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Month: July 2009

Bridging engineering and youth

Bridging engineering and youth

High school students from the London area are getting their hands dirty by building up the skills they need to be a budding engineer.   The Western Engineering Summer Academy is well underway at the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Western Ont …

Green building nearing completion

Green building nearing completion

The Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion, the first LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building on Western’s
campus – and 15th in Ontario – is inching closer to its completion
date of September.

Preventing toxic shock syndrome and other severe diseases

Preventing toxic shock syndrome and other severe diseases

University of Western Ontario researcher John McCormick has been
given a $603,000 boost from the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) to investigate how toxic shock syndrome and other
severe diseases can be prevented.

Speech-Language Pathology group visits Peru

Speech-Language Pathology group visits Peru

Western School of Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty
members Sue Schurr and Taslim Moosa are leading a group of four
clinical placement students to Peru to participate in a variety of
preparatory teaching clinics.

Telescope captures celestial supergiant

Telescope captures celestial supergiant

Betelgeuse is the second brightest star in the constellation of
Orion, a red supergiant, one of the biggest stars known, and almost
1,000 times larger than the sun.

Law alumna to head OTLA

Law alumna to head OTLA

London lawyer and University of Western Ontario alumna Judith Hull
(LLB ’94) has been elected President of the Ontario Trial Lawyers
Association (OTLA).

In Memoriam – Feike Prins

In Memoriam – Feike Prins

Former University of Western Ontario Physical Plant staff member,
Feike Prins, died July 10 at the age of 86.

Martin inks four-year deal with Chargers

Martin inks four-year deal with Chargers

The Sports Network is reporting that former University of Western
Ontario defensive lineman Vaughn Martin has signed a four-year
contract with the San Diego Chargers.

In Memoriam – John Gehman

In Memoriam – John Gehman

John Gehman, one of the founders of the Department of Anthropology
at The University of Western Ontario, died July 17 from
complications due to congestive heart failure.

New Chair of Music Education

New Chair of Music Education

Expert in music pedagogy Ruth Wright has been appointed Chair of
Music Education in the Don Wright Faculty of Music starting August
1.

Western adopts London’s recycling model

Western adopts London’s recycling model

Milk cartons and drink boxes no longer have to be pitched into the
garbage on The University of Western Ontario campus; they will find
a new home and purpose in recycling blue boxes.

Stephenson to sit on GM board

Stephenson to sit on GM board

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson has been
named to General Motors Company board of directors.

In Memoriam – Robert Uffen

In Memoriam – Robert Uffen

The University of Western Ontario mourns the loss of professor
emeritus Robert Uffen, the first dean of Western’s new Faculty of
Science in 1965, who died July 18 after a long battle with cancer.

Green building nearing completion

Green building nearing completion

The Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion, the first LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building on Western’s
campus – and 15th in Ontario – is inching closer to its completion
date of September.

Preventing toxic shock syndrome and other severe diseases

Preventing toxic shock syndrome and other severe diseases

University of Western Ontario researcher John McCormick has been
given a $603,000 boost from the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) to investigate how toxic shock syndrome and other
severe diseases can be prevented.

Speech-Language Pathology group visits Peru

Speech-Language Pathology group visits Peru

Western School of Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty
members Sue Schurr and Taslim Moosa are leading a group of four
clinical placement students to Peru to participate in a variety of
preparatory teaching clinics.

Telescope captures celestial supergiant

Telescope captures celestial supergiant

Betelgeuse is the second brightest star in the constellation of
Orion, a red supergiant, one of the biggest stars known, and almost
1,000 times larger than the sun.

Law alumna to head OTLA

Law alumna to head OTLA

London lawyer and University of Western Ontario alumna Judith Hull
(LLB ’94) has been elected President of the Ontario Trial Lawyers
Association (OTLA).

In Memoriam – Feike Prins

In Memoriam – Feike Prins

Former University of Western Ontario Physical Plant staff member,
Feike Prins, died July 10 at the age of 86.

Martin inks four-year deal with Chargers

Martin inks four-year deal with Chargers

The Sports Network is reporting that former University of Western
Ontario defensive lineman Vaughn Martin has signed a four-year
contract with the San Diego Chargers.

In Memoriam – John Gehman

In Memoriam – John Gehman

John Gehman, one of the founders of the Department of Anthropology
at The University of Western Ontario, died July 17 from
complications due to congestive heart failure.

New Chair of Music Education

New Chair of Music Education

Expert in music pedagogy Ruth Wright has been appointed Chair of
Music Education in the Don Wright Faculty of Music starting August
1.

Western adopts London’s recycling model

Western adopts London’s recycling model

Milk cartons and drink boxes no longer have to be pitched into the
garbage on The University of Western Ontario campus; they will find
a new home and purpose in recycling blue boxes.

Stephenson to sit on GM board

Stephenson to sit on GM board

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson has been
named to General Motors Company board of directors.

In Memoriam – Robert Uffen

In Memoriam – Robert Uffen

The University of Western Ontario mourns the loss of professor
emeritus Robert Uffen, the first dean of Western’s new Faculty of
Science in 1965, who died July 18 after a long battle with cancer.