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Year: 2012
Western alumnus debuts new TV show
Personal fitness and nutrition expert Harley Pasternak has written two best-selling books, produced a series of workout DVDs, launched a line of snack chips, and counts celebrities like Lady Gaga and Robert Downey Jr. as clients. As if that’s not enough, he’s taking on the television world, co-hosting The Revolution, a new ABC TV/CityTV daytime talk show that debuts 2 p.m. today, Jan. 16.
Grant targets surgical learning
University of Western Ontario researchers Gavin Buckingham and Melvyn A. Goodale, both of the Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, recently received a one-year $48,000 Health Research Grant from the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation.
Not all students cheer on tuition grants
While some university students eagerly will welcome the extra money toward their education, others are upset by the narrow eligibility criteria of a new tuition grant – introduced by the provincial government this month and meant to cover 30 per cent of undergraduate tuition costs.
McMaster: An appeal to the greater good
Wouldn’t it be nice …
McPherson: Adding fuel to the Occupy debate fire
Ryan Avola (“Occupy movement all about love,” Jan. 5) sees the Occupy movement as one of “love, empathy and compassion.”
Winders: Not a matter of generation, but understanding
Steve Paikin had me pegged.
Talbot: Make science fun, not sexist, for all
As someone who visits The Globe and Mail website daily, I didn’t come across its ‘special online feature’ promoting women’s involvement in science, until what I’m cautious to call an article showed up in my inbox, accompanied by a reader rant.
Rowlinson: No social value without social responsibility
At midnight on Sunday, Jan. 1, 425 unionized workers at London’s Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) were locked out of the plant by their employers on the expiration of their contract. EMD builds locomotives for mass transit systems; it is owned by Progress Rail, a...
Suncor CEO named Ivey Business Leader
Rick George, Suncor Energy Inc. chief executive officer, will receive the 2012 Ivey Business Leader Award and address Canada’s prominent business leaders at a gala on Oct. 17.
Sustainability workshop targets faculty, PhD students
For Richard Ivey School of Business professor Tima Bansal, sustainability requires collaboration between academics and business. “We need to do this together,” she says. “No one individual can move the system.”
Mayor sees opportunity everywhere
London is a city of opportunity, said Mayor Joe Fontana at his annual State of the City address Wednesday morning.
Libraries, archives take centrestage in copyright debate
Libraries and archives need to have a special role in the copyright environment, according to a committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Western alumnus debuts new TV show
Personal fitness and nutrition expert Harley Pasternak has written two best-selling books, produced a series of workout DVDs, launched a line of snack chips, and counts celebrities like Lady Gaga and Robert Downey Jr. as clients. As if that’s not enough, he’s taking on the television world, co-hosting The Revolution, a new ABC TV/CityTV daytime talk show that debuts 2 p.m. today, Jan. 16.
Grant targets surgical learning
University of Western Ontario researchers Gavin Buckingham and Melvyn A. Goodale, both of the Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, recently received a one-year $48,000 Health Research Grant from the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation.
Not all students cheer on tuition grants
While some university students eagerly will welcome the extra money toward their education, others are upset by the narrow eligibility criteria of a new tuition grant – introduced by the provincial government this month and meant to cover 30 per cent of undergraduate tuition costs.
McMaster: An appeal to the greater good
Wouldn’t it be nice …
McPherson: Adding fuel to the Occupy debate fire
Ryan Avola (“Occupy movement all about love,” Jan. 5) sees the Occupy movement as one of “love, empathy and compassion.”
Winders: Not a matter of generation, but understanding
Steve Paikin had me pegged.
Talbot: Make science fun, not sexist, for all
As someone who visits The Globe and Mail website daily, I didn’t come across its ‘special online feature’ promoting women’s involvement in science, until what I’m cautious to call an article showed up in my inbox, accompanied by a reader rant.
Rowlinson: No social value without social responsibility
At midnight on Sunday, Jan. 1, 425 unionized workers at London’s Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) were locked out of the plant by their employers on the expiration of their contract. EMD builds locomotives for mass transit systems; it is owned by Progress Rail, a...
Suncor CEO named Ivey Business Leader
Rick George, Suncor Energy Inc. chief executive officer, will receive the 2012 Ivey Business Leader Award and address Canada’s prominent business leaders at a gala on Oct. 17.
Sustainability workshop targets faculty, PhD students
For Richard Ivey School of Business professor Tima Bansal, sustainability requires collaboration between academics and business. “We need to do this together,” she says. “No one individual can move the system.”
Mayor sees opportunity everywhere
London is a city of opportunity, said Mayor Joe Fontana at his annual State of the City address Wednesday morning.
Libraries, archives take centrestage in copyright debate
Libraries and archives need to have a special role in the copyright environment, according to a committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).