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CAP Lecture: The Path to Discovery - A Tale from the LHCMar 26 - The 2013 CAP Lecture at WLU will be presented by physicist Dr. Alison Lister from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Lister is a particle physicist who works at CERN on the Higgs boson project. She is an invited speaker at TEDxWaterloo 2013. *There will be an informal meet and greet with Dr. Lister at 11:00 a.m. with refreshments. All are welcome.
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People at Laurier
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2011 was another big year for Laurier alumnus Greg Overholt, who earned an Ontario Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Social Innovation category. The Globe and Mail also named him one of Toronto’s hottest young entrepreneurs. Overholt is the executive director and creator of Students Offering Support (SOS), a non-profit organization that supports first- and second-year students with exam preparation while also raising money for development projects. Since it was founded in 2005, SOS has raised more than $700,000 for sustainable development projects in Latin America and tutored more than 12,000 students.