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Month: June 2016

Traffic Advisory: Road closure on campus

Traffic Advisory: Road closure on campus

Commuters in the City of London that use roadways at Western University are being advised of an upcoming construction project that will be disrupting normal traffic flow for a significant portion of the month of July. Construction has begun on the new Western...

Sham, alumni receive Order of Canada

Sham, alumni receive Order of Canada

Western faculty member Tsun-Kong Sham, PhD'75, along with 11 other alumni members of the Western community were named to the Order of Canada by Governor General of Canada David Johnston on June 30. Sham, a world-class materials chemist, is the authority when it comes...

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Western professor Andy Sun has been named a Fellow the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) for his distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. The CAE, an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in...

Weather siren testing today

Weather siren testing today

Be advised that Western's severe weather siren is being tested throughout the afternoon of Friday, June 24. Should there be an actual weather event, you will be advised.

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang and Room author Emma Donoghue, LLD'13, were named among the 8th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, along with several other artists, academics, entrepreneurs and champions of worthy causes. Presented by...

Board outlines university stance on rapid transit

Board outlines university stance on rapid transit

Western's Board of Governors unanimously approved a pair of recommendations earlier today outlining the university's stance on how the City of London's rapid transit system would travel to - and possibly through - the university campus. "We want to work with this city...

New president to help alumni find their voices

New president to help alumni find their voices

When David Simmonds was searching for his voice, he found it as a student on Western's campus. And now, as he begins his term as President of the Alumni Association, he plans to use that voice to share the university's story and encourage alumni to engage with each...

‘Long journey’ peacefully ends in London

‘Long journey’ peacefully ends in London

As Western professor Victoria Esses walked hand-in-hand down the street with 3-year-old Syrian refugee Bushra, it was difficult to imagine that same playful child hiding in fear as bombs exploded around her home just under a year ago.

New PMA president targets PDG process

New PMA president targets PDG process

With contract negotiations still two years out, newly elected Professional Management Association (PMA) President Melanie Molnar will instead focus her attention on improving a performance review process, she said, many of her members feel is falling short. "I've...

Western insights inform rural seniors development

Western insights inform rural seniors development

A proposed $21-million retirement living project in rural Huron County has added a Western component to its focus on keeping seniors in their own community. Inspiring Living Seaforth, which looks to break ground in spring 2017, will consist of 20 units for palliative...

Centre celebrates two decades of seeing differently

Centre celebrates two decades of seeing differently

When the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) first opened its doors at Robarts Research Institute in 1996, you could stand in front of the building and see the reflection of the hospital on one side and the university on the other. At the time, it was...

Craig to shout Huron story from the rooftops

Craig to shout Huron story from the rooftops

Barry Craig looks for the same moment in others that was once sparked in him. “Nothing is more exciting than seeing that moment when an 18- or 19-year-old undergraduate student – you know the one who cruised through high school trying to get marks, but not being...

Professor offers a sentence to the letter

Professor offers a sentence to the letter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91YIu8QAMec His journey began with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded project examining cultures that didn’t use alphabets. The resulting book was the exact opposite. Modern Languages and Literatures professor...

Sham, alumni receive Order of Canada

Sham, alumni receive Order of Canada

Western faculty member Tsun-Kong Sham, PhD'75, along with 11 other alumni members of the Western community were named to the Order of Canada by Governor General of Canada David Johnston on June 30. Sham, a world-class materials chemist, is the authority when it comes...

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Western professor Andy Sun has been named a Fellow the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) for his distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. The CAE, an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in...

Weather siren testing today

Weather siren testing today

Be advised that Western's severe weather siren is being tested throughout the afternoon of Friday, June 24. Should there be an actual weather event, you will be advised.

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang and Room author Emma Donoghue, LLD'13, were named among the 8th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, along with several other artists, academics, entrepreneurs and champions of worthy causes. Presented by...

Board outlines university stance on rapid transit

Board outlines university stance on rapid transit

Western's Board of Governors unanimously approved a pair of recommendations earlier today outlining the university's stance on how the City of London's rapid transit system would travel to - and possibly through - the university campus. "We want to work with this city...

New president to help alumni find their voices

New president to help alumni find their voices

When David Simmonds was searching for his voice, he found it as a student on Western's campus. And now, as he begins his term as President of the Alumni Association, he plans to use that voice to share the university's story and encourage alumni to engage with each...

‘Long journey’ peacefully ends in London

‘Long journey’ peacefully ends in London

As Western professor Victoria Esses walked hand-in-hand down the street with 3-year-old Syrian refugee Bushra, it was difficult to imagine that same playful child hiding in fear as bombs exploded around her home just under a year ago.

New PMA president targets PDG process

New PMA president targets PDG process

With contract negotiations still two years out, newly elected Professional Management Association (PMA) President Melanie Molnar will instead focus her attention on improving a performance review process, she said, many of her members feel is falling short. "I've...

Western insights inform rural seniors development

Western insights inform rural seniors development

A proposed $21-million retirement living project in rural Huron County has added a Western component to its focus on keeping seniors in their own community. Inspiring Living Seaforth, which looks to break ground in spring 2017, will consist of 20 units for palliative...

Centre celebrates two decades of seeing differently

Centre celebrates two decades of seeing differently

When the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) first opened its doors at Robarts Research Institute in 1996, you could stand in front of the building and see the reflection of the hospital on one side and the university on the other. At the time, it was...

Craig to shout Huron story from the rooftops

Craig to shout Huron story from the rooftops

Barry Craig looks for the same moment in others that was once sparked in him. “Nothing is more exciting than seeing that moment when an 18- or 19-year-old undergraduate student – you know the one who cruised through high school trying to get marks, but not being...

Professor offers a sentence to the letter

Professor offers a sentence to the letter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91YIu8QAMec His journey began with a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded project examining cultures that didn’t use alphabets. The resulting book was the exact opposite. Modern Languages and Literatures professor...