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University of Waterloo best overall by reputation in Maclean's annual university ranking

UW President David Johnston with students

The University of Waterloo once again captured the highest reputation in Canada as "best overall" university in Maclean's annual university rankings. UW is No. 1 in three out of four national reputation measures: Best overall; Most Innovative; Leaders of Tomorrow.

CS4U at UWaterloo Day comes to UW on Saturday (2008/11/17)
How-to guide shows how people with dementia can take back control (2008/11/14)
Waterloo Centre for German Studies receives its largest donation (2008/11/12)

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Research at Waterloo: Building Knowledge

Managing the risk of new contaminants

In Mark Servos’s biology department lab, waders and long-handled nets compete for space with a mass spectrometer. Servos, an eco-toxicologist and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection, explains that he researches the impact of contaminants on aquatic life at levels “from gene expression all the way up to whole communities of fish.”

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