Power and air circulation lost in several buildings over the past 24 hours, due to a transformer problem in the south sub-station, were restored overnight Wednesday. Monitoring of the electrical systems will continue, and cooling capabilities may be limit …
Month: May 2012
Automotive research gets direct injection
MONTREAL – Three Western-led projects targeting smarter systems, better materials and safer roadways are among projects benefiting from a $22 million investment by Canada’s automotive research program, the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence.
Master class plays a ‘key’ role
Home to Canada’s only piano technology program, Western plays host to an all-star cast this weekend for a master class in tickling, tuning and teaching the ivories.
Western graduates 44 in Hong Kong
HONG KONG – Forty-four undergraduates and post-graduates representing seven faculties and affiliated colleges celebrated the culmination of their time at Western as the university held its eighth annual Hong Kong convocation ceremony Sunday in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Providing a ‘Pathway’ for immigrants
In 2001, more than three quarters of immigrants to Canada settled in one of three cities: Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal. A decade later, an ever-increasing number of newcomers are finding homes in smaller communities across the country. Now, a new community-university research partnership will help facilitate this transition.
Ivey, CUPL team on new programs
HONG KONG – The Richard Ivey School of Business Asia and China University of Political Science and Law announced recently a first-of-its-kind partnership that will provide Chinese executives with real-world, case-based learning of leadership and legal practices in international business.
Heat warning in effect
The London-Middlesex Health Unit has issued a heat alert for today, May 28.
New campaign makes case for research
Western professors Tima Bansal and Gordon Osinski are helping explain why Research Matters, a new province-wide campaign by the Council of Ontario Universities to showcase new stories and ideas emerging from Ontario university research.
Chene, et al.: Exchange provides an opportunity beyond the textbook
Travel, when done correctly, is transformative. It was Samuel Johnson who said that “the use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
Winders: Attention grabbed; but for how long?
I hope Michael Roy is as good at reading signs as he is at making them. Because a lot of his group’s credibility hinges on his next move.
University upholds campus bans
Nearly four months after the incident that triggered it, an internal review conducted by Western officials has reaffirmed the university’s position that two London men – Michael Roy and Anthony Verberckmoes – will remain banned from campus for a year.
St. Peter’s celebrates a century of a higher calling
Earlier this week, St. Peter’s Seminary celebrated its 100th anniversary as one of only six Roman Catholic seminaries – and the oldest English-speaking one in Canada.
Gift allows Western to mine industry expertise
Steve Vaughan not only knows the problem, he has lived it.
Automotive research gets direct injection
MONTREAL – Three Western-led projects targeting smarter systems, better materials and safer roadways are among projects benefiting from a $22 million investment by Canada’s automotive research program, the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence.
Master class plays a ‘key’ role
Home to Canada’s only piano technology program, Western plays host to an all-star cast this weekend for a master class in tickling, tuning and teaching the ivories.
Western graduates 44 in Hong Kong
HONG KONG – Forty-four undergraduates and post-graduates representing seven faculties and affiliated colleges celebrated the culmination of their time at Western as the university held its eighth annual Hong Kong convocation ceremony Sunday in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Providing a ‘Pathway’ for immigrants
In 2001, more than three quarters of immigrants to Canada settled in one of three cities: Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal. A decade later, an ever-increasing number of newcomers are finding homes in smaller communities across the country. Now, a new community-university research partnership will help facilitate this transition.
Ivey, CUPL team on new programs
HONG KONG – The Richard Ivey School of Business Asia and China University of Political Science and Law announced recently a first-of-its-kind partnership that will provide Chinese executives with real-world, case-based learning of leadership and legal practices in international business.
Heat warning in effect
The London-Middlesex Health Unit has issued a heat alert for today, May 28.
New campaign makes case for research
Western professors Tima Bansal and Gordon Osinski are helping explain why Research Matters, a new province-wide campaign by the Council of Ontario Universities to showcase new stories and ideas emerging from Ontario university research.
Chene, et al.: Exchange provides an opportunity beyond the textbook
Travel, when done correctly, is transformative. It was Samuel Johnson who said that “the use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.”
Winders: Attention grabbed; but for how long?
I hope Michael Roy is as good at reading signs as he is at making them. Because a lot of his group’s credibility hinges on his next move.
University upholds campus bans
Nearly four months after the incident that triggered it, an internal review conducted by Western officials has reaffirmed the university’s position that two London men – Michael Roy and Anthony Verberckmoes – will remain banned from campus for a year.
St. Peter’s celebrates a century of a higher calling
Earlier this week, St. Peter’s Seminary celebrated its 100th anniversary as one of only six Roman Catholic seminaries – and the oldest English-speaking one in Canada.
Gift allows Western to mine industry expertise
Steve Vaughan not only knows the problem, he has lived it.