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Month: November 2015

Western Law professor at centre of doping report

Western Law professor at centre of doping report

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...

Arts define hearts and minds, not Ivory Towers

Arts define hearts and minds, not Ivory Towers

For David Bentley, an English class is a meeting ground of sorts – a crossroad where people, disciplines, the past, present and future all meet. That’s what makes literature enticing to him. Magical, even. “The way poetry and literature work in our lives fascinates...

Who needs to fly south?

Who needs to fly south?

Western’s famed goose population has embraced the warmer autumn weather and stuck around campus a bit longer this year as the calendar edges closer and closer to winter. This winter could end up as one of the warmest on record for Canada as a strong El Nino persists...

The agony of defeat

The agony of defeat

Emotions ran high as a last-minute drive by the Western Mustangs ended just...

Western mourns death of Social Science student

Western mourns death of Social Science student

The Western community is mourning the death of (Daniel) Craig Sandre, 21, who was in his fourth year as a Social Science student, who died Sunday, Nov. 15, at his London residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Trinity Anglican Church...

United Way Coffee Day starts serving today

United Way Coffee Day starts serving today

Campus celebrities will be pouring hot coffee to patrons across campus today as Western celebrates Coffee Day for United Way in all campus eateries. For every large or extra large coffee sold in our locations across campus today, Hospitality Services will donate 25...

International Week sets sights on world issues

International Week sets sights on world issues

Western’s International Week 2015 gets underway today providing an opportunity to celebrate Western’s international community, diversity and international collaborations. Running through Friday, the week’s theme is U and the World and features cultural experiences,...

Western lowers flag to honour victims in Paris, Beirut

Western lowers flag to honour victims in Paris, Beirut

Western has lowered the flag on University College until sundown today in memory of those who lost their lives in terror attacks across the globe this weekend, including more than 130 in Paris, France, and more than 40 in Beirut, Lebanon. Western traditionally lowers...

Professor earns major book award

Professor earns major book award

The connection between war, society and medicine is and always will be an important and rich field of study for researchers like Shauna Devine. A visiting research fellow in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and a Civil War and Reconstruction professor in...

Pan-university strategy sought on mental health

Pan-university strategy sought on mental health

With a myriad of mental-health supports and services available to Western students, the only piece missing has been a unifying approach to addressing the issue. But that won’t be the case much longer, promised Jana Luker, Associate Vice-President (Student Experience)....

Haggerty: Achieving Global Goals at Western

Haggerty: Achieving Global Goals at Western

JOIN THE CELEBRATION: The university community celebrates “all things international” at the annual Western International Week, Nov. 16-20. Visit internationalweek.uwo.ca/ for details. *   *   * The world’s agenda has been set. In September, the United Nations, in...

Getting the ‘right people to do the right job’

Getting the ‘right people to do the right job’

Mental health is a responsibility of every police force, said Western’s Campus Community Police Service Director John Carson, with his officers dealing with more and more incidents around mental-health issues. “It’s increasing a fair bit, actually. Mental-health...

Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance

Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance

Duels, battles, warriors and romances are topics you’ll encounter in Andrea Privitera’s Italian Renaissance class. But you’ll learn about these topics by playing video games, not just reading texts. Privitera, a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and...

Arts define hearts and minds, not Ivory Towers

Arts define hearts and minds, not Ivory Towers

For David Bentley, an English class is a meeting ground of sorts – a crossroad where people, disciplines, the past, present and future all meet. That’s what makes literature enticing to him. Magical, even. “The way poetry and literature work in our lives fascinates...

Who needs to fly south?

Who needs to fly south?

Western’s famed goose population has embraced the warmer autumn weather and stuck around campus a bit longer this year as the calendar edges closer and closer to winter. This winter could end up as one of the warmest on record for Canada as a strong El Nino persists...

The agony of defeat

The agony of defeat

Emotions ran high as a last-minute drive by the Western Mustangs ended just...

Western mourns death of Social Science student

Western mourns death of Social Science student

The Western community is mourning the death of (Daniel) Craig Sandre, 21, who was in his fourth year as a Social Science student, who died Sunday, Nov. 15, at his London residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Trinity Anglican Church...

United Way Coffee Day starts serving today

United Way Coffee Day starts serving today

Campus celebrities will be pouring hot coffee to patrons across campus today as Western celebrates Coffee Day for United Way in all campus eateries. For every large or extra large coffee sold in our locations across campus today, Hospitality Services will donate 25...

International Week sets sights on world issues

International Week sets sights on world issues

Western’s International Week 2015 gets underway today providing an opportunity to celebrate Western’s international community, diversity and international collaborations. Running through Friday, the week’s theme is U and the World and features cultural experiences,...

Western lowers flag to honour victims in Paris, Beirut

Western lowers flag to honour victims in Paris, Beirut

Western has lowered the flag on University College until sundown today in memory of those who lost their lives in terror attacks across the globe this weekend, including more than 130 in Paris, France, and more than 40 in Beirut, Lebanon. Western traditionally lowers...

Professor earns major book award

Professor earns major book award

The connection between war, society and medicine is and always will be an important and rich field of study for researchers like Shauna Devine. A visiting research fellow in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and a Civil War and Reconstruction professor in...

Pan-university strategy sought on mental health

Pan-university strategy sought on mental health

With a myriad of mental-health supports and services available to Western students, the only piece missing has been a unifying approach to addressing the issue. But that won’t be the case much longer, promised Jana Luker, Associate Vice-President (Student Experience)....

Haggerty: Achieving Global Goals at Western

Haggerty: Achieving Global Goals at Western

JOIN THE CELEBRATION: The university community celebrates “all things international” at the annual Western International Week, Nov. 16-20. Visit internationalweek.uwo.ca/ for details. *   *   * The world’s agenda has been set. In September, the United Nations, in...

Getting the ‘right people to do the right job’

Getting the ‘right people to do the right job’

Mental health is a responsibility of every police force, said Western’s Campus Community Police Service Director John Carson, with his officers dealing with more and more incidents around mental-health issues. “It’s increasing a fair bit, actually. Mental-health...

Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance

Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance

Duels, battles, warriors and romances are topics you’ll encounter in Andrea Privitera’s Italian Renaissance class. But you’ll learn about these topics by playing video games, not just reading texts. Privitera, a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and...