Joints that can be reconstructed. New tissues or entire organs to replace those damaged in injury or disease. A transplant of healthy beta cells so a diabetic never needs an insulin injection again. It sounds a bit like science fiction, but these are among the...
This Friday, for the third time in three months, an amendment to the Policy on Evaluation of Academic Performance will come to university Senate; and we will be voting ‘Yes.’ For those unfamiliar, the proposed policy change will mandate that all undergraduate students...
We undersigned Western faculty members are pleased to learn that one of our colleagues, the highly respected Western Law professor S. Michael Lynk, has recently been appointed by the United Nations to the role of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine and the...
Putting their ideas in place would flip the switch on a more environmentally friendly campus. A pair of independent pitches to transition Western’s campus from traditional light switches to motion sensors earned top honours at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and...
How do you promote gender equity and workplace equality in a tribal community in southeastern Africa, particularly when the view of women is so dissimilar from your own? That was the monumental task facing Michele Parkin earlier this year as she spent a month in a...
Cutting-edge technology. Areas for collaborating. Expanding creativity. This is the vision for the Cohen Exploration Lab and Cohen Commons, an exciting new...
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, delivered the 2016 Pensa Lecture March 31 in Western Law, Room 38. McLachlin spoke on Canadian Constitutionalism and the Ethic of Inclusion and Accommodation. McLachlin was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of...
Comic book lovers in “the downtown core of a large Canadian city” have an eight-student team of Ivey Business School students to thank for saving their beloved retail store from imaginary ruin. The 2016 Business 1220E Case Competition was won by the team of students...
Six Pair of Pairs: Photos from 2011 to 2015, the debut photo exhibition of Walter Zimmerman, MLS’71, Librarian Emeritus, Western Libraries, runs through April 30 in the Spencer Gallery of The D.B. Weldon Library. Zimmerman has been taking photos seriously since 1964....
A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will arrive on April 24 to examine all aspects of Campus Community Police Services (CCPS) policy and procedures, management, operation and support services....
Medical Biophysics PhD candidate Derek Gillies is working to give surgeons a clearer view – and liver cancer patients a better outcome – thanks to a new 2D/3D imaging system. Currently, surgeons use a 2D ultrasound to place a needle electrode through the skin into a...
The 2015-16 Athletic Awards Gala celebrated the careers and accomplishments of the university’s top student-athletes on and off the field Tuesday night at the London Convention Centre.
As April exams approach, Western’s commitment to mental health and wellness continues to be a priority. Currently, there are no wait lists for the following on-campus services: Psychological services; Single-session therapy sessions; and Peer support drop-in services...
This Friday, for the third time in three months, an amendment to the Policy on Evaluation of Academic Performance will come to university Senate; and we will be voting ‘Yes.’ For those unfamiliar, the proposed policy change will mandate that all undergraduate students...
We undersigned Western faculty members are pleased to learn that one of our colleagues, the highly respected Western Law professor S. Michael Lynk, has recently been appointed by the United Nations to the role of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine and the...
Putting their ideas in place would flip the switch on a more environmentally friendly campus. A pair of independent pitches to transition Western’s campus from traditional light switches to motion sensors earned top honours at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and...
How do you promote gender equity and workplace equality in a tribal community in southeastern Africa, particularly when the view of women is so dissimilar from your own? That was the monumental task facing Michele Parkin earlier this year as she spent a month in a...
Cutting-edge technology. Areas for collaborating. Expanding creativity. This is the vision for the Cohen Exploration Lab and Cohen Commons, an exciting new...
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, delivered the 2016 Pensa Lecture March 31 in Western Law, Room 38. McLachlin spoke on Canadian Constitutionalism and the Ethic of Inclusion and Accommodation. McLachlin was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of...
Comic book lovers in “the downtown core of a large Canadian city” have an eight-student team of Ivey Business School students to thank for saving their beloved retail store from imaginary ruin. The 2016 Business 1220E Case Competition was won by the team of students...
Six Pair of Pairs: Photos from 2011 to 2015, the debut photo exhibition of Walter Zimmerman, MLS’71, Librarian Emeritus, Western Libraries, runs through April 30 in the Spencer Gallery of The D.B. Weldon Library. Zimmerman has been taking photos seriously since 1964....
A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will arrive on April 24 to examine all aspects of Campus Community Police Services (CCPS) policy and procedures, management, operation and support services....
Medical Biophysics PhD candidate Derek Gillies is working to give surgeons a clearer view – and liver cancer patients a better outcome – thanks to a new 2D/3D imaging system. Currently, surgeons use a 2D ultrasound to place a needle electrode through the skin into a...
The 2015-16 Athletic Awards Gala celebrated the careers and accomplishments of the university’s top student-athletes on and off the field Tuesday night at the London Convention Centre.
As April exams approach, Western’s commitment to mental health and wellness continues to be a priority. Currently, there are no wait lists for the following on-campus services: Psychological services; Single-session therapy sessions; and Peer support drop-in services...