canada.

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    • A partnership for life and health

      The Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging is a partnership between the university and Ron Schlegel, co-owner of 10 long-term care and retirement communities in southwestern Ontario. The communities serve as living research environments for carefully chosen research projects, and the research results are intended to benefit the residents.

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    Entrepreneurial & Risk-Taking

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