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Month: March 2013

Brescia reaching out by logging on

Some 10,000 km away, Brescia University College is gaining esteem among young women in China, all thanks a tech-savvy outreach initiative. Rongjing Ma, a fourth-year student at Brescia, has teamed up with Dan Bashaw, web developer at Canada’s only women …

Western mourns student

Western mourns student

The Western community is mourning the death of Noah Kishinevsky, 19, a first-year Faculty of Science student and resident of Saugeen Maitland Hall, who died Sunday, March 17.

Grant fuels ‘gold-plated’ idea on cancer

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by scientists in London and Toronto is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival.

Western celebrates World Water Day

Western celebrates World Water Day

In celebration of World Water Day 2013 and the International Year of Water Cooperation, Western and EnviroWestern are hosting a special interdisciplinary event on Friday, March 22, featuring researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Arts & Humanities.

Four undergrads tapped for planetary prize

Four undergrads tapped for planetary prize

Four Western Geology/Planetary Science undergraduate students were selected to participate in the NASA Undergraduate Planetary Science Research Conference, which will be held Sunday in Houston, Texas, prior to the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).

Western mourns student

Western mourns student

The Western community is mourning the death of Noah Kishinevsky, 19, a first-year Faculty of Science student and resident of Saugeen Maitland Hall, who died Sunday, March 17.

Grant fuels ‘gold-plated’ idea on cancer

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by scientists in London and Toronto is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival.

Western celebrates World Water Day

Western celebrates World Water Day

In celebration of World Water Day 2013 and the International Year of Water Cooperation, Western and EnviroWestern are hosting a special interdisciplinary event on Friday, March 22, featuring researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Arts & Humanities.

Four undergrads tapped for planetary prize

Four undergrads tapped for planetary prize

Four Western Geology/Planetary Science undergraduate students were selected to participate in the NASA Undergraduate Planetary Science Research Conference, which will be held Sunday in Houston, Texas, prior to the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).