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Month: March 2012

Winders: Transparency more than a list

Winders: Transparency more than a list

I know people love The List. Back in the pre-Internet days, I worked for many newspapers that published an annual salary edition. In it, readers would find the pay of every public sector employee in the coverage area. We didn’t set an artificial salary  …

Western launches new digital communication certificate program

Western launches new digital communication certificate program

Western University’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) is launching a new program that will provide students with a powerful set of tools, competencies and best practices for effectively working within social media, virtual worlds and other forms of online communication.

Reimaging Anita Hill: Finding strength in her story

Reimaging Anita Hill: Finding strength in her story

Anita Hill’s story didn’t end in 1991. But it didn’t begin there either. Hill will deliver her Centre for American Studies Speakers’ Series lecture at 5 p.m. today in Conron Hall, University College, Room 224.

New CRC looks back 15,000 years

New CRC looks back 15,000 years

By looking at remains left by plants, animals and people over the past 15,000 years, a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) at Western University hopes to find a key that opens the time capsule of climatic change in North America.

Alleged hacker charged

Alleged hacker charged

Elections for positions to the 2012 University Students’ Council (USC) wrapped up almost simultaneously as the investigation into the hack that invalidated its first round of votes – a record-breaking tally of more than 10,000.

Bridging the gap between city, university

A group of fourth-year Western Engineering students could very well have their names on a Canadian first should the City of London run with their innovative bridge design.

Time to get up and GO

Time to get up and GO

Western is launching the Global Opportunities (GO) Awards today as a means to afford more students the opportunity to study abroad.

Research eyes success of the sexes in job interviews

While women tend to get stressed out more than the opposite sex when it comes to the notion of a job interview, new Western research shows women outshine their male counterparts with their coping skills when all is said and done.

Quigley: Coming together to make London Super

Quigley: Coming together to make London Super

I have always believed conversations that lead to relationships lead to actions and, after reading “How to make London super” by Western News reporter Adela Talbot (Feb. 9), I recognized there was an opportunity to have a conversation that may lead to a relationship that will, I hope, lead to action.

Western launches new digital communication certificate program

Western launches new digital communication certificate program

Western University’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) is launching a new program that will provide students with a powerful set of tools, competencies and best practices for effectively working within social media, virtual worlds and other forms of online communication.

Reimaging Anita Hill: Finding strength in her story

Reimaging Anita Hill: Finding strength in her story

Anita Hill’s story didn’t end in 1991. But it didn’t begin there either. Hill will deliver her Centre for American Studies Speakers’ Series lecture at 5 p.m. today in Conron Hall, University College, Room 224.

New CRC looks back 15,000 years

New CRC looks back 15,000 years

By looking at remains left by plants, animals and people over the past 15,000 years, a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) at Western University hopes to find a key that opens the time capsule of climatic change in North America.

Alleged hacker charged

Alleged hacker charged

Elections for positions to the 2012 University Students’ Council (USC) wrapped up almost simultaneously as the investigation into the hack that invalidated its first round of votes – a record-breaking tally of more than 10,000.

Bridging the gap between city, university

A group of fourth-year Western Engineering students could very well have their names on a Canadian first should the City of London run with their innovative bridge design.

Time to get up and GO

Time to get up and GO

Western is launching the Global Opportunities (GO) Awards today as a means to afford more students the opportunity to study abroad.

Research eyes success of the sexes in job interviews

While women tend to get stressed out more than the opposite sex when it comes to the notion of a job interview, new Western research shows women outshine their male counterparts with their coping skills when all is said and done.

Quigley: Coming together to make London Super

Quigley: Coming together to make London Super

I have always believed conversations that lead to relationships lead to actions and, after reading “How to make London super” by Western News reporter Adela Talbot (Feb. 9), I recognized there was an opportunity to have a conversation that may lead to a relationship that will, I hope, lead to action.