Month: January 2015
Winders: Misconceptions about American game muddy real problems with system
They may operate on a smaller field, but they play a much bigger financial game in the States. Last month, the University of Michigan finalized a deal to hire Jim Harbaugh as the school’s next head coach. Harbaugh, a former Wolverines quarterback from the 1980s, left...
3M honoured for Western connections
Angie Mandich, associate vice-president (student experience), left, recently presented the first-ever Employer Partnership Award to Sarah Tattersall, manager of Recruitment and Talent Development for 3M Canada. The Student Success Centre, DAN Management and...
Musicologist’s finding hidden in plain sight
James Grier didn’t see it. Until he did. Grier, an award-winning musicologist in Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music, spent years studying in the manuscript room at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Recently, he made a connection no one had made before. Looking...
Liu awarded 2015 Kuznets Prize
Haoming Liu, PhD’99 (Economics), won the 2015 Kuznets Prize for his paper, The quality-quantity trade-off: evidence from the relaxation of China’s one-child policy, in the Journal of Population Economics. The paper was nominated as the best article published in the...
Study fuels solutions to foster care crisis
Foster care operates in the background. And that’s unfortunate, according to one Western researcher, who says the system’s value becomes evident only when issues arise. “We assume, in the community, every time there’s a child in need, there’s a place for that child to...
Student returns identity to British war evacuees
Through four years of researching of Operation Pied Piper, History PhD student Claire Halstead will account for roughly 1,500 British children who came to Canada after being displaced during the Second World War.
Student network facilitates ‘dream team’ developments
Justin Tang and Alex Zarifoglu met in residence when they first arrived at Western. Today, the young business partners hope their friendship will represent only their first successful ‘start-up’ as they look to grow the Founders Network, a student-led campus community...
Snow removal continues across campus (UPDATED 4 p.m.)
Western will continue to operate on a regular schedule this evening. Those commuting to campus tonight are asked to use the Springett Parking Lot (off Western Road) and the South Valley Parking Lot (beside the Western Student Recreation Centre). Those lots will be cleared of snow first to serve evening users.
Western University running as scheduled
Western University services are running as scheduled for today. Environment Canada indicating that snow squall activity and cold temperatures will be an issue throughout the day causing travel time delays. Any changes to on-campus services will be communicated...
It’s getting ‘Hoth’ in here
Western Engineering’s Concrete Toboggan Team is heading to a galaxy far, far away – well, actually, the Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna, B.C. – for the 2015 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race, Jan. 21-25. Co-captains and fourth-year Engineering students Mack...
Lynk, Mahon named to Mayor of London Honours List
Law professor Michael Lynk and Visual Arts professor Patrick Mahon topped the list of honorees when London Mayor Matt Brown released the annual Mayor of London Honours List on Jan. 1. Mahon was honored for his work in the arts; Lynk for his work in humanitarianism....
Professor, alumni named to the Order of Canada
Biology professor Jeremy McNeil was selected as a new member “for his contributions to the study of reproductive biology in insects and for his dedication to increasing public appreciation of science.”
Winders: Misconceptions about American game muddy real problems with system
They may operate on a smaller field, but they play a much bigger financial game in the States. Last month, the University of Michigan finalized a deal to hire Jim Harbaugh as the school’s next head coach. Harbaugh, a former Wolverines quarterback from the 1980s, left...
3M honoured for Western connections
Angie Mandich, associate vice-president (student experience), left, recently presented the first-ever Employer Partnership Award to Sarah Tattersall, manager of Recruitment and Talent Development for 3M Canada. The Student Success Centre, DAN Management and...
Musicologist’s finding hidden in plain sight
James Grier didn’t see it. Until he did. Grier, an award-winning musicologist in Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music, spent years studying in the manuscript room at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Recently, he made a connection no one had made before. Looking...
Liu awarded 2015 Kuznets Prize
Haoming Liu, PhD’99 (Economics), won the 2015 Kuznets Prize for his paper, The quality-quantity trade-off: evidence from the relaxation of China’s one-child policy, in the Journal of Population Economics. The paper was nominated as the best article published in the...
Study fuels solutions to foster care crisis
Foster care operates in the background. And that’s unfortunate, according to one Western researcher, who says the system’s value becomes evident only when issues arise. “We assume, in the community, every time there’s a child in need, there’s a place for that child to...
Student returns identity to British war evacuees
Through four years of researching of Operation Pied Piper, History PhD student Claire Halstead will account for roughly 1,500 British children who came to Canada after being displaced during the Second World War.
Student network facilitates ‘dream team’ developments
Justin Tang and Alex Zarifoglu met in residence when they first arrived at Western. Today, the young business partners hope their friendship will represent only their first successful ‘start-up’ as they look to grow the Founders Network, a student-led campus community...
Snow removal continues across campus (UPDATED 4 p.m.)
Western will continue to operate on a regular schedule this evening. Those commuting to campus tonight are asked to use the Springett Parking Lot (off Western Road) and the South Valley Parking Lot (beside the Western Student Recreation Centre). Those lots will be cleared of snow first to serve evening users.
Western University running as scheduled
Western University services are running as scheduled for today. Environment Canada indicating that snow squall activity and cold temperatures will be an issue throughout the day causing travel time delays. Any changes to on-campus services will be communicated...
It’s getting ‘Hoth’ in here
Western Engineering’s Concrete Toboggan Team is heading to a galaxy far, far away – well, actually, the Big White Ski Resort in Kelowna, B.C. – for the 2015 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race, Jan. 21-25. Co-captains and fourth-year Engineering students Mack...
Lynk, Mahon named to Mayor of London Honours List
Law professor Michael Lynk and Visual Arts professor Patrick Mahon topped the list of honorees when London Mayor Matt Brown released the annual Mayor of London Honours List on Jan. 1. Mahon was honored for his work in the arts; Lynk for his work in humanitarianism....
Professor, alumni named to the Order of Canada
Biology professor Jeremy McNeil was selected as a new member “for his contributions to the study of reproductive biology in insects and for his dedication to increasing public appreciation of science.”