Despite a multitude of opinions, everyone wants to work together. That was the takeaway of a public participation meeting last week at London City Hall, which brought together the city’s Town and Gown Committee, London Police Service, as well as members …
Known worldwide for his research around critical care medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Raymond Kao has been named the Group Captain G. Edward Hall Chair in Military Critical Care Research at Lawson Health Research Institute, the research arm of London Health Sciences Centre. The chair, a Canadian first, is named after Western’s former Dean of Medicine and longest-serving president.
For a century now, it has facilitated and promoted mentorship in the London community, changing lives in the process. And it’s something the Western community has, and continues, to foster.
John Robinson has been here before. As the University of British Columbia’s associate provost for sustainability, Robinson helms the most highly lauded campus in Canada when it comes to sustainability. So, perhaps better than anyone else in the country, he knows what you’re thinking right now.
Rapid changes in technology and the impact of globalization are pushing higher education institutions to adapt to the needs of adult learners. However, adult learners’ lives are complex and their needs are both diverse and extensive. There are five principles institutions should adhere to in order to enable adults to return to the classroom and contribute to individual and community growth.
With this week’s release of Western’s first-ever sustainability strategy, Creating a Sustainable Western Experience, it is expected that students, staff and faculty will begin to see a cultural shift at Western.
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry junior faculty member Hon Leong has developed a new blood test which could detect the potential for prostate cancer earlier.
Gitta Kulczycki knows tomorrow won’t be much different from today. In fact, she stresses it will take a whole lot of tomorrows to get to where Western wants to be on environmental sustainability. But that’s no excuse for not getting started.
The year is definitely off to a good start for the Western Engineering Toboggan Team.
Western has been awarded Five Stars by the QS Stars audit, authored by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), publishers of the QS World University Rankings.
Some creative use of social media by her real estate company has sparked an interest from Sherry Chris’ alma mater. The 2001 graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business Executive MBA program, and current president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in New Jersey, will be the focus of a new case study developed by Western’s business school.
Nominations are now being sought for the Western Green Awards, to recognize contributions to sustainability on campus. Looking to help raise awareness of sustainability at the university through the acknowledgement of community members who have made positive...
Western professor Dr. Mark Goldszmidt, Department of Medicine and acting director for the Centre for Education Research & Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, has been awarded the prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship recognizing his dedication to teaching, learning and educational leadership.