For a political science professor conducting cross-disciplinary research in economics and history, the global financial crisis provides a perfect Petri dish. Eric Helleiner is focusing his investigative lens on responses to the monetary meltdown. “The question now,” he says, “is how will governments work to ensure this never happens again?”
The University of Waterloo has reached new heights in philanthropic giving, raising more than half a billion dollars over the course of a campaign that has transformed the university and its community. Campaign Waterloo has raised more than $515 million, including gifts of $101 million from Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis (pictured) to support the Institute for Quantum Computing and the Quantum-Nano Centre.