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Wednesday July 23, 2003
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
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Swans,
frogs and property owners are all in a day's work for "Renee," a
fourth-year environment and resource studies student who's currently in a
co-op placement at the
Wye Marsh Wildlife
Centre. She's featured on the environmental studies
Cool Job
of the Month web site.
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Participants are exploring medical topics such as neurophysiology, oncology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. The event is sponsored by UW, and by the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems -- a federally funded member of the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence.
"Throughout the sciences, the right sort of problems provide the challenges that lead to the improvement of techniques and development of new methods," says Siv Sivaloganathan, faculty member in applied mathematics and a member of the workshop scientific committee. "This has certainly been true in the case of mathematics in the medical sciences and it is an area that has seen rapid expansion in recent years.
"We are in a remarkable era both in terms of the incredible scientific innovations that have been and are currently being made and in terms of the interaction and communication between scientists of traditionally very disparate and distinct disciplines," he says.
Five intensive mini-courses at the workshop will introduce young researchers to mathematical modelling and design of medical diagnostic tools, medical image processing, physiological fluid dynamics, modelling solid tumour growth and introduction to mathematical neurophysiology.
The UW sessions are an introduction to the field for new researchers, postdocs and grad students, and will prepare them for the "brainstorming" session at the Fields Institute next week in Toronto, called the Applications of Mathematics in Medicine Workshop.
For the academic year 2002-03, there were 135 student-athletes who achieved 80 per cent or better in their competing terms, bringing the title of Academic All-Canadian in intercollegiate sport across Canada. One in four student-athletes achieve this honour.
"This is a remarkable feat. The University of Waterloo student-athletes rank in the top five in the country for their excellence in athletics and academics," commented athletics director Judy McCrae. Waterloo's 550 athletes compete in 31 teams within the OUA and the CIS.
The faculty numbers break down as follows: Applied Health Sciences 37, Arts 28, Engineering 30, Science 16, Math 20, Environmental Studies 4.
The SEW course "Web Management Using Dreamweaver MX" often has a waiting list. It will be offered on Tuesday August 12th and Wednesday August 13th, from 9 a.m. to noon in MC 1078. If you would like to register for the course, or would like more information, please call ext. 2078.
An information session for CUTC 2004 will be held tomorrow from 5 - 6 p.m. in RCH 307. The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) is "an annual student- run conference for Canadian undergraduate students to discuss technology with the academic and industry leaders of the world."
UW alumni officer Jeff Newell has been appointed director of residence and coordinator of student life at Renison College, effective August 5. "His association with Renison College is long and deep," says a memo from college principal John Crossley. "Jeff was a resident and student leader at the college in the mid-1980s while he was completing his BA (Hons) in Recreation and Leisure Studies, and he served as the college's special events and alumni affairs coordinator in 2001-02."
C&PA