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. …
Month: March 2013
President shares thoughts on Alumni Association’s future
On the one day of the year he asks alumni to set aside time to share the Western story with others, Alumni Association president Robert Collins set aside time to share his thoughts on the state of the alumni association with Western News editor Jason Winders.
Take a digital walk down memory lane
Western Archives recently completed a project to digitize the Occidentalia (Western’s yearbook), from the early 1920s through the 1980s.
Gender class makes curriculum cut; work remains
What started as a conversation in a Western residence eight years ago will be an elective course in high schools across the province come this fall.
Research attacks cancer’s ‘shields’
Drs. Wei-Ping Min and James Koropatnick are going to war against cancer.
Course weds literature, marriage in global context
Taiwo Osinubi is taking his students on an unconventional tour around the world, but no luggage is necessary – only books and the subject of marriage.
Electronic thesis project earns top honours
Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.
Abelev, Barry named Athletes of the Week
Wrestlers Ilya Abelev and Brianne Barry have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for March 4-10.
Math Kangaroo Contest looking for students from Grade 1 – 12
Western's Statistical and Actuarial Sciences Department will be hosting in London part of the international 2013 Math Kangaroo contest. Associate Professor, Dr. Hristo Sendov will be acting as site coordinator for the event. In 2012, more than 6,000,000 students from...
Register now for Technology in Education Symposium
Registration for Western University's inaugural Technology in Education Symposium – Making TIES @ Western – is now available on the Teaching Support Centre website. Internationally acclaimed education technology expert Michael Wesch will headline a day-long symposium...
Founder’s Day Coffee Break for Faculty and Staff
Alumni Western invites you to take a break in your busy day and come together with fellow staff and faculty in honour of Founder’s Day at Western on March 7, 2013. Join us as we celebrate the day of Western’s founding - 135 years strong! Date: Thursday, March...
Name change for Facilities Management’s Service Centre
Formerly referred to as the Service Centre and/or Work Control Centre, Facilities Management’s central hub for inbound calls and service requests recently adopted the title Client Services.
Minac wins top mathematical honour
Mathematics professor Jan Minac has been awarded the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS).
President shares thoughts on Alumni Association’s future
On the one day of the year he asks alumni to set aside time to share the Western story with others, Alumni Association president Robert Collins set aside time to share his thoughts on the state of the alumni association with Western News editor Jason Winders.
Take a digital walk down memory lane
Western Archives recently completed a project to digitize the Occidentalia (Western’s yearbook), from the early 1920s through the 1980s.
Gender class makes curriculum cut; work remains
What started as a conversation in a Western residence eight years ago will be an elective course in high schools across the province come this fall.
Research attacks cancer’s ‘shields’
Drs. Wei-Ping Min and James Koropatnick are going to war against cancer.
Course weds literature, marriage in global context
Taiwo Osinubi is taking his students on an unconventional tour around the world, but no luggage is necessary – only books and the subject of marriage.
Electronic thesis project earns top honours
Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.
Abelev, Barry named Athletes of the Week
Wrestlers Ilya Abelev and Brianne Barry have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for March 4-10.
Math Kangaroo Contest looking for students from Grade 1 – 12
Western's Statistical and Actuarial Sciences Department will be hosting in London part of the international 2013 Math Kangaroo contest. Associate Professor, Dr. Hristo Sendov will be acting as site coordinator for the event. In 2012, more than 6,000,000 students from...
Register now for Technology in Education Symposium
Registration for Western University's inaugural Technology in Education Symposium – Making TIES @ Western – is now available on the Teaching Support Centre website. Internationally acclaimed education technology expert Michael Wesch will headline a day-long symposium...
Founder’s Day Coffee Break for Faculty and Staff
Alumni Western invites you to take a break in your busy day and come together with fellow staff and faculty in honour of Founder’s Day at Western on March 7, 2013. Join us as we celebrate the day of Western’s founding - 135 years strong! Date: Thursday, March...
Name change for Facilities Management’s Service Centre
Formerly referred to as the Service Centre and/or Work Control Centre, Facilities Management’s central hub for inbound calls and service requests recently adopted the title Client Services.
Minac wins top mathematical honour
Mathematics professor Jan Minac has been awarded the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS).