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Year: 2008

Western holiday hours

Western holiday hours

Many University of Western Ontario services will be closed Dec. 25 to Jan. 4 for the holiday period. Classes resume on Monday, Jan. 5 and academic and administrative offices re-open the same day. Western Libraries will close between noon and 1 p.m. on  …

Desmond Tutu to visit London

Desmond Tutu to visit London

Revered around the world as a moral voice on issues of inequality,
poverty and corruption, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu will
speak in London May 22 when the Nobel Prize winner takes the stage
at the Signature Speaker Series, hosted by St. Joseph’s
Health Care Foundation.

Science goes boldly into ‘inner’ space

Science goes boldly into ‘inner’ space

The notion of injecting nano-structured materials into the human body to attack a tumour or performing surgery on individual cells sounds like futuristic fiction. However, these technological breakthroughs, and others, are closer than many would imagine and will be...

Just how free is your speech?

Just how free is your speech?

Finding the right line between freedom of speech and the protection
of rights and equality in Canada is an ongoing exercise, according
to Western Law professor Grant Huscroft.

TRIBUTE Celebrating excellence on campus

TRIBUTE Celebrating excellence on campus

Strong earns ALS award Robarts scientist and neurologist Mike
Strong has received the 2008 Forbes Norris Award from the
International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations.

Western experts sought out for commentary

Western experts sought out for commentary

The update from Yong Kang of Western’s Schulich School of
Medicine & Dentistry’s Department of Immunology and
Microbiology on his HIV/AIDS vaccine, and the announcement that
Western is one of four institutions under consideration to build an
HIV vaccine manufacturing facility, was carried in the National
Post, Globe & Mail, London Free Press, A-News, Rogers First
Local, and CKOT and CBC radio stations, as well as in Edmonton
Journal, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Saskatoon Star and
Macleans.ca

Campaign raises $7,000 for cancer research

Campaign raises $7,000 for cancer research

As a result of a campaign to raise money for breast cancer
research, The Book Store at Western will donate over $7,000 to the
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Team Shan, a local
organization dedicated to educating young women that breast cancer
is more than a disease of older women.

Desmond Tutu to visit London

Desmond Tutu to visit London

Revered around the world as a moral voice on issues of inequality,
poverty and corruption, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu will
speak in London May 22 when the Nobel Prize winner takes the stage
at the Signature Speaker Series, hosted by St. Joseph’s
Health Care Foundation.

Science goes boldly into ‘inner’ space

Science goes boldly into ‘inner’ space

The notion of injecting nano-structured materials into the human body to attack a tumour or performing surgery on individual cells sounds like futuristic fiction. However, these technological breakthroughs, and others, are closer than many would imagine and will be...

Just how free is your speech?

Just how free is your speech?

Finding the right line between freedom of speech and the protection
of rights and equality in Canada is an ongoing exercise, according
to Western Law professor Grant Huscroft.

TRIBUTE Celebrating excellence on campus

TRIBUTE Celebrating excellence on campus

Strong earns ALS award Robarts scientist and neurologist Mike
Strong has received the 2008 Forbes Norris Award from the
International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations.

Western experts sought out for commentary

Western experts sought out for commentary

The update from Yong Kang of Western’s Schulich School of
Medicine & Dentistry’s Department of Immunology and
Microbiology on his HIV/AIDS vaccine, and the announcement that
Western is one of four institutions under consideration to build an
HIV vaccine manufacturing facility, was carried in the National
Post, Globe & Mail, London Free Press, A-News, Rogers First
Local, and CKOT and CBC radio stations, as well as in Edmonton
Journal, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Saskatoon Star and
Macleans.ca

Campaign raises $7,000 for cancer research

Campaign raises $7,000 for cancer research

As a result of a campaign to raise money for breast cancer
research, The Book Store at Western will donate over $7,000 to the
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Team Shan, a local
organization dedicated to educating young women that breast cancer
is more than a disease of older women.