Give your gas pedal a break and reach for your bike during the London Bicycle Festival promoting greener commuting. The annual Bicycle Festival encourages Londoners to bike for transportation, fitness and fun. It is sponsored by the Thames Region Ecolo …
Month: May 2010
Enrolment boost a ‘challenge’
Increasing first-year enrolment beyond the planned 4,450 for the
2010-11 school year could cause “a lot of challenges,”
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Fred Longstaffe told Board of
Governors members April 29.
Western part of national innovation event
The University of Western Ontario will showcase its talented
students, researchers and market-changing technologies next week
(May 17-18) at Discovery 2010 – Canada’s foremost innovation and
commercialization event.
Western doctoral students earn Vanier scholarships
Five University of Western Ontario students have been selected as
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship winners – Canada’s most
prestigious scholarship for doctoral students.
New project chasing future of wind
Wind turbines might be sprouting up across Ontario’s
landscape, but the future of wind farms could lie within a
six-sided dome soon to be housed at The University of Western
Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Park.
New revenue sources essential for future
The Board of Governors has unanimously approved 2010-11 capital and
operating budgets, ringing out the final year of Western’s
four-year planning cycle on a note of restraint.
Teachers change lives
The annual Teachers’ Wall of Fame gives appreciative students the
opportunity to say thank you by nominating a teacher who made a
powerful impression as an exceptional educator.
Western Law alumnus to co-chair CUSLI
Western Law alumnus James Peterson has been appointed co-chair of
the Canada – United States Law Institute (CUSLI) along with former
Michigan governor James Blanchard.
Theology conference explores responses to HIV-AIDS
The Centre for Public Theology at Huron University College hosts
its second conference, “HIV-AIDS and the Churches: Responses to the
Pandemic in Africa and Canada” on May 14-15.
Brescia alumna helping people with developmental disabilities live healthy lives
Chwen Johnson was the first student to graduate from Brescia
University College with a master’s of Science in Food &
Nutrition in 2009 and she has blazed another trail by implementing
the original Strive for Health (SFH) program in Hamilton.
Conference focused on keeping aging population active
Reserve your spot for The Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
Research to Action: Activity and Aging Continuing Education
Conference June 18-19.
Garden talk digs into past
The Eldon House 175th anniversary lecture series continues May 16
with a discussion of heritage gardens.
Fagan to discuss art of telling women’s stories
London’s own Louise Fagan will speak to the art of telling women’s
stories in the year’s final lecture of the Sophia Series at Brescia
University College on Thursday, May 13.
Enrolment boost a ‘challenge’
Increasing first-year enrolment beyond the planned 4,450 for the
2010-11 school year could cause “a lot of challenges,”
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Fred Longstaffe told Board of
Governors members April 29.
Western part of national innovation event
The University of Western Ontario will showcase its talented
students, researchers and market-changing technologies next week
(May 17-18) at Discovery 2010 – Canada’s foremost innovation and
commercialization event.
Western doctoral students earn Vanier scholarships
Five University of Western Ontario students have been selected as
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship winners – Canada’s most
prestigious scholarship for doctoral students.
New project chasing future of wind
Wind turbines might be sprouting up across Ontario’s
landscape, but the future of wind farms could lie within a
six-sided dome soon to be housed at The University of Western
Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Park.
New revenue sources essential for future
The Board of Governors has unanimously approved 2010-11 capital and
operating budgets, ringing out the final year of Western’s
four-year planning cycle on a note of restraint.
Teachers change lives
The annual Teachers’ Wall of Fame gives appreciative students the
opportunity to say thank you by nominating a teacher who made a
powerful impression as an exceptional educator.
Western Law alumnus to co-chair CUSLI
Western Law alumnus James Peterson has been appointed co-chair of
the Canada – United States Law Institute (CUSLI) along with former
Michigan governor James Blanchard.
Theology conference explores responses to HIV-AIDS
The Centre for Public Theology at Huron University College hosts
its second conference, “HIV-AIDS and the Churches: Responses to the
Pandemic in Africa and Canada” on May 14-15.
Brescia alumna helping people with developmental disabilities live healthy lives
Chwen Johnson was the first student to graduate from Brescia
University College with a master’s of Science in Food &
Nutrition in 2009 and she has blazed another trail by implementing
the original Strive for Health (SFH) program in Hamilton.
Conference focused on keeping aging population active
Reserve your spot for The Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
Research to Action: Activity and Aging Continuing Education
Conference June 18-19.
Garden talk digs into past
The Eldon House 175th anniversary lecture series continues May 16
with a discussion of heritage gardens.
Fagan to discuss art of telling women’s stories
London’s own Louise Fagan will speak to the art of telling women’s
stories in the year’s final lecture of the Sophia Series at Brescia
University College on Thursday, May 13.