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Month: September 2012

New minor logs students onto humanities

New minor logs students onto humanities

A first-of-its-kind minor in Canada will help students examine some of the oldest questions using the newest technologies. A new minor at Western – one in Digital Humanities – offered, for the first time this year, through the Department of Modern Lan …

Weather warning system online

Weather warning system online

A city-first emergency omni-directional weather siren – installed on the roof of Alumni Hall – will signal the earliest possible warning in case of an imminent weather emergency.

Test set for new weather siren

Test set for new weather siren

Western has installed a city-first emergency weather siren on the roof of Alumni Hall, which will be tested live today as 5,000 new students gather for a purposely intense safety demonstration.

Study eyes role of women’s shelters in communities

Study eyes role of women’s shelters in communities

The first phase results of the Ontario Shelter Research Project, a massive collaborative study funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, were released at Western last week in hopes the findings will assist shelters in evaluating their services in order to better meet the needs of their clients.

Weather warning system online

Weather warning system online

A city-first emergency omni-directional weather siren – installed on the roof of Alumni Hall – will signal the earliest possible warning in case of an imminent weather emergency.

Test set for new weather siren

Test set for new weather siren

Western has installed a city-first emergency weather siren on the roof of Alumni Hall, which will be tested live today as 5,000 new students gather for a purposely intense safety demonstration.

Study eyes role of women’s shelters in communities

Study eyes role of women’s shelters in communities

The first phase results of the Ontario Shelter Research Project, a massive collaborative study funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, were released at Western last week in hopes the findings will assist shelters in evaluating their services in order to better meet the needs of their clients.