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Month: November 2012

Book Store at Western Wreath Decorating Contest

Book Store at Western Wreath Decorating Contest

Get your creativity warmed up in the Bookstore's Wreath Decorating Contest and help a good cause at the same time. It’s easy to enter! The Bookstore at Western supplies the wreaths, and all your department has to do is decorate one and return it to the Book Store. ...

Seven named Ontario Trillium Scholarship winners

Seven named Ontario Trillium Scholarship winners

Western students Beth Compton, Wilson Higashino, Sviataslau Kohut, Ed Krynak, Qian Liu, Felipe Rodrigues and Omneya El Sharnouby have been named recipients of the 2012 Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS).

Western President Amit Chakma re-appointed to second term

Western President Amit Chakma re-appointed to second term

Western’s Board of Governors has re-appointed President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma to a second five-year term, ending on June 30, 2019. The unanimous action comes a year and a half before the current term’s expiration on June 30, 2014.

Senate OKs new fall break

Senate OKs new fall break

On Friday, Senate passed a motion to include Fall Study Days at the end of October, starting in the 2013-14 academic year. These break days will take place on the last Thursday and Friday of October.

‘Vitamin tour’ brings health south

Last year, Brittney Grondin realized a lot of what she was doing in life was because others wanted her to do it. This past summer, the third-year Science student decided to change that.

Euro zone’s future put in spotlight

Euro zone’s future put in spotlight

Does the Euro zone have a future? A panel of Western economists organized by the Economic Policy Research Institute recently examined that question.

Student brings dedication to Global Youth Summit

At just 18, Victoria Chok will be among the youngest delegates at the 2012 Global Youth Summit, taking place Nov. 25-Dec. 1 in London, England. And she knows she’s in for a whirlwind week.

Study calls for drug-driving crackdown

Drug-impaired driving is a growing problem in Canada that remains dramatically under-enforced and, if enforced at all, is time-consuming, unwieldy and fails to identify the vast majority of drug-impaired drivers, according to a study released by Western Faculty of Law professors.

Campus Digest: Dean, alumnae named among influential women

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson, along with five Western alumnae, have been named among Canada’s most influential women, according to Women of Influence Magazine in the Canadian publication’s 2nd annual Top 25 Women of Influence list, released in its Winter 2012 issue.

Western-led team delivers world-first ethics guidelines

Led by Charles Weijer of Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy, in association with Jeremy Grimshaw and Monica Taljaard of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, a team of researchers has issued world-first ethics guidelines governing cluster randomized trials (CRTs).

Seven named Ontario Trillium Scholarship winners

Seven named Ontario Trillium Scholarship winners

Western students Beth Compton, Wilson Higashino, Sviataslau Kohut, Ed Krynak, Qian Liu, Felipe Rodrigues and Omneya El Sharnouby have been named recipients of the 2012 Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS).

Western President Amit Chakma re-appointed to second term

Western President Amit Chakma re-appointed to second term

Western’s Board of Governors has re-appointed President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma to a second five-year term, ending on June 30, 2019. The unanimous action comes a year and a half before the current term’s expiration on June 30, 2014.

Senate OKs new fall break

Senate OKs new fall break

On Friday, Senate passed a motion to include Fall Study Days at the end of October, starting in the 2013-14 academic year. These break days will take place on the last Thursday and Friday of October.

‘Vitamin tour’ brings health south

Last year, Brittney Grondin realized a lot of what she was doing in life was because others wanted her to do it. This past summer, the third-year Science student decided to change that.

Euro zone’s future put in spotlight

Euro zone’s future put in spotlight

Does the Euro zone have a future? A panel of Western economists organized by the Economic Policy Research Institute recently examined that question.

Student brings dedication to Global Youth Summit

At just 18, Victoria Chok will be among the youngest delegates at the 2012 Global Youth Summit, taking place Nov. 25-Dec. 1 in London, England. And she knows she’s in for a whirlwind week.

Study calls for drug-driving crackdown

Drug-impaired driving is a growing problem in Canada that remains dramatically under-enforced and, if enforced at all, is time-consuming, unwieldy and fails to identify the vast majority of drug-impaired drivers, according to a study released by Western Faculty of Law professors.

Campus Digest: Dean, alumnae named among influential women

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson, along with five Western alumnae, have been named among Canada’s most influential women, according to Women of Influence Magazine in the Canadian publication’s 2nd annual Top 25 Women of Influence list, released in its Winter 2012 issue.

Western-led team delivers world-first ethics guidelines

Led by Charles Weijer of Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy, in association with Jeremy Grimshaw and Monica Taljaard of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, a team of researchers has issued world-first ethics guidelines governing cluster randomized trials (CRTs).