The Homecoming of yesteryear would likely recognize parts of its younger self, but what might have been commonplace during the weekend event in the late 1940s and 1950s has evolved in recent decades. The University of Western Ontario has a rich Homecom …
Musica Quinta, a brass quintet of faculty players, starts the
popular Fridays at 12:30 p.m. series on Sept. 17 at the Don Wright
Faculty of Music with a festive program.
Following the closure of a landfill in nearby Simcoe County – just
weeks before its scheduled opening – The University of Western
Ontario will host a symposium to dissect the reasons behind the
failed project and to explore the notion that the result could lead
to the eventual demise of this most common method of waste
treatment.
Former Social Science professor James Teevan died Sept. 7 in London
at the age of 67. He had 30 years of service at Western before
retiring in 2001.
Building on the success of the 2009 Thanksgiving food drive – where
the Western football program raised the weight of their offensive
line in non-perishable food items – the Mustangs are challenging
fans to a new task: collect the weight of every offensive lineman
on the roster.
Swarms of students in multi-hued T-shirts moving across university
hill are a familiar sight during Orientation Week. But on Monday,
Sept. 6, associate professor of Education Marshall Mangan got to
see the crowd on University College hill from a different angle.
The glass ceiling may no longer be holding women down, but they
still get trapped on the sticky floor and by the mid-level
bottleneck.
With the help of new provincial funding, three primary care clinics
forced to close last year due to a financial shortfall –
including two student-assisted clinics – will re-open to
support thousands of local residents.
September 9, 2010
It wasn't summer vacation for those working on new construction and renovations at The University of Western Ontario. The building boom pushes forward this academic year as the university approaches deadlines for completion of major projects on campus in 2011. With...
Discovering a famed19th century shipwreck within half an hour of
searching, then finding the three gravesites of its crewmen is
considerably lucky. Or at least that’s how Ed Eastaugh sees
it.
Laurie-Anne King says many students suffer from depression or other
mental health issues in silence.
When Nancy Bol retired, the last thing on her mind was waking up at
the crack of dawn to exercise for an hour three days a week and
then spending her other days as a research subject for University
of Western Ontario graduate students.