Western PhD student Nicole Etherington stands among eight women at Ontario universities honoured with the 2013-14 Women’s Health Scholars Award. Administered by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), the awards celebrate Ontario’s pre-eminent wome …
Month: May 2013
Mosquito control underway
Orkin Canada of London will be on campus this week to begin treating catch basins for control of mosquito larva.
Classical Studies students unearthing Roman history
Western researchers Elizabeth Greene and Alexander Meyer, along with nine Classical Studies students, arrived in Northumberland, England this week.
FIMS student wins top prize for Potter doc
Media Theory and Production student Jake Kislinsky won a Broadcast Educators Association of Canada award for his documentary, Western Charmed by English Prof, in the Best Audio Feature/Documentary category.
Traffic Alert: Philip Aziz Drive reopens to traffic
Philip Aziz Drive remains closed to eastbound traffic Thursday morning, but may reopen at some point laterPhilip Aziz Drive has reopened to traffic in both directions. The road had been closed for repairs as a result of damage caused to a city-owned manhole during flooding late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. today.
Western, city bridge project takes top Connections prize
Western Engineering students Rob Volcko, Thomas Zolis, Emily Keyes, Marco Furano and Arthur Gonzales placed first overall in the university category of the Connections Competition at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Conference in Toronto this week.
Neuroscientists get yes-no answers via brain activity
Western researchers have used neuroimaging to read human thought via brain activity when they are conveying specific ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers.
Plant sale springing up
Western’s Friends of the Gardens are preparing for its 20th annual Plant Sale.
Engineering team among IDeA student competition finalists
Western Engineering students Shuang Song, Joseph Santarelli and Nicole Kucirek know their idea could be considered all wet. But it just might be a winner.
Jensen: Bike lane blockage clogs campus for cyclists
Recently, Facilities Management installed an automatic arm to block traffic on Oxford Drive (in front of the Social Science Centre). It is difficult to understand why they would do this since there are locked metal gates at both ends of Oxford Drive and the arm has yet to actually be turned on.
Winders: University experience doesn’t stop once you cross the stage
I have lived in fear of Mitch McGlaughlin since the day we met in a university two decades ago. And I have loved every minute of it since. As I read about his death last week, and smiled at the flood of wonderful memories rushing back, I still see no reason not to continue living in fear of him today.
Campus Digest: Rankings recognize Canada’s global appeal
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
Filming the man behind ‘The Applicant’
A filmmaker, singer and trained teacher, Brad Rostas, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Class of 2016, can best be described as a Renaissance man. Recently, he took his artistic abilities and talent and applied it to a whole new landscape – the production of Schulich’s annual admissions video.
Mosquito control underway
Orkin Canada of London will be on campus this week to begin treating catch basins for control of mosquito larva.
Classical Studies students unearthing Roman history
Western researchers Elizabeth Greene and Alexander Meyer, along with nine Classical Studies students, arrived in Northumberland, England this week.
FIMS student wins top prize for Potter doc
Media Theory and Production student Jake Kislinsky won a Broadcast Educators Association of Canada award for his documentary, Western Charmed by English Prof, in the Best Audio Feature/Documentary category.
Traffic Alert: Philip Aziz Drive reopens to traffic
Philip Aziz Drive remains closed to eastbound traffic Thursday morning, but may reopen at some point laterPhilip Aziz Drive has reopened to traffic in both directions. The road had been closed for repairs as a result of damage caused to a city-owned manhole during flooding late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. today.
Western, city bridge project takes top Connections prize
Western Engineering students Rob Volcko, Thomas Zolis, Emily Keyes, Marco Furano and Arthur Gonzales placed first overall in the university category of the Connections Competition at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Conference in Toronto this week.
Neuroscientists get yes-no answers via brain activity
Western researchers have used neuroimaging to read human thought via brain activity when they are conveying specific ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers.
Plant sale springing up
Western’s Friends of the Gardens are preparing for its 20th annual Plant Sale.
Engineering team among IDeA student competition finalists
Western Engineering students Shuang Song, Joseph Santarelli and Nicole Kucirek know their idea could be considered all wet. But it just might be a winner.
Jensen: Bike lane blockage clogs campus for cyclists
Recently, Facilities Management installed an automatic arm to block traffic on Oxford Drive (in front of the Social Science Centre). It is difficult to understand why they would do this since there are locked metal gates at both ends of Oxford Drive and the arm has yet to actually be turned on.
Winders: University experience doesn’t stop once you cross the stage
I have lived in fear of Mitch McGlaughlin since the day we met in a university two decades ago. And I have loved every minute of it since. As I read about his death last week, and smiled at the flood of wonderful memories rushing back, I still see no reason not to continue living in fear of him today.
Campus Digest: Rankings recognize Canada’s global appeal
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
Filming the man behind ‘The Applicant’
A filmmaker, singer and trained teacher, Brad Rostas, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Class of 2016, can best be described as a Renaissance man. Recently, he took his artistic abilities and talent and applied it to a whole new landscape – the production of Schulich’s annual admissions video.