Three Minute Thesis campus finals today

With the faculty heats behind them, the finalists for the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) will compete today for the top Waterloo spot and the chance to represent our institution at the provincial finals.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final competition is happening today from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre. 

The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) is a university-wide competition for research-based masters thesis and doctoral students at Waterloo.   Competitors have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research to a non-specialist audience.

The first place winner receives a $1,000 prize and moves on to the provincial competition. The runner-up receives a $500 prize.

The finalists are:

• Sierra Palaniyandi, Applied Health Sciences (School of Public Health and Health Systems), "Mercury and Selenium in Inuit Traditional Foods";
• Michael MacKinley, Applied Health Sciences (School of Public Health and Health Systems), "The Interaction Between Early- and Late-Life Exposures in Predicting Cognitive Resilience in Older Adulthood";
• K. Yourie Kim, Arts (Psychology), "Discovering Entrepreneurial Intent: Application of an Expanded Model of Career Choice Motivation";
• Joseph Buscemi, Arts (History), "Protect and Survive?: The Recently Declassified History of Britain's Cold War Nuclear Survival Plans";
• Ali Haghi, Engineering (Electrical and Computer Engineering), "Fast Wireless Internet for Everyone";
• Elahe Jabari, Engineering (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering), "Micro-scale 3D Printing of Graphene";
• Julie DeWolf, Environment (Environment and Resource Studies), "Linking Human Rights and the Environment in the Canadian Legal System";
• Tawsif Khan, Mathematics (Applied Mathematics), "Optimal Sensor Location";
• Cheryl Soulliere, Science (Biology), "Regulation of Rainbow Trout Innate Immunity: The Pro-Inflammatory Response"; and
• Shane Farnsworth, Science (Physics & Astronomy), "The Geometry of our Universe".

The event takes place at 2:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre. The competition is open to the public, and attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the People's Choice award and vote for their favourite 3MT finals competitor.

Be a part of the audience and watch the 2015 3MT university-wide finalists compete.

Winners will be announced at the competition after a short deliberation by the judges.

The University of Waterloo 3MT winner will attend the 3MT Provincial finals at Western University in London on Thursday, April 23.

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Don't just ride the bus... push it!

This is the latest in a series of #UWCommunity stories that feature Waterloo in the community

On Sunday, March 22nd, the Waterloo Engineering Society enthusiastically endured their annual Engineering Bus Push event.

By collectively pulling and pushing a school bus down our city streets and collecting pledges, this year’s 16 Bus Push volunteers raised over $700 for local charity, oneROOF: an organization that helps homeless and at risk youth in Waterloo Region.

Read the full story.

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Registration opens for Matthews Classic

Registration for the annual Matthews Golf Classic opens on Monday, April 6.

The Matthews Golf Classic is a golf tournament held once a year in June and is open to all staff, faculty, students, retirees, alumni, contractors and invited guests. The event started in honour of Burt Matthews, President of the University of Waterloo from 1970 to 1981. Matthews attended the event for many years.

Pictured above are Dave Matthews, son of Burt Matthews and his wife Jane, and retiree Ed Linton and his wife Eileen from the 2014 golf tournament.

The tournament will take place at the Grand Valley Golf Course on Monday, June 8, with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m.

Pricing is as follows:

• $70.00 – Golf, shared cart, boxed lunch and dinner
• $50.00 – golf, shared cart, boxed lunch
  
• $25.00 – dinner only

Registration opens at 8:00 a.m. on Monday. This year online registration is available.

Payments should be forwarded to Sheila Hurley in the Safety Office, located in COM 105. If paying by cheque, make it out to "Matthews Golf Classic." Cheques can be post-dated to May 29. Payments can also be made with cash.

Contact Sheila Hurley for more information.

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Notes for a long weekend

Tomorrow is Good Friday, a statutory holiday, and as such the University of Waterloo will be closed for the most part.

The Athletics facilities in the PAC and CIF will be closed on Good Friday and will be open Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All Retail Services outlets will be closed on Good Friday.

Both Dana Porter and Davis Centre Libraries will be open on Good Friday. The Davis Centre will be open 24 hours and Dana Porter will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. The circulation desk at both locations will be open from noon to 6:00 p.m.

Most Food Services operations will be closed Friday, as they usually are for statutory holidays: Bon Appetit, Browser's, Brubaker's, CEIT Café, Liquid Assets Café, Pastry Plus in Needles Hall are all shuttered, with the SLC Subway closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Several units will be shutting their doors for quite some time starting tomorrow. Eye Opener Café, Festival Fare, the PAS Lounge, and Pastry Plus in BMH will all be closed from April 3 to September 6.

The Tim Hortons in the Davis Centre is closed Friday.

Mudie's weekend hours will be from 9:00 a.m. on Friday to 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 5.

The Turnkey Desk in the Student Life Centre will be there if you need it.

As always, even on holidays, the university police (ext. 22222, or 519-888-4911), and the central plant will monitor campus buildings (24-hour service and maintenance line, ext.33793).

In other news:

University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics researchers have recently published research about a novel approach to transmitting information without transmitting energy using "quantum afterglow." The technique is described in Phys.org and Student Science.

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