A number of awareness and fundraising campaigns have been planned as The University of Western Ontario prepares to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011 on Thursday, Dec. 1. What started out as a class assignment designed by Faculty of Information and Media Stud …
Month: November 2011
Western rolls out refocused campaign
The University of Western Ontario highlighted a refocused fundraising campaign this week with hopes of raising $750 million by 2018 toward a new series of realigned goals.
Book calls male teacher push into question
Desperate attempts by school systems to recruit male teachers, especially at the elementary level, do not necessarily pay off in improved student performance, a new book by Western researchers suggests.
Campus Digest, Nov. 24
Published November 24, 2011
Spider mite finds itself in Western’s sites
If the thought of dust mites in your mattress or a spider on your ceiling is enough to make your skin crawl, just think: pesticide-resistant spider mites might also be in your home, burrowing in your house plants or slowly destroying your garden.
Parr nabs Edelstein Prize, latest honour for ‘Sensing Changes’
Joy Parr’s timely and prescient perspective on how humans make sense of the world in the face of rapid change has garnered her the Edelstein Prize, awarded to the top scholarly book on the history of technology published over the last three years.
The man who won’t go away
The first thing you notice about David Heap is he doesn’t look like a revolutionary.
Ivey students step into a mock Den
“I hate it.”
Summers delivers Beattie Lecture
Lawrence H. Summers, one of the most influential and outspoken economists in the world today, spoke at Western Law on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as the Fourth Annual Beattie Family Business and Law Speaker.
Joseph Rotman named Western’s 21st chancellor
Joseph L. Rotman, the renowned Canadian businessman and philanthropist, has been named the 21st chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.
Winders: Penn State offers lessons for us all
There are weeks when I am glad she is too young to understand. This was one of them.
Hammond: Don’t shrug off the power of the Occupy movement
London Mayor Joe Fontana’s rush to be the first Canadian mayor to trash and shut down an Occupy encampment betrays not only a failure to understand the message of the movement but also demonstrates an apparent failure to understand its impact on his own political future. Repression of this movement on behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds no long-term political rewards. In fact, he may have just dug his own political grave as his already spiraling public career comes to a close.
Law students issue challenge for donating blood
Three student groups at The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law have joined forces to announce their membership in Canadian Blood Services’ Partners for Life Program, and issued a challenge to all other law schools in Canada.
Western rolls out refocused campaign
The University of Western Ontario highlighted a refocused fundraising campaign this week with hopes of raising $750 million by 2018 toward a new series of realigned goals.
Book calls male teacher push into question
Desperate attempts by school systems to recruit male teachers, especially at the elementary level, do not necessarily pay off in improved student performance, a new book by Western researchers suggests.
Campus Digest, Nov. 24
Published November 24, 2011
Spider mite finds itself in Western’s sites
If the thought of dust mites in your mattress or a spider on your ceiling is enough to make your skin crawl, just think: pesticide-resistant spider mites might also be in your home, burrowing in your house plants or slowly destroying your garden.
Parr nabs Edelstein Prize, latest honour for ‘Sensing Changes’
Joy Parr’s timely and prescient perspective on how humans make sense of the world in the face of rapid change has garnered her the Edelstein Prize, awarded to the top scholarly book on the history of technology published over the last three years.
The man who won’t go away
The first thing you notice about David Heap is he doesn’t look like a revolutionary.
Ivey students step into a mock Den
“I hate it.”
Summers delivers Beattie Lecture
Lawrence H. Summers, one of the most influential and outspoken economists in the world today, spoke at Western Law on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as the Fourth Annual Beattie Family Business and Law Speaker.
Joseph Rotman named Western’s 21st chancellor
Joseph L. Rotman, the renowned Canadian businessman and philanthropist, has been named the 21st chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.
Winders: Penn State offers lessons for us all
There are weeks when I am glad she is too young to understand. This was one of them.
Hammond: Don’t shrug off the power of the Occupy movement
London Mayor Joe Fontana’s rush to be the first Canadian mayor to trash and shut down an Occupy encampment betrays not only a failure to understand the message of the movement but also demonstrates an apparent failure to understand its impact on his own political future. Repression of this movement on behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds no long-term political rewards. In fact, he may have just dug his own political grave as his already spiraling public career comes to a close.
Law students issue challenge for donating blood
Three student groups at The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law have joined forces to announce their membership in Canadian Blood Services’ Partners for Life Program, and issued a challenge to all other law schools in Canada.