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Year: 2015

#WesternU: Top Social Moments of 2015

#WesternU: Top Social Moments of 2015

With the force of 3,500 retweets, you showed us your support for mental health during #BellLetsTalk. Uptown Funk got a 5Up remix. Our nerdy side duked it out with our soft spot for love stories and gave birth to the best dressed gryphon we've ever seen. These were...

Western announces holiday hours

Western announces holiday hours

Western University will be closed for regular business after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, and re-open on Sunday, Jan. 3, to welcome students back to residence for the start of academic term. All residences reopen at 12 p.m. Sunday, Jan 3. Dining halls reopen for...

Western News Newsmakers 2015

Western News Newsmakers 2015

How will we remember 2015? Probably through one or more of these faces. Join us in this spotlight, in brief words and striking images, of some of our favourites from the last year.

LeBel named among Leamer-Rosenthal winners

LeBel named among Leamer-Rosenthal winners

Etienne LeBel, MSc’07, PhD’11 (Psychology), was recently named one of 10 international winners of the Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, supported by the John Templeton Foundation, and presented by Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social...

Spring is in the air … seriously

Spring is in the air … seriously

It’s an early spring in early winter on campus as a warm spell covering most of Ontario this month has allowed faculty, staff and students, like third-year Kinesiology student Michaela Khan, to ride their bikes to work or to study for exams. Temperatures will drop to...

Mayne: Celebrating the secret to my holiday success

Mayne: Celebrating the secret to my holiday success

My dad died a year ago – today. Now, don’t worry. This isn’t about to become some long-winded narrative where I share touching stories about someone you’ve never even met. Well, maybe just one. You may be get asked about your most treasured Christmas present. What’s...

Western affiliates tap two new leaders

Western affiliates tap two new leaders

Susan Mumm and Barry L. Craig have been named to head Brescia University College and Huron University College, respectively, leading the two Western affiliates into new eras. Mumm was appointed the 12th Principal of Brescia, effective July 2016, the Brescia Board of...

Brescia names Queen’s Mumm as its new Principal

Brescia names Queen’s Mumm as its new Principal

Susan Mumm has been appointed the 12th Principal of Brescia University College, effective July 2016, the Brescia Board of Trustees announced today. Mumm, currently Dean of Arts and Science at Queen’s University, follows Colleen Hanycz, who left to become president of...

Looking back at previous Newsmakers of the Year

Looking back at previous Newsmakers of the Year

How do you remember each passing year on this campus? If you are like us, it is probably through the faces we see every day on this side of The Gates. Since 2010, Western News has celebrated an always-entertaining, if not wholly original, tradition of Newsmakers of...

Sports and Rec gallops under new leadership

Sports and Rec gallops under new leadership

Western Sports and Recreation Services will continue its “proud tradition of excellence” under new leadership as the unit shifts under the leadership of the Associate Vice-President (Student Experience) portfolio, assured Health Sciences Dean Jim Weese. Senate...

Dyczok: Finding small moments among the wounded

Dyczok: Finding small moments among the wounded

“I’m a civilian,” he said. “Give the treats to the wounded soldiers.” The young man on crutches smiled and refused to take any fruit or chocolates from my basket. I didn’t look at his injury and focused on his eyes. But I knew he was a soldier, because I was in Kyiv’s...

Western announces holiday hours

Western announces holiday hours

Western University will be closed for regular business after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23, and re-open on Sunday, Jan. 3, to welcome students back to residence for the start of academic term. All residences reopen at 12 p.m. Sunday, Jan 3. Dining halls reopen for...

Western News Newsmakers 2015

Western News Newsmakers 2015

How will we remember 2015? Probably through one or more of these faces. Join us in this spotlight, in brief words and striking images, of some of our favourites from the last year.

LeBel named among Leamer-Rosenthal winners

LeBel named among Leamer-Rosenthal winners

Etienne LeBel, MSc’07, PhD’11 (Psychology), was recently named one of 10 international winners of the Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, supported by the John Templeton Foundation, and presented by Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social...

Spring is in the air … seriously

Spring is in the air … seriously

It’s an early spring in early winter on campus as a warm spell covering most of Ontario this month has allowed faculty, staff and students, like third-year Kinesiology student Michaela Khan, to ride their bikes to work or to study for exams. Temperatures will drop to...

Mayne: Celebrating the secret to my holiday success

Mayne: Celebrating the secret to my holiday success

My dad died a year ago – today. Now, don’t worry. This isn’t about to become some long-winded narrative where I share touching stories about someone you’ve never even met. Well, maybe just one. You may be get asked about your most treasured Christmas present. What’s...

Western affiliates tap two new leaders

Western affiliates tap two new leaders

Susan Mumm and Barry L. Craig have been named to head Brescia University College and Huron University College, respectively, leading the two Western affiliates into new eras. Mumm was appointed the 12th Principal of Brescia, effective July 2016, the Brescia Board of...

Brescia names Queen’s Mumm as its new Principal

Brescia names Queen’s Mumm as its new Principal

Susan Mumm has been appointed the 12th Principal of Brescia University College, effective July 2016, the Brescia Board of Trustees announced today. Mumm, currently Dean of Arts and Science at Queen’s University, follows Colleen Hanycz, who left to become president of...

Looking back at previous Newsmakers of the Year

Looking back at previous Newsmakers of the Year

How do you remember each passing year on this campus? If you are like us, it is probably through the faces we see every day on this side of The Gates. Since 2010, Western News has celebrated an always-entertaining, if not wholly original, tradition of Newsmakers of...

Sports and Rec gallops under new leadership

Sports and Rec gallops under new leadership

Western Sports and Recreation Services will continue its “proud tradition of excellence” under new leadership as the unit shifts under the leadership of the Associate Vice-President (Student Experience) portfolio, assured Health Sciences Dean Jim Weese. Senate...

Dyczok: Finding small moments among the wounded

Dyczok: Finding small moments among the wounded

“I’m a civilian,” he said. “Give the treats to the wounded soldiers.” The young man on crutches smiled and refused to take any fruit or chocolates from my basket. I didn’t look at his injury and focused on his eyes. But I knew he was a soldier, because I was in Kyiv’s...