The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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Accrual consists of items received by Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo, when he attended the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on December 10, 2018. During the ceremony, Donna Strickland, associate professor of physics and astronomy, received the Nobel Prize for her work.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
Added to AtoM May 2025 by DR.
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Six copies of cards featuring an image of Donna Strickland designed by Beyond Curie, a design project celebrating women in STEM. The card features an image of Strickland using a piece of equipment, possibly a chirped pulse laser apparatus. The cards were sold by Beyond Curie as part of a 42-card set each featuring a small description about a different scientist or technologist. The Donna Strickland card was card number 42. File also includes four envelopes.
Caption on back of the card: “DONNA STRICKLAND is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers. In 2018, she won the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses, called chirped pulse amplification (CPA).
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
Scanned as TIF file May 2026.
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An enamel pin created by the Optical Society (now Optica) to commemorate Donna Strickland’s Nobel Prize in Physics. The pin features an image of Strickland using a piece of equipment, possibly a chirped pulse laser apparatus.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
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A rectangular postcard featuring an illustration of head and shoulder portraits of all Nobel Laureates in 2018 including Donna Strickland. The postcard was designed by Niklas Elmehed and likely sold by the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. File also includes a brown-paper gift bag from the Nobel Prize Museum.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
Scanned as TIF file May 2026.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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Two copies of a poster titled, The Nobel Prize 2018 in Physics: Tools made of light, created by The Royal Swedish Academy of Science. The poster features pictures of all three Nobel Prize in Physics recipients: Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland as well as information and infographics about their groundbreaking inventions.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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A booklet titled, Beyond Discovery: Journey to Stockholm. Daily Journal, produced for guests that joined the delegation from the University of Waterloo. The booklet was created by Creative Services at the University of Waterloo.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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A chocolate bar wrapper created by Vincent Mourou, co-founder of Marou chocolate and son of Gérard Mourou, with the help of co-founder Sam Maruta and Rice Creative partner Joshua Breidenbach to commemorate Gérard Mourou (Haut-collège of École Polytechnique) and optical physicist Donna Strickland’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) technique. The design of the wrapper featured Mourou and Strickland’s condensed three-page prize winning paper with much of the technical jargon replaced with the word “chocolate.”
The wrapper in the file only includes the altered copy of the three-page paper that was wrapped around the gold foil lining the chocolate bar. It does not include the additional two-sided enclosure that featured white paper with gold ink listing the name of the chocolate bar, the event, and the flavour inside on the exterior side and luminescent triangles on the interior side.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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A replica copy of the last will and testament of Alfred B. Nobel. Also includes a transcription of the document in English and Swedish.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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Invitations sent to President and Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur for a reception held on December 9, 2018 in honour of the 2018 Nobel Laureates and the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony on December 10, 2018 in Sweden. Also includes a visitor information card and two blank envelopes.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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A booklet containing the programme for Donna Strickland’s trip to Sweden during Nobel Week between December 5, 2018, and December 16, 2018. The programme outlines all the events and activities Strickland was scheduled to participate in during the visit.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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Two copies of the official programme for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony held on December 10, 2018.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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Two copies of a booklet containing the English translation of the speeches at the 2018 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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A booklet containing the seating plan for the Nobel Banquet held on December 10, 2018.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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A replica of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics medal that was awarded to optical physicist Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou (Haut-collège of École Polytechnique) for their Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) technique. File also includes a blue medal case.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.
The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.
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Press clippings from the _Waterloo Region Record_ and _Toronto Star_ featuring articles about Donna Strickland receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics during the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 2018.
Transferred by the Office of the President in 2018.