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* Three Minute Thesis campus finals today
* Don't just ride the bus... push it!
* Registration opens for Matthews Classic
* Notes for a long weekend

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Three Minute Thesis campus finals today

The 3MT logo. 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.


[12]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.


[13]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 [15]Federation of Students 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.


[16]Read the full story.


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Registration opens for Matthews Classic

Registration for the annual [18]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 [19]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 [20]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 [22]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. REVelation closes today and will remain closed until
further notice (or at least until May 3, according to the Food Services
website).


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 [23]Phys.org and [24]Student
Science.




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Capstone Design Competition today

Student teams from the Faculty of Engineering will have 90 seconds to win
over the judges when they pitch their inventive ideas for a chance at
$60,000 today.

Judges selected the 15 finalists for the second-annual Norman Esch
Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design from the 60 participants in the
Capstone Design symposia held on campus in March. The five-day event
showcased projects that senior engineering students spent months designing
and building.

The Esch Foundation funds the awards, which support creative and
entrepreneurial students in the pursuit of research and development and its
commercialization for the benefit of Canada.

Pitches start at 2:00 p.m. in the Sedra Student Design Centre in Engineering
5.

Links of the day

o [26]World Autism Awareness Day o [27]Mahavir Jayanti o [28]Maundy Thursday
o[29] Passover o [30]Good Friday o [31]50 Easter Eggs from Marvel movies

When and where

Norman Esch Capstone Design Awards, Thursday, April 2, 2:00 p.m., Sedra
Student Design Centre, Engineering 5.


Biomedical Discussion Group Lecture featuring Dr. Dirk Duncker, "Exercise
Training in Adverse Cardiac Remodeling," Thursday, April 2, 2:30 p.m., DC
1304. [32]Details.


University-wide Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals, Thursday, April 2, 2:30
p.m., Humanities Theatre. [33]Details.


Good Friday holiday, Friday, April 3, most University buildings and services
closed.


UW Chamber Choir Concert: St. Matthew Passion, Friday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.,
Centre in the Square. [34]Details.


OHD Staff Conference 2015, Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8.
[35]Details.


Department of History presents Professor Eric Jennings, University of
Toronto, "[36]Global, Colonial, and Transnational Paths: Thinking through
Francophone Spaces in World War II and Beyond," Tuesday, April 7, 10:30
a.m., Ev3 4408. Refreshments provided.


Human Resources presents US Tax Information Session, Tuesday, April 7, 11:30
a.m., DC 1304.


Board of Governors meeting, Tuesday, April 7, 1:30 p.m., Tannery Event
Centre.


Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (I.B.M.B.) Seminar Series
featuring Professor Jeff Smith, Department of Chemistry, Carleton
University, "TrEnDi: a tool to enhance sensitivity in proteomics and
lipidomics" Tuesday, April 7, 3:30 p.m., C2-361. [37]Details.


GreenHouse Social Innovation Showcase, Tuesday, April 7, 4:00 p.m., STP 201.
[38]Details.


Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience presents the 9th Annual Brain Day,
Wednesday, April 8, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EV3 1408. [39]Details.


Retirement celebration for Olaf Naese, Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 p.m.,
TC2218. [40]Details.


Fine Arts Life Drawing session, Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m., ECH 1224A.
[41]Details.


CTE presents Clicker (CTE726), Thursday, April 9, 12:00 p.m., MC 4040.
[42]Details.


Examination period begins, Friday, April 10. [43]Details.


Online examination days, Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11.


TD University of Waterloo Discover Day in Health Sciences, Tuesday, April
14, 8:00 a.m., Modern Languages. [44]Details.


2015 UW Retirees Association Spring Luncheon,
Tuesday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Luther Village. [45]Details.

UWRC Book Club featuring "My Year of Meats," Wednesday, April 15, 12:00
p.m., LIB 407.


LEARN Instructor User Group (CTE686), Thursday, April 16, 12:30 p.m., EV1
241. [46]Details.


WISE Public Lecture Series featuring Professor George Gross, professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, "A Practical Framework for the Implementation of the
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Concept," Friday, April 17, 2:00 p.m., CPH 4333.
[47]Details.


Senate meeting, Monday, April 20, 3:30 p.m., NH 3001.


Examination period ends, Saturday, April 25.


Deadline to become Fees Arranged, Monday, April 27. [48]Details.


Annual Teaching and Learning Conference: Opportunities and New Directions,
Thursday, April 30.

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