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The donor-funded program that helps students give back while gaining experience.

Often, our generous alumni point to a specific person or experience that inspired them to give back. Read on to find four of these inspiring stories.

Calvin Choi (BA ’01) and the AMTD Foundation create a multi-million dollar fund to support future global leaders.

Alumnus and entrepreneur Bill Rickert (PhD ’68) is giving generously to the University of Waterloo to honour two professors who changed the course of his career, and to empower the next generation of scientists in biomedicine, biotechnology, and nanomedicine. 

Chamath Palihapitiya, University of Waterloo alumnus who is a successful venture capitalist and part owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors has donated $25 million towards Engineering 7, the University’s newest building that officially opened yesterday.

Alumnus Sam Pasupalak was so inspired by Bill Gates’ 2008 campus talk that he went on to co-found an AI startup that Microsoft purchased last year.

The University of Waterloo launched the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute today, bringing together a large group of researchers and businesses to advance technology and prepare Canada for future economic disruption.

A new collaboration between the University of Waterloo and Cisco Canada will help advance research in the area of 5G technology.

A new program at the University of Waterloo is changing how entrepreneurial students think about business.

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is opening a cyber security lab and investing $1.78 million into research at the University of Waterloo to develop advanced cybersecurity and privacy tools.