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Month: April 2016

Commentary: Smart people don’t run

Commentary: Smart people don’t run

I have almost always associated universities with long-distance running, and this is, probably, why I also associate them with pain, sweat and hard work. Growing up in Sudbury, Ont., I was on my high school cross-country running team. Most of our workouts were on the...

Western performances keep summer tradition alive

Western performances keep summer tradition alive

While innumerable celebrations are being held this year around the globe – not to mention at The Globe in London, England – to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, here at Western we are continuing a venerable theatrical community tradition that...

Language of food pleased palate of audiences

Language of food pleased palate of audiences

How does food speak to us? What does it say when we choose salad, not steak? When we buy our vegetables from local farmers, when we avoid pork or shellfish or insist on gluten-free? As Shakespeare knew, food is a shared language, full of dramatic possibility. The...

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

English PhD candidate David Huebert joins company with some of Canada’s best writers who received CBC Literary Prizes and went on to receive national and international acclaim.

Campus memorial service set for Costa

Campus memorial service set for Costa

Western will host a campus memorial service for undergraduate Social Science student Jeffrey Costa, 22, who died April 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont. Costa served as a Soph in both Medway-Sydenham Hall and Social Science. The event will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m....

AFAR-filmed ‘The Messenger’ flies into theatres

AFAR-filmed ‘The Messenger’ flies into theatres

Canadian Screen Award nominee The Messenger, which explores the uncertain fate of songbirds, and was partially filmed at Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR), will show this weekend at London’s Hyland Cinema. Western Biology professor and AFAR...

ITS remains diligent as illegal downloads increase

ITS remains diligent as illegal downloads increase

The Internet has changed the way people consume movies and music, but it hasn’t changed the right of ownership of copyrighted materials. If you are illegally downloading content on the university campus, chances are Jeff Gardiner knows about it. Western’s Central...

University, industry get design game on

University, industry get design game on

Claudette Critchley, BSc’94, BEd’95, wouldn’t call herself a gamer – an odd statement from the COO and co-founder of Big Blue Bubble, Canada’s largest independent mobile gaming company.

University seeks input into draft indigenous plan

University seeks input into draft indigenous plan

Western’s first-ever Indigenous Strategic Plan seeks to remedy the under-representation of Indigenous Peoples as students, professors, staff and administrators in Canada’s postsecondary education system, according to university officials. “Universities play an...

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

The words of a grieving family resonated across campus this week as the university joined them in mourning the loss of a mother and her son. “As a mother and son, they had a strong and undeniable bond. They were at the core of a very loving family. Together we shared...

Senate gives university budget nod

Senate gives university budget nod

Western will be spending $732.4 million in 2016-17 on infrastructure and utilities, scholarships and research initiatives, and creating a pedestrian-friendly and safe campus, among other initiatives. At the April 8 meeting, Western Senate voted in favour of advising...

‘Geek thing’ serves as perfect outreach

‘Geek thing’ serves as perfect outreach

While many of her high school peers relaxed during March Break, 16-year-old Jessica Bennett was studying in a genetics lab half-way across the country. The Wolfville, N.S., resident was a Gene Researcher for a Week in Dr. Robert Hegele’s lab at Robarts Research...

Gender-verification called into question

Gender-verification called into question

Kinesiology professor Janice Forsyth is personally and professionally interested in lending her voice to challenge the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) discriminatory policies.

Western performances keep summer tradition alive

Western performances keep summer tradition alive

While innumerable celebrations are being held this year around the globe – not to mention at The Globe in London, England – to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, here at Western we are continuing a venerable theatrical community tradition that...

Language of food pleased palate of audiences

Language of food pleased palate of audiences

How does food speak to us? What does it say when we choose salad, not steak? When we buy our vegetables from local farmers, when we avoid pork or shellfish or insist on gluten-free? As Shakespeare knew, food is a shared language, full of dramatic possibility. The...

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

English PhD candidate David Huebert joins company with some of Canada’s best writers who received CBC Literary Prizes and went on to receive national and international acclaim.

Campus memorial service set for Costa

Campus memorial service set for Costa

Western will host a campus memorial service for undergraduate Social Science student Jeffrey Costa, 22, who died April 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont. Costa served as a Soph in both Medway-Sydenham Hall and Social Science. The event will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m....

AFAR-filmed ‘The Messenger’ flies into theatres

AFAR-filmed ‘The Messenger’ flies into theatres

Canadian Screen Award nominee The Messenger, which explores the uncertain fate of songbirds, and was partially filmed at Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR), will show this weekend at London’s Hyland Cinema. Western Biology professor and AFAR...

ITS remains diligent as illegal downloads increase

ITS remains diligent as illegal downloads increase

The Internet has changed the way people consume movies and music, but it hasn’t changed the right of ownership of copyrighted materials. If you are illegally downloading content on the university campus, chances are Jeff Gardiner knows about it. Western’s Central...

University, industry get design game on

University, industry get design game on

Claudette Critchley, BSc’94, BEd’95, wouldn’t call herself a gamer – an odd statement from the COO and co-founder of Big Blue Bubble, Canada’s largest independent mobile gaming company.

University seeks input into draft indigenous plan

University seeks input into draft indigenous plan

Western’s first-ever Indigenous Strategic Plan seeks to remedy the under-representation of Indigenous Peoples as students, professors, staff and administrators in Canada’s postsecondary education system, according to university officials. “Universities play an...

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

University mourns loss of well-known student mentor

The words of a grieving family resonated across campus this week as the university joined them in mourning the loss of a mother and her son. “As a mother and son, they had a strong and undeniable bond. They were at the core of a very loving family. Together we shared...

Senate gives university budget nod

Senate gives university budget nod

Western will be spending $732.4 million in 2016-17 on infrastructure and utilities, scholarships and research initiatives, and creating a pedestrian-friendly and safe campus, among other initiatives. At the April 8 meeting, Western Senate voted in favour of advising...

‘Geek thing’ serves as perfect outreach

‘Geek thing’ serves as perfect outreach

While many of her high school peers relaxed during March Break, 16-year-old Jessica Bennett was studying in a genetics lab half-way across the country. The Wolfville, N.S., resident was a Gene Researcher for a Week in Dr. Robert Hegele’s lab at Robarts Research...

Gender-verification called into question

Gender-verification called into question

Kinesiology professor Janice Forsyth is personally and professionally interested in lending her voice to challenge the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) discriminatory policies.