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Month: September 2015
‘Supermoon Sunday’ rises at observatory
As the Moon slides completely into Earth’s shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse – this weekend, Western will host ‘Supermoon Sunday,’ a public viewing and information night during the eclipse, from 8-11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hume Cronyn Memorial...
Capretz shortlisted for Airbus Diversity Award
Western Engineering professor Luiz Fernando Capretz has been named one of 10 candidates shortlisted for this year’s Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award. The award recognizes people and projects worldwide which have encouraged students of all...
Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards
Social Science student Emma Rose Bonanno and 26 Western student colleagues were named recently among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. In total, Western boasted 30 papers from across 14...
Schulich can handle residency cuts; larger issues remain
About every decade, the province goes through a cycle of readdressing the number of physicians needed to be trained and they “never get it right,” said Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Dean Michael Strong. Announced last month, the Ontario Ministry of...
Research looks to deny cancer fertile ground in lungs
Alison Allan encounters the reality of her work every day she enters the London Regional Cancer Centre. “I might see a woman here, same age as me, with a young child, just like me,” said the Anatomy & Cell Biology and Oncology professor at the Schulich School of...
Curatorship of athletic history enters new era
Nick Komarnitsky often wonders if the leather helmets worn by Western Mustang football players ‘back in the day’ really made a difference. “Doesn’t seem like a lot of protection offered here,” he said, holding the hardened leather helmet up for closer inspection. “I...
Winders: Taking time to praise tomorrow’s alumni today
For me, becoming an alumnus was a lot like becoming middle aged – I never really expected it to happen to me, and then, when I woke up one day and realized it had already arrived, I had no idea what the hell to do about it. My university never prepared me for being an...
Students, alumni invited to hirewesternu Career Fair
Students and alumni have the opportunity this week to connect with 71 top employers from companies such as Google, HBC and Rogers Communications, without ever leaving the campus. Hosted by The Student Success Centre, the hirewesternu Career Fair runs from 11 a.m.-4...
Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders
Four Western professors and a King’s University College professor have been named among the 48 new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Forchuk, Menon tapped for CAHS Fellowship by peers
Western researchers Cheryl Forchuk and Ravi Menon were recognized last week by their peers as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at the CAHS 2015 Forum and Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. The CAHS Fellowship recognizes the pair’s international...
Time to celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week
Who doesn’t love a postdoctoral scholar? Well, now is your opportunity to show it. This week, marks National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week, a celebration devoted to the contributions of postdoctoral scholars across Canada and the United States. Both Western’s School...
Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate
The first signs of the future for the university Senate had a lot to do with signs from the past. Prompted by a question from Senator Kelly Olson, Janice Deakin, Western Provost and Vice-President (Academic), apologized to faculty for campus security seizing protest...
‘Supermoon Sunday’ rises at observatory
As the Moon slides completely into Earth’s shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse – this weekend, Western will host ‘Supermoon Sunday,’ a public viewing and information night during the eclipse, from 8-11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hume Cronyn Memorial...
Capretz shortlisted for Airbus Diversity Award
Western Engineering professor Luiz Fernando Capretz has been named one of 10 candidates shortlisted for this year’s Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award. The award recognizes people and projects worldwide which have encouraged students of all...
Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards
Social Science student Emma Rose Bonanno and 26 Western student colleagues were named recently among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. In total, Western boasted 30 papers from across 14...
Schulich can handle residency cuts; larger issues remain
About every decade, the province goes through a cycle of readdressing the number of physicians needed to be trained and they “never get it right,” said Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Dean Michael Strong. Announced last month, the Ontario Ministry of...
Research looks to deny cancer fertile ground in lungs
Alison Allan encounters the reality of her work every day she enters the London Regional Cancer Centre. “I might see a woman here, same age as me, with a young child, just like me,” said the Anatomy & Cell Biology and Oncology professor at the Schulich School of...
Curatorship of athletic history enters new era
Nick Komarnitsky often wonders if the leather helmets worn by Western Mustang football players ‘back in the day’ really made a difference. “Doesn’t seem like a lot of protection offered here,” he said, holding the hardened leather helmet up for closer inspection. “I...
Winders: Taking time to praise tomorrow’s alumni today
For me, becoming an alumnus was a lot like becoming middle aged – I never really expected it to happen to me, and then, when I woke up one day and realized it had already arrived, I had no idea what the hell to do about it. My university never prepared me for being an...
Students, alumni invited to hirewesternu Career Fair
Students and alumni have the opportunity this week to connect with 71 top employers from companies such as Google, HBC and Rogers Communications, without ever leaving the campus. Hosted by The Student Success Centre, the hirewesternu Career Fair runs from 11 a.m.-4...
Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders
Four Western professors and a King’s University College professor have been named among the 48 new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Forchuk, Menon tapped for CAHS Fellowship by peers
Western researchers Cheryl Forchuk and Ravi Menon were recognized last week by their peers as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at the CAHS 2015 Forum and Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. The CAHS Fellowship recognizes the pair’s international...
Time to celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week
Who doesn’t love a postdoctoral scholar? Well, now is your opportunity to show it. This week, marks National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week, a celebration devoted to the contributions of postdoctoral scholars across Canada and the United States. Both Western’s School...
Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate
The first signs of the future for the university Senate had a lot to do with signs from the past. Prompted by a question from Senator Kelly Olson, Janice Deakin, Western Provost and Vice-President (Academic), apologized to faculty for campus security seizing protest...