Episode 64 - Arts is 60, Congrats to Graduates, Posthumous and Honorary Degrees

Beyond the Bulletin Podcast

The Faculty of Arts celebrates its 60th anniversary and Sheila Ager, its dean, reflects on its beginnings and the importance of the arts in society. More than 2,600 people earned degrees at fall convocation. Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani and Mari Foroutan, who were killed in the Ukrainian International Airlines crash, received PhD degrees posthumously. Jaya Gupta, a nanotechnology student who died of cancer, received an honorary bachelor of applied science. Four postdoctoral researchers receive the AMTD Waterloo Global Talent Postdoctoral Fellowship, thanks to the generous donation of Calvin Choi, a Waterloo alumnus. Book your flu vaccination. Links in this episode: Convocation awards: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2020-10-21#celebrating-our-convocation-award-winners Valedictorians: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2020-10-23#meet-the-valedictorians-of-2020 Posthumous and honorary degrees: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2020-10-20#waterloo-awards-posthumous-and-honorary-degrees-to-three-students Postdoctoral fellowships: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2020-10-16#four-brilliant-researchers-join-waterloo-on-fellowships Six Nations of the Grand River: http://www.sixnations.ca/SixMilesDeepBooklet2015Final.pdf] Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-indigenous-affairs Food Services Schedule: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2020-10-16#food-services-provides-update-on-operations