While not as drastic as the Common Sense Revolution cuts of the early 1990s, this latest round of provincial cuts to postsecondary education is still akin to “death by 1,000 cuts,” Janice Deakin told university Senate members last week. During her pre …
Year: 2013
Malawi project looks to build a new future
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Site preserving musical legacy strikes right chord
Generals Gathered, a metal band from Thunder Bay. Simply Saucer, a punk band from Hamilton. Fear of Dogma, a rock band from London. Odds are you haven’t heard of any of these bands, but Jonathan Martel is doing his best to get the word – or in this case, music – out to the masses.
Grad student labour puts ‘Works’ on display
You could say it is an interesting, if not welcome, change – temporarily shifting the attention away from London’s ever-fluctuating, seldom optimistic, unemployment rate to its rich history of labour.
TLC students bring lessons home
This year, 18 students participated in a new campus initiative, Travel, Learn, Contribute (TLC), visiting the Dominican Republic during Reading Week where they worked to improve one village school while also giving their time and efforts to a variety of local causes.
In Memoriam: Wearring remembered as a towering example for all
George Wearring (1928-2013) was a Western professor who taught in the Department of Physical, Health and Recreation Education (now, after several iterations, the School of Kinesiology) from 1962-90. I want to reflect upon the man as I knew him, first as one of my undergraduate teachers and later as my colleague and friend.
Time for a little campus spring cleaning
Western will be hosting a Campus Clean Up Day on Thursday, April 4. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western, and event organizers say it will be a great way to show appreciation for the university’s beautiful campus.
Campus Digest: Electronic thesis project takes 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.
Winders: Mental health more than words; but words are still important
It never bothered me until it did.
Sendov: Keep a kid’s math motor running
To maintain your motorcycle, first you need to have a motorcycle. That sounds so Zen, I could not resist.
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.
Malawi project looks to build a new future
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Site preserving musical legacy strikes right chord
Generals Gathered, a metal band from Thunder Bay. Simply Saucer, a punk band from Hamilton. Fear of Dogma, a rock band from London. Odds are you haven’t heard of any of these bands, but Jonathan Martel is doing his best to get the word – or in this case, music – out to the masses.
Grad student labour puts ‘Works’ on display
You could say it is an interesting, if not welcome, change – temporarily shifting the attention away from London’s ever-fluctuating, seldom optimistic, unemployment rate to its rich history of labour.
TLC students bring lessons home
This year, 18 students participated in a new campus initiative, Travel, Learn, Contribute (TLC), visiting the Dominican Republic during Reading Week where they worked to improve one village school while also giving their time and efforts to a variety of local causes.
In Memoriam: Wearring remembered as a towering example for all
George Wearring (1928-2013) was a Western professor who taught in the Department of Physical, Health and Recreation Education (now, after several iterations, the School of Kinesiology) from 1962-90. I want to reflect upon the man as I knew him, first as one of my undergraduate teachers and later as my colleague and friend.
Time for a little campus spring cleaning
Western will be hosting a Campus Clean Up Day on Thursday, April 4. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western, and event organizers say it will be a great way to show appreciation for the university’s beautiful campus.
Campus Digest: Electronic thesis project takes 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.
Winders: Mental health more than words; but words are still important
It never bothered me until it did.
Sendov: Keep a kid’s math motor running
To maintain your motorcycle, first you need to have a motorcycle. That sounds so Zen, I could not resist.
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.