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Grant to CREATE new opportunities for students
Led by Engineering professor Jeffrey Wood, an advanced polymer composite materials and technologies team will CREATE more opportunities for the next generation of engineers thanks to $1.65-million NSERC grant.
Student dives into lake swim for Syrian refugees
Victor Lal grew up in a home in which one thing was unequivocally clear – if you have the means to help someone, you are responsible for doing just that.
Role evolves to better support survivors
Western’s Sexual Violence Prevention Education Coordinator – a position created roughly two years ago to oversee the provision of supports and educational initiatives on campus – will now also offer direct counseling services to survivors of sexual violence.
Piano Project has been music to student’s ears
You can’t miss them. With their vibrant colours, painted abstract shapes and flowering inspiration, Steven Wolfe said it’s probably harder not try and tickle the ivories a bit.
Hewa: Be a person first, a journalist second
“You’re exploiting me,” she said. “You’re trying to dig something out of me.” She didn’t hang up. Instead, there were the sounds of the key in her office door, her loud, shaky breathing.
Visual Arts student shortlisted for national painting competition
Joy Wong, a Visual Arts MFA candidate at Western, has been named a finalist for the 20th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Otago Challenge win fueled by electric cars
A team of students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge.
Determination drives adult learners
Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.
Program, community help new grad find new hope
Life was far from easy for Lisa Pierce. And then, she broke her back. She was 32 and in an abusive relationship, raising three children while working as a heavy-equipment operator. After breaking her back in a workplace accident, the medication she was prescribed...
‘Hear, Here’ dials up history around city
For Michelle Hamilton, public history wields a special kind of power. It preserves the past, informs the present and has the potential to influence the future. This is the driving force behind her latest project.
Ivey grad cartwheels to success, happiness
The toughest part of cancer was not the idea of dying – it was finding himself in remission yet unable to do what he once could. You see, Jay Kiew was worried about not being able to ever see the world.
Western celebrates 311th Convocation
Western continues to celebrate its 311th Convocation alongside hundreds of freshly minted graduates and their families and friends this week. Ceremonies, featuring addresses by the following honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days.
Grant to CREATE new opportunities for students
Led by Engineering professor Jeffrey Wood, an advanced polymer composite materials and technologies team will CREATE more opportunities for the next generation of engineers thanks to $1.65-million NSERC grant.
Student dives into lake swim for Syrian refugees
Victor Lal grew up in a home in which one thing was unequivocally clear – if you have the means to help someone, you are responsible for doing just that.
Role evolves to better support survivors
Western’s Sexual Violence Prevention Education Coordinator – a position created roughly two years ago to oversee the provision of supports and educational initiatives on campus – will now also offer direct counseling services to survivors of sexual violence.
Piano Project has been music to student’s ears
You can’t miss them. With their vibrant colours, painted abstract shapes and flowering inspiration, Steven Wolfe said it’s probably harder not try and tickle the ivories a bit.
Hewa: Be a person first, a journalist second
“You’re exploiting me,” she said. “You’re trying to dig something out of me.” She didn’t hang up. Instead, there were the sounds of the key in her office door, her loud, shaky breathing.
Visual Arts student shortlisted for national painting competition
Joy Wong, a Visual Arts MFA candidate at Western, has been named a finalist for the 20th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Otago Challenge win fueled by electric cars
A team of students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge.
Determination drives adult learners
Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.
Program, community help new grad find new hope
Life was far from easy for Lisa Pierce. And then, she broke her back. She was 32 and in an abusive relationship, raising three children while working as a heavy-equipment operator. After breaking her back in a workplace accident, the medication she was prescribed...
‘Hear, Here’ dials up history around city
For Michelle Hamilton, public history wields a special kind of power. It preserves the past, informs the present and has the potential to influence the future. This is the driving force behind her latest project.
Ivey grad cartwheels to success, happiness
The toughest part of cancer was not the idea of dying – it was finding himself in remission yet unable to do what he once could. You see, Jay Kiew was worried about not being able to ever see the world.
Western celebrates 311th Convocation
Western continues to celebrate its 311th Convocation alongside hundreds of freshly minted graduates and their families and friends this week. Ceremonies, featuring addresses by the following honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days.