Western will be conducting a two-day traffic survey on all university entrance and exit points on Tuesday and Thursday, Dec. 1 and 3. The results of the survey will inform a number of areas of university planning involving traffic patterns, including the Campus Master...
At its regular Thursday meeting, Western’s Board of Governors approved a new four-year contract (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019) with the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association-Librarians and Archivists (UWOFA-LA), a union representing 49 librarians and...
Western’s Board of Governors named Hanny Hassan as the university governing body’s next Chair at its regular meeting Thursday. His term begins Jan. 1. Named to the Board by the Alumni Association in 2009, Hassan is President of Alef Consulting. He received a BESc from...
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) independent commission recently released a scathing report accusing many of Russia’s top track and field athletes of participating in a systematic doping program. Along with the athletes, the report said coaches, trainers, doctors...
English professor David Bentley, the 2015 winner of the Killam Prize, delivered the second address in the President’s Lecture Series, ‘Simile, Metaphor, and the Making and Perception of Canada,’ to a packed audience Wednesday in the Paul Davenport Theatre.
A “lighthearted collaboration” between Don Wright Faculty of Music professors Kari Veblen and Stephanie Horsley is uncovering stories surrounding a “hotbed” of Elvis impersonators in the region.
Western research has revealed how a simple test may now predict who will respond better to chemotherapy when dealing with lung cancer, thanks to a link between the absence of a specific protein and improved patient outcomes. Dr. Matthew Cecchini, a pathology resident...
Lewis Kent is enjoying “the best of both worlds.” “I love drinking beer; I love running. And I’m getting paid to travel around the world and do it,” said the 21-year-old fourth-year Kinesiology student. Kent currently holds the world record for the fastest ‘Beer Mile’...
Hundreds of voices rang in my ears as I squeezed by throngs of people at the Hack Western 1 Project Expo last year. The Mustang Lounge was filled with rows of tables, where teams stood with their laptops and phones to show off what they’d made this past weekend. My...
I understand why the campus community was shocked at such a blatant display of racism. An anonymous white student (or group of students) – among those ‘best and brightest minds’ the institution boasted about in recruitment materials and presidential speeches – decided...
Tai Chi, an ancient method of wellbeing that works at both a physical and mental level, aims to harmonize the mind, body and spirit, promoting both mental and physical wellbeing. Living Well @ Western is a cross-campus initiative designed to encourage and promote a...
Information Technology Services (ITS) staff are implementing a significant upgrade of Western’s central disk infrastructure. This maintenance work is scheduled for two time frames: 12:01-6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, and Sunday, Dec. 6. During these two maintenance periods,...
A single lesson in a Grade 11 sociology class changed the course of Education professor Shannon Stewart’s life.
At its regular Thursday meeting, Western’s Board of Governors approved a new four-year contract (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019) with the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association-Librarians and Archivists (UWOFA-LA), a union representing 49 librarians and...
Western’s Board of Governors named Hanny Hassan as the university governing body’s next Chair at its regular meeting Thursday. His term begins Jan. 1. Named to the Board by the Alumni Association in 2009, Hassan is President of Alef Consulting. He received a BESc from...
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) independent commission recently released a scathing report accusing many of Russia’s top track and field athletes of participating in a systematic doping program. Along with the athletes, the report said coaches, trainers, doctors...
English professor David Bentley, the 2015 winner of the Killam Prize, delivered the second address in the President’s Lecture Series, ‘Simile, Metaphor, and the Making and Perception of Canada,’ to a packed audience Wednesday in the Paul Davenport Theatre.
A “lighthearted collaboration” between Don Wright Faculty of Music professors Kari Veblen and Stephanie Horsley is uncovering stories surrounding a “hotbed” of Elvis impersonators in the region.
Western research has revealed how a simple test may now predict who will respond better to chemotherapy when dealing with lung cancer, thanks to a link between the absence of a specific protein and improved patient outcomes. Dr. Matthew Cecchini, a pathology resident...
Lewis Kent is enjoying “the best of both worlds.” “I love drinking beer; I love running. And I’m getting paid to travel around the world and do it,” said the 21-year-old fourth-year Kinesiology student. Kent currently holds the world record for the fastest ‘Beer Mile’...
Hundreds of voices rang in my ears as I squeezed by throngs of people at the Hack Western 1 Project Expo last year. The Mustang Lounge was filled with rows of tables, where teams stood with their laptops and phones to show off what they’d made this past weekend. My...
I understand why the campus community was shocked at such a blatant display of racism. An anonymous white student (or group of students) – among those ‘best and brightest minds’ the institution boasted about in recruitment materials and presidential speeches – decided...
Tai Chi, an ancient method of wellbeing that works at both a physical and mental level, aims to harmonize the mind, body and spirit, promoting both mental and physical wellbeing. Living Well @ Western is a cross-campus initiative designed to encourage and promote a...
Information Technology Services (ITS) staff are implementing a significant upgrade of Western’s central disk infrastructure. This maintenance work is scheduled for two time frames: 12:01-6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, and Sunday, Dec. 6. During these two maintenance periods,...
A single lesson in a Grade 11 sociology class changed the course of Education professor Shannon Stewart’s life.