Honours continue to roll in for a bright idea that is fueling sustainability in Western residences. Last week, Western was awarded a 2015 Quality and Productivity Award, presented by the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, for the university’s Rez...
Computer Science professor Charles X. Ling and former Western Chancellor John Thompson, BESc’66, LLD’94, along with 48 other distinguished engineers, were recently inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Ling is an internationally known scholar in...
“A university education makes learning habitual,” David Mulroney, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“The halls of mediocrity are filled with people who have never failed, not even once,” Donna Soble Kaufman, past board chair of the Institute of Corporate Directors and former chair of TransAlta Corporation, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“There is no simple set of instructions on how to proceed in turbulent times,” Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ontario’s 29th Lieutenant Governor, told graduates at the Tuesday afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“Your mind is a beautiful thing – celebrate it, challenge it,” Michael Goodchild, a global leader in geographic information systems, told graduates at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
In an increasingly scientific world, where technology touches everyday life, the lack of women working in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – will only be more problematic. So, Western Psychology student Hayley Samson has decided to deal...
It doesn’t seem that complicated to Andrea March, MES’11. “The most important thing I try to do is try to be conscious and ask questions as a consumer,” she said. “When I buy things, I look at labels. I try to understand where my food comes from. I try to support...
Brian Timney has spent 23 years on the ninth floor of the Social Science Centre – possibly the longest time anyone has served in the dean’s office. At the official helm of Social Science since 2002, his term as dean ends June 30. It has been an eventful and enjoyable...
Ian Connell, a Medical Biophysics PhD candidate, is just as at home on the open water as he is in the imaging lab. “I like the competitive nature of rowing and academics,” Connell said. “Being a grad student at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry has given me the...
For the last 43 years, life simply got in the way for Victor Young, 71. Growing up in Ireland, he left high school – Kilkenny College, a school that counts Jonathan Swift and George Berkley among its alumni – at 16. Technically, he is a high school drop-out, Young...
Debra Hawthorne’s transcript reflects a postsecondary experience more than three decades in the making. And when she takes the final few steps of that journey at Convocation next week, the Western staffer will stand as a testament to passion and determination. “It was...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...
Computer Science professor Charles X. Ling and former Western Chancellor John Thompson, BESc’66, LLD’94, along with 48 other distinguished engineers, were recently inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Ling is an internationally known scholar in...
“A university education makes learning habitual,” David Mulroney, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“The halls of mediocrity are filled with people who have never failed, not even once,” Donna Soble Kaufman, past board chair of the Institute of Corporate Directors and former chair of TransAlta Corporation, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“There is no simple set of instructions on how to proceed in turbulent times,” Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ontario’s 29th Lieutenant Governor, told graduates at the Tuesday afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“Your mind is a beautiful thing – celebrate it, challenge it,” Michael Goodchild, a global leader in geographic information systems, told graduates at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
In an increasingly scientific world, where technology touches everyday life, the lack of women working in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – will only be more problematic. So, Western Psychology student Hayley Samson has decided to deal...
It doesn’t seem that complicated to Andrea March, MES’11. “The most important thing I try to do is try to be conscious and ask questions as a consumer,” she said. “When I buy things, I look at labels. I try to understand where my food comes from. I try to support...
Brian Timney has spent 23 years on the ninth floor of the Social Science Centre – possibly the longest time anyone has served in the dean’s office. At the official helm of Social Science since 2002, his term as dean ends June 30. It has been an eventful and enjoyable...
Ian Connell, a Medical Biophysics PhD candidate, is just as at home on the open water as he is in the imaging lab. “I like the competitive nature of rowing and academics,” Connell said. “Being a grad student at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry has given me the...
For the last 43 years, life simply got in the way for Victor Young, 71. Growing up in Ireland, he left high school – Kilkenny College, a school that counts Jonathan Swift and George Berkley among its alumni – at 16. Technically, he is a high school drop-out, Young...
Debra Hawthorne’s transcript reflects a postsecondary experience more than three decades in the making. And when she takes the final few steps of that journey at Convocation next week, the Western staffer will stand as a testament to passion and determination. “It was...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...