The over-exuberant rush certain males get from trading stocks, inadvertently causing prices to soar thanks to off-the-cuff decision-making, may be hormonal, according to a Western researcher. Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler said male traders with elevated...
They’re known as ‘weight weenies’ – those competitive cyclists who obsess over the weight of their bikes and its componentry. They reason the lighter the bike, the faster the ride. And while that may be true, when it comes to speed, aerodynamics plays an arguably...
You would think a professor holding a plant seed, telling his students it could kill them, might turn one off from career in botany. Not so for Western alumna Jennifer McDonald. As an undergrad at McMaster University, McDonald was on the path to her goal of becoming a...
Oversight is a growth industry for grads to explore in Ontario. Starting Jan. 1, Ombudsman Ontario now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This expansion of power is the result of Bill 8, Public Sector and MPP...
Experiencing colonial violence is different from learning about it. Reading about precarious lives is one thing; being in a position where one’s life does not count is something else. It is a reality concealed behind a dark curtain of intertwined interests of states,...
Dear Professor Christopher J Smeenk, I greatly enjoyed your short piece in Western News, Empty out the drawer: Following Einstein’s path to General Relativity, and those of your colleagues, in the section last month which marked the 100th anniversary of the...
Jayne Garland never really thought about Western’s motto – Veritas et Utilitas (truth and usefulness) – until her latest opportunity came along.
Western Political Science professor Radoslav Dimitrov saw “collective euphoria” – even though the agreement which closed the UN Climate Change Conference was far from perfect.
Barbara Finlay sees the enormity of the task facing Ombudsman Ontario as its role rapidly expands in the New Year. Starting Jan. 1, the provincial watchdog now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This...
As the last of the New Year’s Eve confetti gets swept away, like so many memories of 2015, here are seven issues that will define the New Year for Western and postsecondary education in 2016: Academic libraries. We don’t talk enough about libraries. But we will. And...
Western and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 610 reached a tentative two-year agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 5. PSAC Local 610 represents approximately 2,030 registered graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) engaged in supervised teaching-related activities...
Margaret Macmillan, Richard McLaren and P. Kim Sturgess were recently named among 69 new appointments to the Order of Canada.
They’re known as ‘weight weenies’ – those competitive cyclists who obsess over the weight of their bikes and its componentry. They reason the lighter the bike, the faster the ride. And while that may be true, when it comes to speed, aerodynamics plays an arguably...
You would think a professor holding a plant seed, telling his students it could kill them, might turn one off from career in botany. Not so for Western alumna Jennifer McDonald. As an undergrad at McMaster University, McDonald was on the path to her goal of becoming a...
Oversight is a growth industry for grads to explore in Ontario. Starting Jan. 1, Ombudsman Ontario now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This expansion of power is the result of Bill 8, Public Sector and MPP...
Experiencing colonial violence is different from learning about it. Reading about precarious lives is one thing; being in a position where one’s life does not count is something else. It is a reality concealed behind a dark curtain of intertwined interests of states,...
Dear Professor Christopher J Smeenk, I greatly enjoyed your short piece in Western News, Empty out the drawer: Following Einstein’s path to General Relativity, and those of your colleagues, in the section last month which marked the 100th anniversary of the...
Jayne Garland never really thought about Western’s motto – Veritas et Utilitas (truth and usefulness) – until her latest opportunity came along.
Western Political Science professor Radoslav Dimitrov saw “collective euphoria” – even though the agreement which closed the UN Climate Change Conference was far from perfect.
Barbara Finlay sees the enormity of the task facing Ombudsman Ontario as its role rapidly expands in the New Year. Starting Jan. 1, the provincial watchdog now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This...
As the last of the New Year’s Eve confetti gets swept away, like so many memories of 2015, here are seven issues that will define the New Year for Western and postsecondary education in 2016: Academic libraries. We don’t talk enough about libraries. But we will. And...
Western and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 610 reached a tentative two-year agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 5. PSAC Local 610 represents approximately 2,030 registered graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) engaged in supervised teaching-related activities...
Margaret Macmillan, Richard McLaren and P. Kim Sturgess were recently named among 69 new appointments to the Order of Canada.