While you may see a Chevrolet Volt here, or a Nissan Leaf there, the future of the electric car has a way to go when it comes to safety, cost and, especially, performance. However, Engineering professor Andy Sun may have an answer to that final challenge. …
Month: March 2014
Doerksen reappointed to five-year term
John Doerksen, vice-provost (academic programs and students) [registrar], has been re-appointed to a second five-year term as vice-provost (academic programs).
Great Hall Catering rolls out online ordering
Great Hall Catering is now one click away. The team has expanded its catering software package to make ordering easier, more efficient and accessible through the Online Web Ordering System, released this month.
Winders: Public pressure on unpaid internships demands action
With some revolutions you simply wonder what took them so long.
Vyas: Fly straight to solutions of conservation
It is clear and quite scary to think about how fast the monarch butterfly population is declining (Migration of Monarch Butterflies Shrinks Again Under Inhospitable Conditions, New York Times, Jan. 29). At the same time, the smallest effort can help conserve their population.
UWOFA president prepares for new role at the table
While no major disruptions or grievances mark his time, the French Studies professor has worked to strengthen and unify the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) since taking the post of president last summer.
‘Eureka moment’ provides unique opportunity for students
Western Science students Emily McCullough and Shaymila Gamage are on a mission to the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), outside Eureka, Nunavut. The students are part of multi-university team conducting research in the High Arctic facility.
Exploring how kidney failure impacts the body’s systems
For the 35,000 Canadians currently on kidney dialysis, several medications – up to a dozen in some cases – are prescribed to control such things as diabetes, hypertension and various types of infection.
Website to spark dialogue, foster sharing on domestic violence
“We speak for the dead to protect the living.” So said Dr. William Lucas, deputy chief coroner and chair of Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC), about the motto he follows each day.
Event brings student solutions to industry problems
For dozens of Western students, Reading Week was non-existent.
Flickr provides us a snapshot of a decade
Just a few short months after the launch of the image-hosting website Flickr in 2004, Western posted its first photo – a simple shot of the Physics & Astronomy building.
Dellelce named Purple and White Award winner
Perry Dellelce never wanted to leave his Western Experience behind. And the university couldn’t be happier he never did.
Study: Expand income-based repayment for student loans
Family Support and Income-Contingent Student Loans, a new study by Western’s CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity, examined student loan repayment, the important role of family support in enabling repayment for many recent students and the implications of expanding income-contingent repayment schemes for student loans.
Doerksen reappointed to five-year term
John Doerksen, vice-provost (academic programs and students) [registrar], has been re-appointed to a second five-year term as vice-provost (academic programs).
Great Hall Catering rolls out online ordering
Great Hall Catering is now one click away. The team has expanded its catering software package to make ordering easier, more efficient and accessible through the Online Web Ordering System, released this month.
Winders: Public pressure on unpaid internships demands action
With some revolutions you simply wonder what took them so long.
Vyas: Fly straight to solutions of conservation
It is clear and quite scary to think about how fast the monarch butterfly population is declining (Migration of Monarch Butterflies Shrinks Again Under Inhospitable Conditions, New York Times, Jan. 29). At the same time, the smallest effort can help conserve their population.
UWOFA president prepares for new role at the table
While no major disruptions or grievances mark his time, the French Studies professor has worked to strengthen and unify the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) since taking the post of president last summer.
‘Eureka moment’ provides unique opportunity for students
Western Science students Emily McCullough and Shaymila Gamage are on a mission to the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), outside Eureka, Nunavut. The students are part of multi-university team conducting research in the High Arctic facility.
Exploring how kidney failure impacts the body’s systems
For the 35,000 Canadians currently on kidney dialysis, several medications – up to a dozen in some cases – are prescribed to control such things as diabetes, hypertension and various types of infection.
Website to spark dialogue, foster sharing on domestic violence
“We speak for the dead to protect the living.” So said Dr. William Lucas, deputy chief coroner and chair of Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC), about the motto he follows each day.
Event brings student solutions to industry problems
For dozens of Western students, Reading Week was non-existent.
Flickr provides us a snapshot of a decade
Just a few short months after the launch of the image-hosting website Flickr in 2004, Western posted its first photo – a simple shot of the Physics & Astronomy building.
Dellelce named Purple and White Award winner
Perry Dellelce never wanted to leave his Western Experience behind. And the university couldn’t be happier he never did.
Study: Expand income-based repayment for student loans
Family Support and Income-Contingent Student Loans, a new study by Western’s CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity, examined student loan repayment, the important role of family support in enabling repayment for many recent students and the implications of expanding income-contingent repayment schemes for student loans.