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Month: April 2016

Plan looks to modernize campus parking

Plan looks to modernize campus parking

Campus parking lots look to get a technological upgrade this summer, making for a more convenient experience for the campus community and visitors. And while it will come at a higher cost for drivers, campus officials say the changes are long overdue. “Our existing...

Looking to connect over creativity

Looking to connect over creativity

Victoria Wiebe is no stranger to putting pen to paper to turn her creative thoughts into works of poetry or young-adult fiction. Now, the published author and Psychology student will be helping other writers find their voice as the 2016-17 Student Writer-in-Residence....

Company survives close shaves to thrive

Company survives close shaves to thrive

Gareth Everard came to Western with thoughts of running track and becoming a dentist. He is doing neither one these days. He is, however, in the midst of cultivating his startup company, Rockwell Razors, whose current Kickstarter campaign sits at more than $198,000 as...

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

Toronto traded in its autumn colours for a sea of blue last fall as baseball captured the city’s imagination after a 25-year absence. The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off one miraculous comeback after another, until they met the Kansas City Royals in the American League...

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Services hosted its fourth annual Graduation Ceremony for Indigenous Students at the International and Graduate Affairs Building on April 7. Since many of the students will be leaving London, this was a final chance to say goodbye and celebrate their...

Butler honoured by U.N. for tourism research

Butler honoured by U.N. for tourism research

Geography professor emeritus Dick Butler recently received the Ulysses Prize for Excellence in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge, presented by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The prize is awarded to a distinguished scholar for his/her...

Looking to build up postsecondary research

Looking to build up postsecondary research

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, stopped by Western last week to launch the new Postsecondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, which will provide up to $2 billion, over the next three years, for infrastructure projects at...

Funeral services set for Social Science student

Funeral services set for Social Science student

Funeral arrangements have been set 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 family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6:30-8:30...

Western mourning death of Social Science student

Western mourning death of Social Science student

The Western community is mourning the death of undergraduate Social Science student Jeffrey Costa, who died April 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont. Jeffrey served as a Soph in both Medway-Sydenham Hall and Social Science.

Western helps unlock secrets to food security

Western helps unlock secrets to food security

First Nations traditional knowledge fused with the scientific labs at Western in an attempt to understand more about food safety and security for the Kluane First Nation. The community of 95 people is located in the Yukon Territory, along the shores of Kluane Lake and...

Green Awards paint a portrait of sustainability

Green Awards paint a portrait of sustainability

    Sophia Lloyd-Jones has returned to an old form of producing natural dyes using vegetables and nuts to produce organic sculptures that challenge what it means to make art in an environmentally sustainable way. The fourth-year Visual Arts student was among...

Survey: Campus ready to clear air

Survey: Campus ready to clear air

Western could go cold turkey when it comes to smoking on campus, with recent survey results showing a majority of the university’s students, staff and faculty in favour of ‘butting out’ when it comes to the much maligned tobacco habit. “What precipitated us to look at...

Looking to connect over creativity

Looking to connect over creativity

Victoria Wiebe is no stranger to putting pen to paper to turn her creative thoughts into works of poetry or young-adult fiction. Now, the published author and Psychology student will be helping other writers find their voice as the 2016-17 Student Writer-in-Residence....

Company survives close shaves to thrive

Company survives close shaves to thrive

Gareth Everard came to Western with thoughts of running track and becoming a dentist. He is doing neither one these days. He is, however, in the midst of cultivating his startup company, Rockwell Razors, whose current Kickstarter campaign sits at more than $198,000 as...

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

Toronto traded in its autumn colours for a sea of blue last fall as baseball captured the city’s imagination after a 25-year absence. The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off one miraculous comeback after another, until they met the Kansas City Royals in the American League...

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Convocation celebrates achievements

Indigenous Services hosted its fourth annual Graduation Ceremony for Indigenous Students at the International and Graduate Affairs Building on April 7. Since many of the students will be leaving London, this was a final chance to say goodbye and celebrate their...

Butler honoured by U.N. for tourism research

Butler honoured by U.N. for tourism research

Geography professor emeritus Dick Butler recently received the Ulysses Prize for Excellence in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge, presented by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The prize is awarded to a distinguished scholar for his/her...

Looking to build up postsecondary research

Looking to build up postsecondary research

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, stopped by Western last week to launch the new Postsecondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, which will provide up to $2 billion, over the next three years, for infrastructure projects at...

Funeral services set for Social Science student

Funeral services set for Social Science student

Funeral arrangements have been set 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 family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 6:30-8:30...

Western mourning death of Social Science student

Western mourning death of Social Science student

The Western community is mourning the death of undergraduate Social Science student Jeffrey Costa, who died April 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont. Jeffrey served as a Soph in both Medway-Sydenham Hall and Social Science.

Western helps unlock secrets to food security

Western helps unlock secrets to food security

First Nations traditional knowledge fused with the scientific labs at Western in an attempt to understand more about food safety and security for the Kluane First Nation. The community of 95 people is located in the Yukon Territory, along the shores of Kluane Lake and...

Green Awards paint a portrait of sustainability

Green Awards paint a portrait of sustainability

    Sophia Lloyd-Jones has returned to an old form of producing natural dyes using vegetables and nuts to produce organic sculptures that challenge what it means to make art in an environmentally sustainable way. The fourth-year Visual Arts student was among...

Survey: Campus ready to clear air

Survey: Campus ready to clear air

Western could go cold turkey when it comes to smoking on campus, with recent survey results showing a majority of the university’s students, staff and faculty in favour of ‘butting out’ when it comes to the much maligned tobacco habit. “What precipitated us to look at...