Thanks to a group of Western students, a significant healthcare deficiency could soon be solved – all with a blink of an eye. I-COM (Intuitive Communication via Ocular Motion) is the brainchild of third-year Mechatronic Systems Engineering students Anis …
Month: March 2013
Shaw lecture explores soap, students and stem cells
Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109.
Symposium to discuss you and your health
Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Miracle six-minute exercise routines. All of these things promise quick results, but do they actually deliver? The 8th annual Exercise and Nutrition Symposium, slated for March 23, will help you decide for yourself.
Campus flooding being monitored
Western community members are advised to continue to stay away from the river and Medway Creek on campus as waters are still running fast, high and cold.
Giuffre, Thomson named Athletes of the Week
Badminton player Martin Giuffre and track athlete Brenna Thomson have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for March 11-17.
Western joins Hydro One’s engineering partnership
Western recently announced a new partnership with Hydro One, Ryerson University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo to increase enrolment and career opportunities for female students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Chronic pain management workshop set
Members of the Western community are invited to a chronic pain management workshop, hosted by the Joint Motion Program and The Arthritis Society of London, scheduled for 4:30-6:30 p.m. March 21 in the University Community Center, room 66.
Kohler awarded Alzheimer Foundation grant
Western Psychology professor Stefan Kohler has been awarded the Alzheimer Foundation London and Middlesex Premier Research Grant, a $100,000 grant (over two years) to support research, personnel and supportive infrastructure.
Fellowship takes search for answers global
Western professor Stephen Lomber is only the second Canadian to earn the Cattell Fund fellowship in the last two decades.
Winders: Founder’s Day provides opportunity to say thanks. Just not to Isaac.
It’s not a matter of Western being my first choice, or even my last choice, it’s that Western was never even a choice. My career was set, and it didn’t include this university – or even Canada, for that matter.
Cope named Ivey Business Leader of the Year
George Cope, HBA ’84, president/CEO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, has been named the 2013 Ivey Business Leader Award.
Ivey wins multiple awards at case competition
Faculty members from the Richard Ivey School of Business have been awarded top honours in three of 14 categories in the 2013 European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD) case-writing competition.
Alumna fiddles around with Canadian tradition
The soundtrack for Celina Di Cecca’s homecoming is lively.
Shaw lecture explores soap, students and stem cells
Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109.
Symposium to discuss you and your health
Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Miracle six-minute exercise routines. All of these things promise quick results, but do they actually deliver? The 8th annual Exercise and Nutrition Symposium, slated for March 23, will help you decide for yourself.
Campus flooding being monitored
Western community members are advised to continue to stay away from the river and Medway Creek on campus as waters are still running fast, high and cold.
Giuffre, Thomson named Athletes of the Week
Badminton player Martin Giuffre and track athlete Brenna Thomson have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for March 11-17.
Western joins Hydro One’s engineering partnership
Western recently announced a new partnership with Hydro One, Ryerson University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo to increase enrolment and career opportunities for female students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Chronic pain management workshop set
Members of the Western community are invited to a chronic pain management workshop, hosted by the Joint Motion Program and The Arthritis Society of London, scheduled for 4:30-6:30 p.m. March 21 in the University Community Center, room 66.
Kohler awarded Alzheimer Foundation grant
Western Psychology professor Stefan Kohler has been awarded the Alzheimer Foundation London and Middlesex Premier Research Grant, a $100,000 grant (over two years) to support research, personnel and supportive infrastructure.
Fellowship takes search for answers global
Western professor Stephen Lomber is only the second Canadian to earn the Cattell Fund fellowship in the last two decades.
Winders: Founder’s Day provides opportunity to say thanks. Just not to Isaac.
It’s not a matter of Western being my first choice, or even my last choice, it’s that Western was never even a choice. My career was set, and it didn’t include this university – or even Canada, for that matter.
Cope named Ivey Business Leader of the Year
George Cope, HBA ’84, president/CEO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, has been named the 2013 Ivey Business Leader Award.
Ivey wins multiple awards at case competition
Faculty members from the Richard Ivey School of Business have been awarded top honours in three of 14 categories in the 2013 European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD) case-writing competition.
Alumna fiddles around with Canadian tradition
The soundtrack for Celina Di Cecca’s homecoming is lively.