As a teenager, Michael Iannozzi was warned away from being a poet. “That’s a hard route to take I was told. So I went around it a different way,” said the 27-year-old Sarnia native. Today, Iannozzi is a Linguistics masters student whose researc …
Month: July 2016
SHAD gets in the spirit of science
What happens when the brightest high school students from across Canada come together in the spirit of science, innovation and entrepreneurship? You get new and inventive advancements and solutions for a wide variety complex issues, thanks to SHAD, which empowers...
Poet Laureate: Let’s rethink, reshape London
The way Tom Cull sees it, London is on the verge of a Renaissance – an overdue makeover led by local artists taking the torch to forge a new image of the Forest City.
Human super predator most terrifying of all
A new study by Western demonstrates that smaller carnivores, like European badgers, that may be prey to large carnivores, actually perceive humans as far more frightening.
Ivey honours a textbook case of success
Michael Pearce remembers taking the Business Decision Making course at Western in 1964. So, 10 years later, when he took over as director of the Pre-Business program, who better to join a cast of co-authors in helping ‘write the book’ on the course.
Dolidze named Georgian Parliamentary Secretary
Western Law professor Anna Dolidze was recently appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the President of Georgia with her first assignment being the facilitation of the approval of new Supreme Court judges. “Mrs. Anna Dolidze will be trying now to convince lawmakers that...
McBean off to National Music Festival
Violist Katie McBean is heading to Edmonton next month to compete at the National Music Festival, hosted annually by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF). McBean, a fourth-year BMus (Music Education) student in Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Sharon...
Law dog takes faculty duties to the Max
Max Meingarten is that office colleague who sometimes steals your food. He can be pesky, and at the very least, he expects you to share your snacks.
Professor, Hromadske Radio launch Ukraine Calling
More news and views from Ukraine will reach the English-speaking world every week thanks to the efforts of a Western professor.
Cull named Poet Laureate for London
A leading literary advocate has now been charged with carrying the city’s unique artistic legacy forward into the world. Earlier today, Western professor Tom Cull was named Poet Laureate for the City of London by the London Arts Council. The Poet Laureate is an...
Western raises Pride Flag over campus
https://twitter.com/westernu/status/755443816862285824 On Tuesday, Western raised the Pride Flag above campus during a ceremony at noon on Concrete Beach. The flag will fly through the weekend. Originally designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978, the...
Connecting the dots throughout his career
A few years ago, Dr. Anthony Jevnikar, MD’81, organized a workshop to discuss potential new research in transplantation. He sat in the audience and watched as a 15-year-old kidney transplant patient took the stage with his mother, who also happened to be his organ...
Campus a-buzz with latest addition
Kristian Crossen has been in his new role for just over seven months and, already, he looks after more than 300,000 university workers who are ‘busy as bees’ every day.
SHAD gets in the spirit of science
What happens when the brightest high school students from across Canada come together in the spirit of science, innovation and entrepreneurship? You get new and inventive advancements and solutions for a wide variety complex issues, thanks to SHAD, which empowers...
Poet Laureate: Let’s rethink, reshape London
The way Tom Cull sees it, London is on the verge of a Renaissance – an overdue makeover led by local artists taking the torch to forge a new image of the Forest City.
Human super predator most terrifying of all
A new study by Western demonstrates that smaller carnivores, like European badgers, that may be prey to large carnivores, actually perceive humans as far more frightening.
Ivey honours a textbook case of success
Michael Pearce remembers taking the Business Decision Making course at Western in 1964. So, 10 years later, when he took over as director of the Pre-Business program, who better to join a cast of co-authors in helping ‘write the book’ on the course.
Dolidze named Georgian Parliamentary Secretary
Western Law professor Anna Dolidze was recently appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the President of Georgia with her first assignment being the facilitation of the approval of new Supreme Court judges. “Mrs. Anna Dolidze will be trying now to convince lawmakers that...
McBean off to National Music Festival
Violist Katie McBean is heading to Edmonton next month to compete at the National Music Festival, hosted annually by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF). McBean, a fourth-year BMus (Music Education) student in Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Sharon...
Law dog takes faculty duties to the Max
Max Meingarten is that office colleague who sometimes steals your food. He can be pesky, and at the very least, he expects you to share your snacks.
Professor, Hromadske Radio launch Ukraine Calling
More news and views from Ukraine will reach the English-speaking world every week thanks to the efforts of a Western professor.
Cull named Poet Laureate for London
A leading literary advocate has now been charged with carrying the city’s unique artistic legacy forward into the world. Earlier today, Western professor Tom Cull was named Poet Laureate for the City of London by the London Arts Council. The Poet Laureate is an...
Western raises Pride Flag over campus
https://twitter.com/westernu/status/755443816862285824 On Tuesday, Western raised the Pride Flag above campus during a ceremony at noon on Concrete Beach. The flag will fly through the weekend. Originally designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978, the...
Connecting the dots throughout his career
A few years ago, Dr. Anthony Jevnikar, MD’81, organized a workshop to discuss potential new research in transplantation. He sat in the audience and watched as a 15-year-old kidney transplant patient took the stage with his mother, who also happened to be his organ...
Campus a-buzz with latest addition
Kristian Crossen has been in his new role for just over seven months and, already, he looks after more than 300,000 university workers who are ‘busy as bees’ every day.