A pair of Western facilities currently under construction received a $45-million shot in the arm earlier today thanks to the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, a $2-billion federal investment fund seeking to create state-of-the-art faci …
Western Research Parks received the 2016 Outstanding Research Park Award from the Association of University Research Parks, the organization announced recently as part of its 2016 International Conference in Oklahoma City.
Gary Barwin and Emma Donoghue, both former Western Writers-in Residence, were among six authors named to the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, announced last week. A third title named to the list was published by Windsor, Ont.-based Biblioasis, founded...
For Barb MacQuarrie, universities and colleges are “a big ship to turn” when it comes to how they address issues of sexual violence and harassment.
This is one of those moments. How our students respond this weekend and beyond will define how people will see this university for years to come. That might seem like an overstatement. But given the magnified attention applied to this year’s Reunion Weekend/Homecoming...
That cropped, off-centre, filtered selfie you posted on Instagram yesterday is just one symptom of a resurrected, contemporary interest in portraiture. It’s also one of the inspirations for Portraits, Self and Others (It’s Complicated) – an exhibition currently on...
The primary focus of higher education is to help shape the future by advancing the boundaries of knowledge and boosting human potential. Graduates acquire logical reasoning and extension of imagination that may serve as a catalyst for self-improvement and direct...
Canada boasts a special relationship with small cities and towns, and without them, Canada wouldn’t be the country it is today. After big industries sprinkled factories across Canadian small towns, Canadians flocked to these places that represented the opportunity to...
Her secret is in the eyes. For Linda Kooluris Dobbs, there is no other way in.
Ontario universities are looking to help students and parents confront an uncertain future by sparking a provincewide conversation about how these 21 institutions can help ensure a brighter future for everyone. Launched this weekend, the Council of Ontario...
Research has demonstrated several positive physiological and psychological impacts of mindfulness training and meditation, including reduced stress, anxiety and depression, improved control over attention and enhanced working memory. However, do these same findings...
For Danae Campos-Melo and Cristian Droppelmann, philosophy is an integral part of working in a science lab. “I consider the philosophy of science to be the soul of science,” Droppelmann said. “It gives us the intellectual deepness that we need as scientists.”...
Three decades into her career, Rebecca Brown feels she’s just getting started. Perhaps it is more fitting to say she is back at the start. “I rode (horses) as a child, and for five years after university, my husband and I rented a farm north of London, and looked...
Western Research Parks received the 2016 Outstanding Research Park Award from the Association of University Research Parks, the organization announced recently as part of its 2016 International Conference in Oklahoma City.
Gary Barwin and Emma Donoghue, both former Western Writers-in Residence, were among six authors named to the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, announced last week. A third title named to the list was published by Windsor, Ont.-based Biblioasis, founded...
For Barb MacQuarrie, universities and colleges are “a big ship to turn” when it comes to how they address issues of sexual violence and harassment.
This is one of those moments. How our students respond this weekend and beyond will define how people will see this university for years to come. That might seem like an overstatement. But given the magnified attention applied to this year’s Reunion Weekend/Homecoming...
That cropped, off-centre, filtered selfie you posted on Instagram yesterday is just one symptom of a resurrected, contemporary interest in portraiture. It’s also one of the inspirations for Portraits, Self and Others (It’s Complicated) – an exhibition currently on...
The primary focus of higher education is to help shape the future by advancing the boundaries of knowledge and boosting human potential. Graduates acquire logical reasoning and extension of imagination that may serve as a catalyst for self-improvement and direct...
Canada boasts a special relationship with small cities and towns, and without them, Canada wouldn’t be the country it is today. After big industries sprinkled factories across Canadian small towns, Canadians flocked to these places that represented the opportunity to...
Her secret is in the eyes. For Linda Kooluris Dobbs, there is no other way in.
Ontario universities are looking to help students and parents confront an uncertain future by sparking a provincewide conversation about how these 21 institutions can help ensure a brighter future for everyone. Launched this weekend, the Council of Ontario...
Research has demonstrated several positive physiological and psychological impacts of mindfulness training and meditation, including reduced stress, anxiety and depression, improved control over attention and enhanced working memory. However, do these same findings...
For Danae Campos-Melo and Cristian Droppelmann, philosophy is an integral part of working in a science lab. “I consider the philosophy of science to be the soul of science,” Droppelmann said. “It gives us the intellectual deepness that we need as scientists.”...
Three decades into her career, Rebecca Brown feels she’s just getting started. Perhaps it is more fitting to say she is back at the start. “I rode (horses) as a child, and for five years after university, my husband and I rented a farm north of London, and looked...