by Jason Winders | Sep 17, 2015 |
The Western Formula Racing Team earned a sixth-place finish, out of 75 teams, in the Formula Student Germany Competition, held at the Hockenheimring race track last month. Western was ranked as the top team from Canada, and the second-best team from North America. The...
by Jason Winders | Sep 17, 2015 |
Canadian universities tumbled in the in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University rankings, released Tuesday, with its eight Top 200 institutions dropping a cumulative 121 spots. McMaster University and the University of Montreal led the fall by dropping 36 and...
by Paul Mayne | Sep 17, 2015 |
You can say that ‘The Force’ is strong in this team. Vader’s Legion, a group of Facilities Management co-workers, took the top spot among Western’s teams in the recent Global Corporate Challenge (GCC). Made of up of grounds workers Marc Vanden Heuvel, Phill Scott,...
by Paul Mayne | Sep 17, 2015 |
Let’s play Spot The Problem with a recent email that landed in our in-boxes from, supposedly, Western President Amit Chakma: From: Amit Chakma e.achakmaa@gmail.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 11:20 AM To: peluchok@uwo.ca Subject: Dear Faculty/Staff (IMPORTANT...
by Paul Mayne | Sep 17, 2015 |
It’s a double homecoming, of sorts, for new Social Science Dean Bob Andersen. He is returning to the Forest City, where he was born and raised. Actually, he never left, as he has commuted to his last job as Distinguished Professor of Social Science and chair of the...