Now is your chance to prove everyone correct, students. So don’t blow it. Just last week, London police chief Brad Duncan disbanded the department’s ‘papers, please’ portion of the Project LEARN initiative and promised to destroy al …
Month: October 2013
Western, CUPE Local 2361 reach tentative deal
Western has reached a tentative agreement with CUPE Local 2361, the union representing approximately 330 employees in Western’s Facilities Management and Thompson Arena. The group’s contract expired June 30, and the two sides held four days of negotiations. Details of the agreement will not be released until after it has been ratified by both the union members and the university’s Board of Governors.
Pope: Learning among the Little Zapatista School
Annaliese Pope, a master’s student in Sociology at Western, recently returned from a trip to a mountainous region in Mexico, where she was one of 3,000 people from around the world to receive an invitation to attend a school on autonomous government in secluded Zapatista communities. The Zapatistas are leftist Mexican revolutionaries; this year marks the 10th anniversary of their autonomous government. What follows is an edited version of Pope’s reflections on that trip.
Butson: Finding hope for others during my life’s most challenging time
One year ago last month, I accidently discovered a lump.
Bigus: An update from a ‘single dad’
My name is Paul Bigus. I am a former Western student who was featured in a Western News article written by Karmen Dowling a number of years ago (Single dad graduates from dropout to dean’s list, June 10, 2004).
Babbage: Remembering more than one in the family
I was saddened that you picked up on the celebrity son, the golfer, to highlight and missed another one – a half relationship, I believe – who died for his country in the Great War.
Western, London ‘Rise’ up for economic opportunity
Allison Moyer is not one to mince words.
Postdoctoral scholars join Banting Fellowship
Western postdoctoral scholars Hannah Neufeld and Corey Maggiano have been named among 70 members of the 2012-13 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship class.
Western named among nation’s elite employers
For the first time in the competition’s history, Western counts itself among Canada’s Top 100 Employers.
Graduating students weigh in on Western career
If students are the best ambassadors for a postsecondary institution, then Western’s 2012-13 graduating class have continued that tradition.
Engineered cells offer hope to Parkinson’s sufferers
Researchers at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have discovered a potentially promising treatment for patients suffering from degenerative neurological ailments – one that comes from small brain biopsies.
Program offers novel route to secondary school success
Kevin Heslop knows his story is all too familiar. In fact, he calls it a “classic” tale.
Dental student all smiles over handbag success
Sarah Shell’s name has been linked with the likes of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. So how does a second-year dental student find herself in such company?
Western, CUPE Local 2361 reach tentative deal
Western has reached a tentative agreement with CUPE Local 2361, the union representing approximately 330 employees in Western’s Facilities Management and Thompson Arena. The group’s contract expired June 30, and the two sides held four days of negotiations. Details of the agreement will not be released until after it has been ratified by both the union members and the university’s Board of Governors.
Pope: Learning among the Little Zapatista School
Annaliese Pope, a master’s student in Sociology at Western, recently returned from a trip to a mountainous region in Mexico, where she was one of 3,000 people from around the world to receive an invitation to attend a school on autonomous government in secluded Zapatista communities. The Zapatistas are leftist Mexican revolutionaries; this year marks the 10th anniversary of their autonomous government. What follows is an edited version of Pope’s reflections on that trip.
Butson: Finding hope for others during my life’s most challenging time
One year ago last month, I accidently discovered a lump.
Bigus: An update from a ‘single dad’
My name is Paul Bigus. I am a former Western student who was featured in a Western News article written by Karmen Dowling a number of years ago (Single dad graduates from dropout to dean’s list, June 10, 2004).
Babbage: Remembering more than one in the family
I was saddened that you picked up on the celebrity son, the golfer, to highlight and missed another one – a half relationship, I believe – who died for his country in the Great War.
Western, London ‘Rise’ up for economic opportunity
Allison Moyer is not one to mince words.
Postdoctoral scholars join Banting Fellowship
Western postdoctoral scholars Hannah Neufeld and Corey Maggiano have been named among 70 members of the 2012-13 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship class.
Western named among nation’s elite employers
For the first time in the competition’s history, Western counts itself among Canada’s Top 100 Employers.
Graduating students weigh in on Western career
If students are the best ambassadors for a postsecondary institution, then Western’s 2012-13 graduating class have continued that tradition.
Engineered cells offer hope to Parkinson’s sufferers
Researchers at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have discovered a potentially promising treatment for patients suffering from degenerative neurological ailments – one that comes from small brain biopsies.
Program offers novel route to secondary school success
Kevin Heslop knows his story is all too familiar. In fact, he calls it a “classic” tale.
Dental student all smiles over handbag success
Sarah Shell’s name has been linked with the likes of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. So how does a second-year dental student find herself in such company?