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Thursday, July 13, 1995
UW's in Maclean's again
Readers of
Canada's national newsmagazine have no excuse for not
knowing that Waterloo is a nursery for computer wizards and high-technology
companies. Rob Leitman of the computer
science department puts things succinctly in a newsgroup posting
I noticed this morning:
The UW Computer Science program is in a Maclean's article yet
again, this time as a sidebar to the top five software companies
in Canada. For some reason, the photo of Ian Goldberg was left
out of this one.
The maple leaf we sever
So long to the giant maple tree that has spread its branches in
front of the Graduate House (formerly the Schweitzer farmhouse) since
long before there was a University of Waterloo. "It was time to take
it down," says Brian O'Riley, supervisor of the plant operations grounds
section. He noted that as long as 20 years ago, cables were installed
to help support the old tree, thought to be 90 to 100 years old. "It's
been dying back for the last three or four years," he said, and seemed
to be posing a danger.
So Tuesday morning a crew started cutting it back ("the branches were
dead inside, all right") and yesterday they took down the trunk until
nothing more than a stump stands where once was a 40-foot tree. (The
last stage of the work was done with the help of a "cherry-picker", and
led to some minor damage to the house's patio railing.)
Bill
Halverson, manager of the Grad House, has put aside a large piece that
will warm the club as a Yule log next December; the rest of the tree
will end up as wood chips on campus paths, O'Riley said.
A group in chemical engineering
has been interested in planting a tree as a memorial to a dead classmate;
that site, which faces Engineering I, will now be available to them for a
new maple.
Meetings on human resources
A letter has gone out to all faculty and staff members from one of the
"working groups" set up by the university's
Commission on Institutional Planning. The working group on
"human resources" is inviting comments, and has set dates for three
open meetings:
- July 19 (next Wednesday), 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the multi-purpose
room of the Student Life Centre
- July 21, 6 to 8 p.m., Davis Centre room 1302
- September 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Student Life Centre
The working group is
considering such issues as workloads, recruitment, salaries,
performance evaluation, training, and "institutional flexibility
to adapt".
Research grant deadlines
The UW
office of research
has issued a nine-page, fine-print list of research grant programs that
have deadlines this summer and early fall. Copies have been sent to
faculty members all across campus.
Doing "research relevant to the Air Force"? There's money available.
Studying "the use and prevention of misuse of alcoholic beverages"?
The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation awaits your
application. And so on. Besides specialized programs, the list includes
the annual grants from the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the
Medical
Research Council.
The research office at ext. 6033 or ext. 5108 has more information.
Happening on this hot day
- International graduate students and their families are invited
to a picnic at Columbia Lake today: slow-pitch baseball from 2 to 4
p.m., barbecue from 4 to 7. The event is free, sponsored by the
International Graduate Students Committee, with a suggested
donation of $2 from non-members.
- The turnkeys' first annual "fun-raiser", on the patio of the Student
Life Centre, presents four bands between noon and 6 p.m. today, with an
open microphone between sets for those brave enough to try performing.
All the bands include UW students; they are Brown Corduroy, Dean
Ain't Dead, Tinko Raices and No Through Traffic. Everybody's welcome
to stop by.
Chris Redmond
Information
and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
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