Nobody built bridges better than Imran Jaffer. And now his family is continuing their...
Month: March 2016
Senate wrestles with student assessment timing
A minor tweak to language defining when undergraduate students would receive a benchmark of their course progress set off an energized debate about academic freedom and course feedback during the university Senate meeting on March 11. In the end, Senate tabled a...
Western named among elite for game design
Western isn’t playing around when it comes to game design as the university was named today among the top destinations in the world to study – and launch a career in – the popular discipline, according to The Princeton Review’s seventh annual rankings of the best...
University Drive Bridge closed to vehicles Saturday
University Drive Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, for load testing. The sidewalk will remain open to pedestrians during this time. The bridge has been closed to larger-scale, articulated (60-foot) London Transit...
CFI funding backs osteoarthritis research
Western researchers received more than $700,000 in Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funding this morning, supporting a trio of efforts, including one offering relief to more than three million Canadians who suffer from osteoarthritis. Schulich School of...
University sees apology as ‘right thing to do’
Calling it the “right thing to do,” Western officials issued an apology today for the university's role in and response to the actions of former Student Health Services psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Dobrowolski. “We apologize for the trauma and pain his victims endured as...
Western statement on Dobrowolski response
Today, Western President Amit Chakma issued a public apology for the manner in which the university responded to the conduct of former London psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Dobrowolski more than 20 years ago.
LTC buses, Western shuttle fine-tune routes
Starting Friday, London Transit Commission (LTC) buses will provide commuters in and around the university campus with more options to get to their destination. As a result of those changes, Western has also altered the route of its free temporary shuttle service....
Choir uses music to bridge culture, memory
Danxu Ma, a Music Education master’s student, has hit a high note in the London Chinese community as the founder of the London Chinese Intergenerational Choir. Ma came to Western from Beijing, China, in 2014 and experienced feelings of anxiety over the cultural...
What exactly am I to make of Barbie’s new bod
When I first heard that Barbie was coming out with three new body types (petite, tall and curvy, in addition to the original doll’s proportions), I was torn.
Research offers hand to understanding motor control
We can do many things with our hands – carry loads, manipulate fine objects, grasp items, even communicate with each other. Our hands, Jörn Diedrichsen says, are “the Swiss Army knife of our body parts.” As the Western Research Chair for Motor Control and...
Alumni Association wants to hear from you
Western’s Alumni Association is inviting alumni and campus community members to be part of its new Strategic Plan by sharing opinions and ideas about alumni programming and engagement. “Since 1949, Western Alumni has been coming together in a formal way to serve...
Western Reads kicks off newest season
Western Reads returns with four stories of Greek gods, death-row prisoners, teenage hostages and reflections on race in America. The book club series kicks off this spring with Canadian author and former Western Writer-In-Residence André Alexis’s Fifteen Dogs. The...
Senate wrestles with student assessment timing
A minor tweak to language defining when undergraduate students would receive a benchmark of their course progress set off an energized debate about academic freedom and course feedback during the university Senate meeting on March 11. In the end, Senate tabled a...
Western named among elite for game design
Western isn’t playing around when it comes to game design as the university was named today among the top destinations in the world to study – and launch a career in – the popular discipline, according to The Princeton Review’s seventh annual rankings of the best...
University Drive Bridge closed to vehicles Saturday
University Drive Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, for load testing. The sidewalk will remain open to pedestrians during this time. The bridge has been closed to larger-scale, articulated (60-foot) London Transit...
CFI funding backs osteoarthritis research
Western researchers received more than $700,000 in Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funding this morning, supporting a trio of efforts, including one offering relief to more than three million Canadians who suffer from osteoarthritis. Schulich School of...
University sees apology as ‘right thing to do’
Calling it the “right thing to do,” Western officials issued an apology today for the university's role in and response to the actions of former Student Health Services psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Dobrowolski. “We apologize for the trauma and pain his victims endured as...
Western statement on Dobrowolski response
Today, Western President Amit Chakma issued a public apology for the manner in which the university responded to the conduct of former London psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Dobrowolski more than 20 years ago.
LTC buses, Western shuttle fine-tune routes
Starting Friday, London Transit Commission (LTC) buses will provide commuters in and around the university campus with more options to get to their destination. As a result of those changes, Western has also altered the route of its free temporary shuttle service....
Choir uses music to bridge culture, memory
Danxu Ma, a Music Education master’s student, has hit a high note in the London Chinese community as the founder of the London Chinese Intergenerational Choir. Ma came to Western from Beijing, China, in 2014 and experienced feelings of anxiety over the cultural...
What exactly am I to make of Barbie’s new bod
When I first heard that Barbie was coming out with three new body types (petite, tall and curvy, in addition to the original doll’s proportions), I was torn.
Research offers hand to understanding motor control
We can do many things with our hands – carry loads, manipulate fine objects, grasp items, even communicate with each other. Our hands, Jörn Diedrichsen says, are “the Swiss Army knife of our body parts.” As the Western Research Chair for Motor Control and...
Alumni Association wants to hear from you
Western’s Alumni Association is inviting alumni and campus community members to be part of its new Strategic Plan by sharing opinions and ideas about alumni programming and engagement. “Since 1949, Western Alumni has been coming together in a formal way to serve...
Western Reads kicks off newest season
Western Reads returns with four stories of Greek gods, death-row prisoners, teenage hostages and reflections on race in America. The book club series kicks off this spring with Canadian author and former Western Writer-In-Residence André Alexis’s Fifteen Dogs. The...