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Laurier recognised with United Way Rising Star Award
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Wilfrid Laurier University has recently become the recipient of United Way Waterloo Region Communities Rising Star Award for its 2019 fundraising campaign. This award recognizes new or returning campaigns that demonstrate initiative and growth throughout the campaign period. “We had a committee of faculty and staff from across all campuses that worked really hard to…
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The Changing Tradition of Tattoo Culture
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For the first period of my life, getting tattoos was something that a large majority of my close friends were doing and seeing ink on people was more common than not. Tattoos are something that stay on your body forever, and comparing the number of students who will one day be parents and adults…
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Laurier professors connect tattoos and impulsivity
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Two Wilfrid Laurier University professors recently conducted a study which concluded that tattoos are linked to impulsivity. Dr. Anne Wilson, a psychology professor, and Dr. Bradley Ruffle, an economist, conducted their interdispinary study to find out more about the phenomena of tattoos. The study began with Ruffle returning from years in Israel and noticing the…
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The Needle & Damage Done event features panel addressing opioid crisis
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On Feb. 8, the United Way hosted a panel discussion featuring local experts to discuss the ongoing opioid crisis in the Waterloo Region. The panel discussion, part of an event titled The Needle & The Damage Done, took place in Communitech’s office space in downtown Kitchener and is one in a series of GenNext events…
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