Western will host the eighth annual Building Reconciliation Forum next week, bringing together experts and those eager to learn under the theme “Education for Reconciliation: Rebuilding stronger and with intentionality.” From oral histories and wo …
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Team has the World by a string
Teams from across campus turned their attention to the global burden of mental illness in low- and middle-income countries at the local final of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge, held as part of International Week celebrations. The team comprised of Education...
Access lab revamped for students with disabilities
At one point, it was a darkroom. Later, it turned into a room where librarians counted coins from photocopiers. It also served as a storage closet. And then, more than a decade ago, with few changes to the space, the small room on the ground level of The D.B. Weldon...
Partnership to move new plastics forward
A Western Engineering professor’s work in developing an advanced plastic could soon have the attention of the automotive and aerospace industries for its potential benefits to manufacturing upgrades. Mechanical and Materials professor Takashi Kuboki recently began a...
Western testing cutting-edge hearing aid
Researchers at Western’s National Centre for Audiology (NCA) are testing how well light pulses transmit sound as they test a device that could break new ground in hearing-aid technology. Western is the first Canadian site to work with the Earlens hearing aid,...
Mahon takes SASAH from class, to world, and back
Patrick Mahon is ready to switch gears. An accomplished artist and Visual Arts professor, named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada earlier this fall, Mahon is wrapping up the calendar year preparing to take the helm of Western’s School for Advanced...
Scholar shedding light on how animals perceive threats
It was Badru Mugerwa’s curiosity that drove him to find out who, or what, was killing the cat. The African Golden Cat, to be more specific. But, he wondered, was it actually being killed? Or was ecotourism behind its marked drop in sightings in the Bwindi National...
Work pushing wave of printable electronics
Western researcher Jun Yang is looking to push the ‘paper’ envelope when it comes to printable electronics, a rapidly growing area of research that could soon revolutionize the electronics industry. Producing paper-based electronics – flexible, stretchable,...
Signage opens door to ‘inclusive’ washrooms
Western is encouraging a shift in how the campus community thinks about washroom facilities with a new poster campaign, launched this week, to foster safe spaces and inclusivity. “We’re calling this an ‘inclusive’ washroom poster campaign. We are trying to move away...
Gift addresses challenges – one data point at a time
Solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems lie hidden within an increasingly complex realm of numbers and data points. And a newly announced $1-million investment by TD Bank Group...
Senate seeks clarity on president’s future
Stay tuned, Western. That was the unanimous response to questions that arose during last week’s Senate meeting regarding future plans of Western President Amit Chakma. Senators raised a number of questions regarding the university’s presidential review and appointment...
Chakma: Be mindful of help in time of grief
The sudden deaths of two Western students this month have been terrible shocks to our campus community and I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, fellow classmates, faculty and staff members who knew Cara and Brandon personally.
Quinn tapped to head RSC New College
Political Science professor Joanna Quinn has been named President-Elect of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the organization announced Tuesday.
Team has the World by a string
Teams from across campus turned their attention to the global burden of mental illness in low- and middle-income countries at the local final of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge, held as part of International Week celebrations. The team comprised of Education...
Access lab revamped for students with disabilities
At one point, it was a darkroom. Later, it turned into a room where librarians counted coins from photocopiers. It also served as a storage closet. And then, more than a decade ago, with few changes to the space, the small room on the ground level of The D.B. Weldon...
Partnership to move new plastics forward
A Western Engineering professor’s work in developing an advanced plastic could soon have the attention of the automotive and aerospace industries for its potential benefits to manufacturing upgrades. Mechanical and Materials professor Takashi Kuboki recently began a...
Western testing cutting-edge hearing aid
Researchers at Western’s National Centre for Audiology (NCA) are testing how well light pulses transmit sound as they test a device that could break new ground in hearing-aid technology. Western is the first Canadian site to work with the Earlens hearing aid,...
Mahon takes SASAH from class, to world, and back
Patrick Mahon is ready to switch gears. An accomplished artist and Visual Arts professor, named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada earlier this fall, Mahon is wrapping up the calendar year preparing to take the helm of Western’s School for Advanced...
Scholar shedding light on how animals perceive threats
It was Badru Mugerwa’s curiosity that drove him to find out who, or what, was killing the cat. The African Golden Cat, to be more specific. But, he wondered, was it actually being killed? Or was ecotourism behind its marked drop in sightings in the Bwindi National...
Work pushing wave of printable electronics
Western researcher Jun Yang is looking to push the ‘paper’ envelope when it comes to printable electronics, a rapidly growing area of research that could soon revolutionize the electronics industry. Producing paper-based electronics – flexible, stretchable,...
Signage opens door to ‘inclusive’ washrooms
Western is encouraging a shift in how the campus community thinks about washroom facilities with a new poster campaign, launched this week, to foster safe spaces and inclusivity. “We’re calling this an ‘inclusive’ washroom poster campaign. We are trying to move away...
Gift addresses challenges – one data point at a time
Solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems lie hidden within an increasingly complex realm of numbers and data points. And a newly announced $1-million investment by TD Bank Group...
Senate seeks clarity on president’s future
Stay tuned, Western. That was the unanimous response to questions that arose during last week’s Senate meeting regarding future plans of Western President Amit Chakma. Senators raised a number of questions regarding the university’s presidential review and appointment...
Chakma: Be mindful of help in time of grief
The sudden deaths of two Western students this month have been terrible shocks to our campus community and I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, fellow classmates, faculty and staff members who knew Cara and Brandon personally.
Quinn tapped to head RSC New College
Political Science professor Joanna Quinn has been named President-Elect of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the organization announced Tuesday.