Four University of Western Ontario Mustangs will represent the World Team in Florida during Pro Bowl Weekend at the International Federation of American Football USA vs. The World showdown on Saturday, Jan. 30. Defensive lineman David Lee, linebackers …
Month: January 2010
Have a Heart for Haiti
A group of concerned presidents, executives and members of
University Students’ Council (USC) clubs at Western have joined
forces to create the Have a Heart for Haiti campaign, which
continues until Feb. 9.
Western loses bid for HIV vaccine manufacturing facility
The University of Western Ontario did not make the cut in its bid
to build Canada’s first HIV vaccine manufacturing facility, but
neither did the other three finalists in the running.
Western donates $590,383 to United Way
As someone who has benefited from the donations to a United Way
supported agency, John Dyson wanted to personally thank The
University of Western Ontario community for making a difference in
the lives of those who need it most.
Brescia professor earns award for Mennonite research
Brescia University College professor Steve Kleinknecht has been
recognized by the Canadian Society of Criminology (CSC) for
excellence in scholarship for a paper on deviance, social control,
and justice among Old Order Mennonites.
King’s signs agreement with Swedish school
King’s University College has announced the recent signing of a
Memo of Understanding the School of Education at Malmo University
in Sweden.
Matthews tours new Schulich laboratory
Ontario Minister of Health and Long-term Care Deb Matthews visited
the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and
Pharmacology at The University of Western Ontario Monday.
Music graduate composes Olympic theme song
The spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games will be illuminated
in music by Faculty of Music alumnus and award-winning Canadian
composer, Stephan Moccio.
Western students win national health innovation award
University of Western Ontario students from the Faculty of Health
Sciences were named winners of a national Health Innovation Award
after weighing in on how Canada can improve its health-care system.
In Memoriam – Estelle Morley
Retired Physical Plant employee Estelle Morley died Jan. 20 at the
age of 87.
New space talk coordinates
The time and place of an upcoming Physics and Astronomy lecture
about space travel advertised this week on the front of Western
News newspaper boxes has changed.
Prapavessis honored by cancer society
Western researcher and Kinesiology associate professor Harry
Prapavessis, currently studying how exercise can be part of the
solution to quitting smoking, has been named Canadian Cancer
Society Researcher of the Month (Jan. 2010).
Professor’s challenge: Give day’s pay to Haiti
As the news came pouring in about the earthquake in Haiti and the
thousands of lives affected by the disaster, Douglass St.Christian
felt compelled to take action.
Have a Heart for Haiti
A group of concerned presidents, executives and members of
University Students’ Council (USC) clubs at Western have joined
forces to create the Have a Heart for Haiti campaign, which
continues until Feb. 9.
Western loses bid for HIV vaccine manufacturing facility
The University of Western Ontario did not make the cut in its bid
to build Canada’s first HIV vaccine manufacturing facility, but
neither did the other three finalists in the running.
Western donates $590,383 to United Way
As someone who has benefited from the donations to a United Way
supported agency, John Dyson wanted to personally thank The
University of Western Ontario community for making a difference in
the lives of those who need it most.
Brescia professor earns award for Mennonite research
Brescia University College professor Steve Kleinknecht has been
recognized by the Canadian Society of Criminology (CSC) for
excellence in scholarship for a paper on deviance, social control,
and justice among Old Order Mennonites.
King’s signs agreement with Swedish school
King’s University College has announced the recent signing of a
Memo of Understanding the School of Education at Malmo University
in Sweden.
Matthews tours new Schulich laboratory
Ontario Minister of Health and Long-term Care Deb Matthews visited
the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Physiology and
Pharmacology at The University of Western Ontario Monday.
Music graduate composes Olympic theme song
The spirit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games will be illuminated
in music by Faculty of Music alumnus and award-winning Canadian
composer, Stephan Moccio.
Western students win national health innovation award
University of Western Ontario students from the Faculty of Health
Sciences were named winners of a national Health Innovation Award
after weighing in on how Canada can improve its health-care system.
In Memoriam – Estelle Morley
Retired Physical Plant employee Estelle Morley died Jan. 20 at the
age of 87.
New space talk coordinates
The time and place of an upcoming Physics and Astronomy lecture
about space travel advertised this week on the front of Western
News newspaper boxes has changed.
Prapavessis honored by cancer society
Western researcher and Kinesiology associate professor Harry
Prapavessis, currently studying how exercise can be part of the
solution to quitting smoking, has been named Canadian Cancer
Society Researcher of the Month (Jan. 2010).
Professor’s challenge: Give day’s pay to Haiti
As the news came pouring in about the earthquake in Haiti and the
thousands of lives affected by the disaster, Douglass St.Christian
felt compelled to take action.