The second annual World’s Challenge Challenge took place during Western International Week earlier this month. This competition stems from President Amit Chakma’s honorary doctorate address at the University of Waterloo (2010) in which he stated: “If you embrace a...
Don’t expect John Schweitzer to get teary at the thought of yesterday. “I detest nostalgia. I never look back,” he said with a laugh from his Montreal home this week. “You will not see me ruminating through photo albums, saying, ‘Oh look at me, I had lots of hair.’’...
For iconic Canadian actor Victor Garber, right, Alzheimer’s disease hits very close to home, having supported both of his parents through their struggles with the disease. The star of film, television and stage recently got an up-close look at Alzheimer’s research...
David Saint-Jacques calls it the perfect training scenario. This year was the fourth consecutive year Western’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) worked with the Canadian Space Agency to provide training in field geology – not only to students, but...
If you dream it, you can build it. This is not just a mantra; it has become a reality for Mechanical and Materials Engineering students thanks to a new 3D printing lab. Featuring eight 3D printers, the Spencer Engineering Building lab was integrated into the...
Ay caramba! On Dec. 17, 1989, The Simpsons debuted as its own half-hour show, beginning with a Christmas special episode, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. In the 25 seasons since, the program has aired 560 episodes during its run as both the longest-running...
Ay caramba! Two Western academics to reflect on ‘The Simpsons’ and its meaning a quarter of a century after it burst onto the cultural scene.
Family Medicine professor Rob Petrella is enticing overweight males to get healthy with something he feels is part of their everyday DNA – hockey.
Charles Trick had only one question on his young mind: ‘What would it be like to live under the sea?’ Assigned an annual English composition from Grade 5 through Grade 9, Trick never strayed from that single notion, although he also never repeated himself. “The twist...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper chose Western’s Collider Centre for Technology Commercialization in the Advanced Manufacturing Park Monday afternoon as a backdrop for a $5.8 billion announcement of new infrastructure spending across the country, including...
Janice Deakin, Western provost and vice-president (academic), along with seven university alumnae have been named recipients of the 2014 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network announced this morning. Co-presented by Scotiabank and...
Members of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) and Professional and Managerial Association (PMA) will receive a 1.25 per cent salary increase this year, followed by 1 per cent increases each of the next three years, according to terms of...
SmartAPPetite, a new smartphone app developed by Western researchers and their partners, provides southwestern Ontarians with the motivation and information to buy local, eat smart and get healthy.
Don’t expect John Schweitzer to get teary at the thought of yesterday. “I detest nostalgia. I never look back,” he said with a laugh from his Montreal home this week. “You will not see me ruminating through photo albums, saying, ‘Oh look at me, I had lots of hair.’’...
For iconic Canadian actor Victor Garber, right, Alzheimer’s disease hits very close to home, having supported both of his parents through their struggles with the disease. The star of film, television and stage recently got an up-close look at Alzheimer’s research...
David Saint-Jacques calls it the perfect training scenario. This year was the fourth consecutive year Western’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) worked with the Canadian Space Agency to provide training in field geology – not only to students, but...
If you dream it, you can build it. This is not just a mantra; it has become a reality for Mechanical and Materials Engineering students thanks to a new 3D printing lab. Featuring eight 3D printers, the Spencer Engineering Building lab was integrated into the...
Ay caramba! On Dec. 17, 1989, The Simpsons debuted as its own half-hour show, beginning with a Christmas special episode, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. In the 25 seasons since, the program has aired 560 episodes during its run as both the longest-running...
Ay caramba! Two Western academics to reflect on ‘The Simpsons’ and its meaning a quarter of a century after it burst onto the cultural scene.
Family Medicine professor Rob Petrella is enticing overweight males to get healthy with something he feels is part of their everyday DNA – hockey.
Charles Trick had only one question on his young mind: ‘What would it be like to live under the sea?’ Assigned an annual English composition from Grade 5 through Grade 9, Trick never strayed from that single notion, although he also never repeated himself. “The twist...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper chose Western’s Collider Centre for Technology Commercialization in the Advanced Manufacturing Park Monday afternoon as a backdrop for a $5.8 billion announcement of new infrastructure spending across the country, including...
Janice Deakin, Western provost and vice-president (academic), along with seven university alumnae have been named recipients of the 2014 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network announced this morning. Co-presented by Scotiabank and...
Members of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) and Professional and Managerial Association (PMA) will receive a 1.25 per cent salary increase this year, followed by 1 per cent increases each of the next three years, according to terms of...
SmartAPPetite, a new smartphone app developed by Western researchers and their partners, provides southwestern Ontarians with the motivation and information to buy local, eat smart and get healthy.