With her appointment as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, Lynn Patterson becomes the latest Western alumni to join the bank’s Governing Council. In fact, her rise puts Western economists at four of the top six positions at the bank, including govern …
Month: April 2014
Deakin re-appointed as Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
Western’s Board of Governors has re-appointed Provost & Vice-President (Academic) Janice Deakin to a second five-year term, ending July 30, 2020. The unanimous decision comes more than a year before the current term’s expiration on July 30, 2015.
Open house set for Western Bed & Breakfast
With construction complete, Conference Services invites you to see the new home of Western’s Bed & Breakfast from 3-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15 in Ontario Hall.
Murray’s $1.6-million gift to benefit graduate students
Announced Monday, the gift will provide more than $60,000 in annual support to graduate students who are studying in the areas of Pathology, and Microbiology and Immunology through scholarships.
Undergrads, share your Experience with future students
Are you a current undergraduate student studying on Main Campus who loves Western? Are you a member of a student club, council, team or other activity or organization? Have you participated in an exchange, internship, volunteer or other co-curricular activity? Do you have a story to tell about your academic program, co-curricular or extracurricular experiences at Western?
Registration open for Staff & Faculty Summer Games
Who says the kids get to have all the fun?
Western mourns death of Mary J. Wright
Mary J. Wright, visionary educator, advocate for children and pioneering female academic, died Thursday, April 24. She was 98.
New programs target youth entrepreneurship
Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.
Professor pursues plastic pollutants choking ecosystem
You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.
Youth concussion study helps orient prevention programs
When it comes to the causes of concussions in children and adolescents, it’s all about four Ws for Douglas Fraser.
Barmby one of 22 recruited to leadership ‘boot camp’
Western Astronomer Pauline Barmby knows how she presents herself, and her research, outside her lab is just as important as the research itself.
Godbout: Grad students demanding university address post-residency fees
Recently, the Society of Graduate Students at Western (SOGS) asked its membership the following question: Are you in favour of a fifty (50) per cent reduction in tuition fees for all graduate students once they reach the post-residency phase of their degree, that is to say, the completion of course work and the formal commencement of their thesis or dissertation project?
Computer Science student arrested in Heartbleed investigation
As law enforcement continues its investigation into the Heartbleed security bug, which comprised computer systems the world over, a Western Computer Science student was arrested last week in connection with the breech, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Deakin re-appointed as Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
Western’s Board of Governors has re-appointed Provost & Vice-President (Academic) Janice Deakin to a second five-year term, ending July 30, 2020. The unanimous decision comes more than a year before the current term’s expiration on July 30, 2015.
Open house set for Western Bed & Breakfast
With construction complete, Conference Services invites you to see the new home of Western’s Bed & Breakfast from 3-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15 in Ontario Hall.
Murray’s $1.6-million gift to benefit graduate students
Announced Monday, the gift will provide more than $60,000 in annual support to graduate students who are studying in the areas of Pathology, and Microbiology and Immunology through scholarships.
Undergrads, share your Experience with future students
Are you a current undergraduate student studying on Main Campus who loves Western? Are you a member of a student club, council, team or other activity or organization? Have you participated in an exchange, internship, volunteer or other co-curricular activity? Do you have a story to tell about your academic program, co-curricular or extracurricular experiences at Western?
Registration open for Staff & Faculty Summer Games
Who says the kids get to have all the fun?
Western mourns death of Mary J. Wright
Mary J. Wright, visionary educator, advocate for children and pioneering female academic, died Thursday, April 24. She was 98.
New programs target youth entrepreneurship
Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.
Professor pursues plastic pollutants choking ecosystem
You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.
Youth concussion study helps orient prevention programs
When it comes to the causes of concussions in children and adolescents, it’s all about four Ws for Douglas Fraser.
Barmby one of 22 recruited to leadership ‘boot camp’
Western Astronomer Pauline Barmby knows how she presents herself, and her research, outside her lab is just as important as the research itself.
Godbout: Grad students demanding university address post-residency fees
Recently, the Society of Graduate Students at Western (SOGS) asked its membership the following question: Are you in favour of a fifty (50) per cent reduction in tuition fees for all graduate students once they reach the post-residency phase of their degree, that is to say, the completion of course work and the formal commencement of their thesis or dissertation project?
Computer Science student arrested in Heartbleed investigation
As law enforcement continues its investigation into the Heartbleed security bug, which comprised computer systems the world over, a Western Computer Science student was arrested last week in connection with the breech, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).