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Month: November 2014

Engineering adds new dimension with 3D printers

Engineering adds new dimension with 3D printers

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...

Western sets Remembrance Day ceremonies, new traditions

Western sets Remembrance Day ceremonies, new traditions

The University Students’ Council will be hosting a Remembrance Day ceremony for members of the Western community on Tuesday. The ceremony will feature student musical performances, poems and other tributes dedicated to Canadian veterans and armed forces still serving....

Kopp taking on a new challenge as associate dean

Kopp taking on a new challenge as associate dean

Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Gregory Kopp is known for being the man on the ground assessing wind-ravaged homes following a tornado as part of his research. But now Kopp is stepping behind the desk to face different challenges in a new role as Western...

Competition offered chance for Brescia alumna to ‘Lead’

Competition offered chance for Brescia alumna to ‘Lead’

Christine Peet was determined to walk away victorious. She first tackled Take the Lead, a public-speaking contest for high school students at Brescia University College, in 2009. Her speech, deemed too long, eliminated her after the first round. Peet, originally from...

Happiness findings may resonate beyond the family

Happiness findings may resonate beyond the family

Your happiness as a parent largely depends on two things – your age at the time of the first arrival and the number of children you have, according one Western researcher. “People’s happiness trajectories are based on when they have children, and based on the number...

Professor looks to zero in radiation treatment

Professor looks to zero in radiation treatment

Radiation therapy is a precise science – one Engineering professor Kibret Mequanint aims to fine tune. Nearly 200,000 Canadians are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. The ailment is considered the leading cause of premature...

Crawford: Honest, sincere thinking not cause for frustration

Crawford: Honest, sincere thinking not cause for frustration

I understsand Gordon McBean's frustration with the Harper government when it comes to climate change and its lack of initiative. (Sharing his frustration around changing climate for science, Western News, Oct. 16.) On the other hand, some people read various sources...

Western sets Remembrance Day ceremonies, new traditions

Western sets Remembrance Day ceremonies, new traditions

The University Students’ Council will be hosting a Remembrance Day ceremony for members of the Western community on Tuesday. The ceremony will feature student musical performances, poems and other tributes dedicated to Canadian veterans and armed forces still serving....

Kopp taking on a new challenge as associate dean

Kopp taking on a new challenge as associate dean

Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Gregory Kopp is known for being the man on the ground assessing wind-ravaged homes following a tornado as part of his research. But now Kopp is stepping behind the desk to face different challenges in a new role as Western...

Competition offered chance for Brescia alumna to ‘Lead’

Competition offered chance for Brescia alumna to ‘Lead’

Christine Peet was determined to walk away victorious. She first tackled Take the Lead, a public-speaking contest for high school students at Brescia University College, in 2009. Her speech, deemed too long, eliminated her after the first round. Peet, originally from...

Happiness findings may resonate beyond the family

Happiness findings may resonate beyond the family

Your happiness as a parent largely depends on two things – your age at the time of the first arrival and the number of children you have, according one Western researcher. “People’s happiness trajectories are based on when they have children, and based on the number...

Professor looks to zero in radiation treatment

Professor looks to zero in radiation treatment

Radiation therapy is a precise science – one Engineering professor Kibret Mequanint aims to fine tune. Nearly 200,000 Canadians are diagnosed with cancer each year, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. The ailment is considered the leading cause of premature...

Crawford: Honest, sincere thinking not cause for frustration

Crawford: Honest, sincere thinking not cause for frustration

I understsand Gordon McBean's frustration with the Harper government when it comes to climate change and its lack of initiative. (Sharing his frustration around changing climate for science, Western News, Oct. 16.) On the other hand, some people read various sources...