Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child’s early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of speaking, and language encompasses using words and gestu …
It wasn’t a hard decision for Bruce Lamb, HBA’85, and his daughter Tori, HBA’14, when the idea was floated: Come out to all the Mustangs home football games and, while you’re at it, why not bring along your horses?
As more and more adults face old age alone, society needs to rethink its approach to health and elder care before this demographic shift puts further strain on an already taxed system, according to one Western researcher. For most of human history, adults have...
A new database showcasing hundreds of examples of human-triggered earthquakes should shake up policy-makers, regulators and industry executives looking to mitigate these unacceptable hazards caused by our own actions, according to a Western Earth Sciences professor....
The timing wasn’t right when Stephen Pitel was first asked to serve as President of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). Approaching a sabbatical, he was unable to dedicate the three consecutive years the bargaining unit requires for its...
Jeff Hamacher recalls strolling into his San Jose, Calif., music class as a 9-year-old, wondering what instrument he was going to choose. The guitar. The drums. Maybe the saxophone. Nope. How about that cello? “I cannot explain it very well. I recall grabbing a bow...
Members of Western Engineering Class of 1967 saw a golden opportunity to celebrate their 50th class reunion. For the past five years, the class has worked together to increase the value of the endowment fund that supports the Canadian Centennial ’67 Class Award....
When it comes to ‘stepping’ up its game, Western took that challenge in stride by putting in more than 1.2-billion steps to grab top spot in Canada for the annual Global Challenge. Each year, for 100 days, hundreds of thousands of employees from around the world...
Western issued the following information today regarding the potential impact on Western-Fanshawe Collaborative and Combined Programs during a potential faculty strike at Fanshawe College: The union representing full time and partial load faculty at Fanshawe College...
Roberta Lindal, BA’14, credits an early mentor for sparking her idea to create clothing that inspires girls to pursue their education, and help others who face incredible obstacles in their learning.
Western officials expressed “disappointment” with those involved in a student-organized street party that attracted more than 11,000 people to a residential street over the weekend, as local law enforcement and emergency services officials released numbers that painted a chaotic scene of the event.
Sponsored by Western Alumni and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Walrus Talks Belonging will bring together the Western community on Oct. 17 at the London Music Hall, for eight speakers who explore what it really means to belong.
For the Western world, Homer’s Odysseus is a hero. The legendary mythical king of Ithaca is admired for his cunning intelligence; his slaying of 108 misbehaving suitors who attempt to court Penelope on his long journey home is widely considered a heroic feat. But as...
It wasn’t a hard decision for Bruce Lamb, HBA’85, and his daughter Tori, HBA’14, when the idea was floated: Come out to all the Mustangs home football games and, while you’re at it, why not bring along your horses?
As more and more adults face old age alone, society needs to rethink its approach to health and elder care before this demographic shift puts further strain on an already taxed system, according to one Western researcher. For most of human history, adults have...
A new database showcasing hundreds of examples of human-triggered earthquakes should shake up policy-makers, regulators and industry executives looking to mitigate these unacceptable hazards caused by our own actions, according to a Western Earth Sciences professor....
The timing wasn’t right when Stephen Pitel was first asked to serve as President of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). Approaching a sabbatical, he was unable to dedicate the three consecutive years the bargaining unit requires for its...
Jeff Hamacher recalls strolling into his San Jose, Calif., music class as a 9-year-old, wondering what instrument he was going to choose. The guitar. The drums. Maybe the saxophone. Nope. How about that cello? “I cannot explain it very well. I recall grabbing a bow...
Members of Western Engineering Class of 1967 saw a golden opportunity to celebrate their 50th class reunion. For the past five years, the class has worked together to increase the value of the endowment fund that supports the Canadian Centennial ’67 Class Award....
When it comes to ‘stepping’ up its game, Western took that challenge in stride by putting in more than 1.2-billion steps to grab top spot in Canada for the annual Global Challenge. Each year, for 100 days, hundreds of thousands of employees from around the world...
Western issued the following information today regarding the potential impact on Western-Fanshawe Collaborative and Combined Programs during a potential faculty strike at Fanshawe College: The union representing full time and partial load faculty at Fanshawe College...
Roberta Lindal, BA’14, credits an early mentor for sparking her idea to create clothing that inspires girls to pursue their education, and help others who face incredible obstacles in their learning.
Western officials expressed “disappointment” with those involved in a student-organized street party that attracted more than 11,000 people to a residential street over the weekend, as local law enforcement and emergency services officials released numbers that painted a chaotic scene of the event.
Sponsored by Western Alumni and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Walrus Talks Belonging will bring together the Western community on Oct. 17 at the London Music Hall, for eight speakers who explore what it really means to belong.
For the Western world, Homer’s Odysseus is a hero. The legendary mythical king of Ithaca is admired for his cunning intelligence; his slaying of 108 misbehaving suitors who attempt to court Penelope on his long journey home is widely considered a heroic feat. But as...