🎓 Alumni Focus: Jazzmyn Proctor
Jazzmyn is a passionate creative, who supports others through her counseling practice and her very own podcast where she is making meaningful impact!
Read her story: bit.ly/Jazzmyn-Proctor
#HoodGradSchool #HoodProud #AlumniFocus #GradImpact
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Researchers from @WaterlooENG have created an AI-powered digital imaging system to speed up biopsy results. #GRADImpact
🔗 Learn more: uwaterloo.ca/news/media/maki…
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4 May 2024
For decades, MPACS student Afnan Aleem has situated himself in the centre of some of the world’s most critical humanitarian crisis zones.
Read more about his experiences: bit.ly/3Wl7Gkf
#GRADImpact @uwaterlooARTS @PACSuwaterloo @Conrad_Grebel
ALT Afnan Aleem portrait in front of Conrad Grebel University College building
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13 Apr 2024
Meet Chinelo Uddoh: part-time @uwaterloohealth Master of Health Informatics student, mother of two young daughters, pharmacist and a product manager at Deloitte, and uses AI to help pharmacists easily access regulation and policy information: bit.ly/3JgIL9E
#GRADImpact
ALT Chinelo Uddoh in health building
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6 Apr 2024
As a recent Master of Environmental Studies in @envwaterloo, Mohamed Yousuf used his thesis to bridge quantitative methods of carbon emissions reporting with qualitative methods of social influence frameworks.
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/43FfE9B #GRADImpact
ALT Mohamed Yousuf headshot with a parking lot view of evolve1 in the background
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30 Mar 2024
Founded by @WaterlooENG alum Zac Young, H2nanO, went from lab-based research to full-scale commercialization to address the pressing need for new, sustainable water treatment solutions.
Learn more: bit.ly/3HPvAfc #GRADImpact
ALT H2nanO property
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23 Mar 2024
From studying ancient microbial DNA in shipwrecks to understanding vaccine hesitancy and contemporary relational dynamics, @uwaterlooARTS Public Issues Anthropology MA students are using their research to create social impact.
Learn more: bit.ly/3ILXUzz #GRADImpact
ALT A group photo of Public Issues Anthropology MA students in front of an ARTS building at the University of Waterloo
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Dr. Ming Li, a Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics and Professor in the @WaterlooMath David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, is using deep learning technology to make personalized cancer vaccines accessible to everyone.
More: 🔗 bit.ly/433jNE1 #GRADImpact
ALT Dr. Ming Li portrait with cancer cells in the background.
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Firefighters are 3x more likely to die of cancer than the general population, partly attributed to their gear. Graduate student Drew Davidson is working to develop novel material to create firefighting gear that will not degrade.
Learn more: bit.ly/3SC5r8R #GRADImpact
ALT Drew Davidson and two men stand in a laboratory
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3 Feb 2024
The sheer scale of astrophysics research may seem overwhelming. But to @WaterlooSci PhD student Cameron Morgan, who studies galaxies 50 million light years away, the possibilities for discovery are captivating.
Learn more: bit.ly/4aLxJ9c #GRADImpact
ALT Cameron Morgan beside a telescope
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Having a positive impact has always been more important than money for entrepreneurial @WaterlooMath PhD student Mojtaba Valipour. In the MBET program, he's learning to balance social impact and financial success.
Learn more about his startup: bit.ly/3u0JDvh #GRADImpact
ALT Mojtaba Valipour portrait
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Heritage planning in @envwaterloo was a perfect fit for Natalie Majda's love of notable places and their stories. As she wraps up her master's thesis, learn how her research aims to restore Indigeneity in heritage planning: bit.ly/41T9qlw
#GRADImpact
ALT Natalie Majda walking down a long set of stairs in the University of Waterloo's environment building, surrounded by greenery.
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6 Jan 2024
Within just a year of starting the Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) program @WaterlooENG student Chinazom Uwaoma had already founded two promising startups.
Learn how he's driving social impact in Canada and globally: bit.ly/3H5d4PC #GRADImpact
ALT Chinazom Uwaoma image
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9 Dec 2023
Prolonged use of digital screens has been linked to an increase in dry eye disease. @WaterlooSci PhD student, Mana Monfared is developing instruments to enhance treatment and elevate the quality of life for individuals with the disease.
More: bit.ly/3Rx6He8 #GRADImpact
ALT Mana Monfared headshot
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2 Dec 2023
Interdisciplinary researchers at the @WaterlooMath Mathematical Medicine Lab under the supervision of Applied Mathematics professor, Mohammad Kohandel, have successfully created a method for better 3D modelling of complex cancers.
🔗 More: bit.ly/49TtJ65 #GRADImpact
ALT Nafiseh Moghimi looking into a microscope in a lab.
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11 Nov 2023
The Co-founder of Coastal Carbon, Kelly Zheng, is a @WaterlooENG grad whose startup received $1.6 million in funding to accelerate the development of an AI-driven seaweed biomass monitoring system.
🔗 Learn more about their impact: bit.ly/49rL2L7 #GRADImpact
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Aliya McNeil, @UwaterlooPsych MA grad and current PhD student, recently won the prestigious Vanier scholarship for her research on OCD and the factors that influence it.
Read more about her research: bit.ly/45KH7Wx #GRADImpact @uwaterlooARTS
ALT Aliya McNeil headshot
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Future PhD in @waterloosci chemistry, Justin Shmordok's research focuses on the process of biological nitrogen fixation through the lens of an inorganic chemist. Without #UWaterloo co-op, he may not have found his love for research.
Read more: bit.ly/3PyXzDs #GradImpact
ALT Justin Shmordok with his hand inside of a glovebox, using Schlenk techniques to create new compounds.
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#UWaterloo PhD student, Raquel Watkis explores multimorbidity's impact on Black women in Ontario and seeks ways to enhance their longevity.
Read more: bit.ly/46hJbGM | #GradImpact @uwaterloohealth
ALT University of Waterloo PhD Student, Raquel Watkis
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2 Oct 2023
Congrats to our own @TristanPKrause on being featured on the @CGSGradEd GradImpact series for his work with @UWBadgers' Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project -- that's #GoodBull
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