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Whalley to share insights on CBC’s ‘Ideas’

Whalley to share insights on CBC’s ‘Ideas’

Western Economics professor John Whalley joined his fellow 2012 Canada Council Killam Prize Winners at the first Killam Prize Symposium held Tuesday, Nov. 20 at Rideau Hall. The symposium, entitled How do we find things out? What are the ideal conditions  …

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

I nearly choked on my sandwich when I read that interest in cosmetics is a good motivation for girls to study science, because cosmetics is “sexy” and “sexy” is what the girls are interested in (“Make science fun, not sexist, for all,” Jan. 12).

Campus Digest, Jan. 19

Lighting the lamp for Locks of Love When the 2011-12 women’s OUA hockey season comes to a close, a pair of Western Mustangs will be losing more than their equipment. Tawn Rellinger and Katie Dillon, both fourth-year players, have decided to cut off their hair and...

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Editor’s note: Please read ‘Troubling yesterday for building of tomorrow: Despite stumbles, most see a bright future for revolutionary facility’ (Jan. 19), which was published in conjunction with this story. Brent Sinclair: The guy who freezes bugs Brent Sinclair...

Western lights up the big screen

Western lights up the big screen

Looking for some indoor family fun during these cold winter months? Western’s Department of Film Studies and Museum London’s in-house theatre are joining together to give children a chance to see some quality cinema and short films.

Career Week 2012 coming soon

Career Week 2012 coming soon

The Student Success Centre at Western invites students to attend the 5th annual Career Week from Monday, Jan. 31-Friday, Feb. 3.

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

With plenty of buzz surrounding a new undergraduate tuition grant, introduced this month by the provincial government, details of the Liberals’ decision to cut roughly $42 million in research funding from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) attracted significantly less attention, despite almost simultaneous implementation.

Ehrlich takes classics honours

Ehrlich takes classics honours

Simeon ‘Shimi’ Ehrlich, an MA student in Classical Studies, took home the top poster prize at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), the largest gathering of classicists in the world, held the first week of January in Philadelphia.

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Solar farms are sprouting up across the country at an exponential pace and this push for harvesting greener energy has prompted a Western Engineering researcher to figure out a way capitalize on daylight hours.

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

Barron: Laughing at bringing ‘sexy’ back

I nearly choked on my sandwich when I read that interest in cosmetics is a good motivation for girls to study science, because cosmetics is “sexy” and “sexy” is what the girls are interested in (“Make science fun, not sexist, for all,” Jan. 12).

Campus Digest, Jan. 19

Lighting the lamp for Locks of Love When the 2011-12 women’s OUA hockey season comes to a close, a pair of Western Mustangs will be losing more than their equipment. Tawn Rellinger and Katie Dillon, both fourth-year players, have decided to cut off their hair and...

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Meet some of Biotron’s research superstars

Editor’s note: Please read ‘Troubling yesterday for building of tomorrow: Despite stumbles, most see a bright future for revolutionary facility’ (Jan. 19), which was published in conjunction with this story. Brent Sinclair: The guy who freezes bugs Brent Sinclair...

Western lights up the big screen

Western lights up the big screen

Looking for some indoor family fun during these cold winter months? Western’s Department of Film Studies and Museum London’s in-house theatre are joining together to give children a chance to see some quality cinema and short films.

Career Week 2012 coming soon

Career Week 2012 coming soon

The Student Success Centre at Western invites students to attend the 5th annual Career Week from Monday, Jan. 31-Friday, Feb. 3.

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

Cuts cause pain, but not panic

With plenty of buzz surrounding a new undergraduate tuition grant, introduced this month by the provincial government, details of the Liberals’ decision to cut roughly $42 million in research funding from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) attracted significantly less attention, despite almost simultaneous implementation.

Ehrlich takes classics honours

Ehrlich takes classics honours

Simeon ‘Shimi’ Ehrlich, an MA student in Classical Studies, took home the top poster prize at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), the largest gathering of classicists in the world, held the first week of January in Philadelphia.

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Pioneering solar technology tracks sun’s movement

Solar farms are sprouting up across the country at an exponential pace and this push for harvesting greener energy has prompted a Western Engineering researcher to figure out a way capitalize on daylight hours.