In the early 1970s, Canadian cartoonist and former Western employee Gordon Johnston of London created the comic It Happened At Western, a campus history spinoff of his national comic success It Happened in Canada, launched in 1967 to mark the country’s c …
Month: January 2013
Student-actor asks ‘What Have We Done’
Fourth-year Western student Gucio Jim-Poweski knows all about bullying. He recalls, as a child in elementary school, being teased by fellow students.
What top-flight researchers mean for the rest of us
If ‘superstars’ are the currency of the academic world, who exactly are they, and what do they mean for the rest of us?
Debunking the IQ myth
You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers.
Research clears concussion picture for hockey
While concussions may be an unfortunate part of some high-impact sports, an international study involving Western researchers suggests a significant underestimation in the number of concussions being reported in hockey. And those findings may change how we play the good ol’ hockey game
Campus Digest: Downtown campus dead for now
Western won’t be expanding its downtown London footprint, at least any time soon. In December, the city’s Investment and Economic Prosperity Committee made five recommendations aimed at stimulating the London economy – Western’s plan for a downtown campus was not among the five.
Unice, Vaughan named athletes of the week
Hockey player Josh Unice and basketball player Jenny Vaughan have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Jan. 7-13.
FM continues to enhance customer experience
Facilities Management's central hub for inbound calls and service requests adopts the title Client Services. Formerly referred to as the Service Centre and/or Work Control Centre, the new moniker specifically identifies the Division's sharp focus on the customer...
Flu fight heads into the New Year
With classes returning in the heart of flu season, the Western community is turning its attention to prevention.
Engineering to unveil concrete toboggan
The Western Engineering Toboggan Team will unveil its entry for the 2013 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion (CMLP) Atrium.
Student-actor asks ‘What Have We Done’
Fourth-year Western student Gucio Jim-Poweski knows all about bullying. He recalls, as a child in elementary school, being teased by fellow students.
What top-flight researchers mean for the rest of us
If ‘superstars’ are the currency of the academic world, who exactly are they, and what do they mean for the rest of us?
Debunking the IQ myth
You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers.
Research clears concussion picture for hockey
While concussions may be an unfortunate part of some high-impact sports, an international study involving Western researchers suggests a significant underestimation in the number of concussions being reported in hockey. And those findings may change how we play the good ol’ hockey game
Campus Digest: Downtown campus dead for now
Western won’t be expanding its downtown London footprint, at least any time soon. In December, the city’s Investment and Economic Prosperity Committee made five recommendations aimed at stimulating the London economy – Western’s plan for a downtown campus was not among the five.
Unice, Vaughan named athletes of the week
Hockey player Josh Unice and basketball player Jenny Vaughan have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Jan. 7-13.
FM continues to enhance customer experience
Facilities Management's central hub for inbound calls and service requests adopts the title Client Services. Formerly referred to as the Service Centre and/or Work Control Centre, the new moniker specifically identifies the Division's sharp focus on the customer...
Flu fight heads into the New Year
With classes returning in the heart of flu season, the Western community is turning its attention to prevention.
Engineering to unveil concrete toboggan
The Western Engineering Toboggan Team will unveil its entry for the 2013 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion (CMLP) Atrium.