The University of Waterloo is known for being one of the best universities in the world for computer science.

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The University of Waterloo is a good example of a school that requires multiple quarters of full-time work experience as part of the curriculum to graduate.

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James Danckert, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, recently conducted a study to compare the physiological effects of boredom and sadness.

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Prof David Hammond from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, said the ban led to a decline in smoking - especially among the young - in Canada.

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The study was conducted by David Kille, Amanda Forest and Joanne Wood at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, and will be published soon in Psychological Science.

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Livingston founded Kik Interactive in 2009 at the University of Waterloo and released the Kik Messenger in October 2010, just as other messaging apps like WhatsApp and GroupMe were also emerging and starting to gain traction.

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Stephanie Denison, a psychology professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, and Fei Xu, a psychology professor at University of California, Berkeley, recently completed a study under review for publication which showed that infants have some knowledge of probabilities.

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