Michael Parkin Today’s graduates are stepping out into a world where the economic landscape seemingly has more problems than solutions – a world in which graduates will play an …
Month: October 2016
Hasenfratz: Reach for higher mountains
Today’s graduates are fortunate to live in Canada where opportunity is endless, where they can, and must, reach for higher mountains every day.
Ricks: Small words are powerful
Prepositions and conjunctions – seemingly small and humble words – play a significant role in language and communication, said renowned literary critic and editor Christopher Ricks.
Nölke: Knowledge is power, use it
In what economists have called a “post-factual era,” university graduates have a responsibility to use their education.
Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours
His colleagues at Western call him a “true Renaissance man,” but bring this up in conversation, and Pierangelo Gobbo will try to politely laugh it off. He’s a talented artist. A musician. A highly ranked judoka. But Gobbo is also an accomplished academic, most...
No violation over Reunion Weekend controversy
Following an investigation by Campus Community Police Service, Western found no breach of the Student Code of Conduct occurred regarding the four students photographed beneath a banner reading ‘Western Lives Matter’ in a widely circulated photograph from Reunion...
Thinking differently about homelessness
One of the leading voices in approaching homelessness as a solvable problem in London, and increasingly in Canada, Abe Oudshoorn has been named the 2016 Western Humanitarian Award winner.
Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award
Since graduate school, Eva Turley has been interested in how and why cells move in our bodies. This curiosity led to her discovering, characterizing and cloning RHAMM, a protein that regulates cell movement and stem cell differentiation, during the early 1980s. Fast...
Festival brings all lovers of words together
Joshua Lambier wants you to see for yourself that words – whether spoken, written or performed with music – are not exclusive to those who write them.
UWOFA prez brings unique perspective to role
The day Ann Bigelow felt the discrepancy was the day she got involved with The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). “I worked as an accountant for many years before coming to Western. Here, I work with a group of accountants and we teach (in the...
Partnership offer a new reality about the past
If you’ve already visited the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, chances are you walked through its Indigenous village reconstruction in northwest London. You’ve probably seen the reconstructed longhouse, too. But you haven’t seen it like this. Visit the museum now and...
Police: Weekends avoid major issues
Reunion and Homecoming weekends avoided any major incidents, with the exception of large-crowd issues associated to the Broughdale Avenue area for Reunion Weekend, according to a report issued by London Police Service Wednesday. “We want to take this opportunity to...
Rewarding work leading to success
When Julaine Hall took over the Research Development Consultant (Awards & Distinctions) position three years ago, she was jokingly told if she got one Royal Society of Canada Fellowship award, she could keep her job. She helped nab six. “No one was nominating each...
Hasenfratz: Reach for higher mountains
Today’s graduates are fortunate to live in Canada where opportunity is endless, where they can, and must, reach for higher mountains every day.
Ricks: Small words are powerful
Prepositions and conjunctions – seemingly small and humble words – play a significant role in language and communication, said renowned literary critic and editor Christopher Ricks.
Nölke: Knowledge is power, use it
In what economists have called a “post-factual era,” university graduates have a responsibility to use their education.
Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours
His colleagues at Western call him a “true Renaissance man,” but bring this up in conversation, and Pierangelo Gobbo will try to politely laugh it off. He’s a talented artist. A musician. A highly ranked judoka. But Gobbo is also an accomplished academic, most...
No violation over Reunion Weekend controversy
Following an investigation by Campus Community Police Service, Western found no breach of the Student Code of Conduct occurred regarding the four students photographed beneath a banner reading ‘Western Lives Matter’ in a widely circulated photograph from Reunion...
Thinking differently about homelessness
One of the leading voices in approaching homelessness as a solvable problem in London, and increasingly in Canada, Abe Oudshoorn has been named the 2016 Western Humanitarian Award winner.
Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award
Since graduate school, Eva Turley has been interested in how and why cells move in our bodies. This curiosity led to her discovering, characterizing and cloning RHAMM, a protein that regulates cell movement and stem cell differentiation, during the early 1980s. Fast...
Festival brings all lovers of words together
Joshua Lambier wants you to see for yourself that words – whether spoken, written or performed with music – are not exclusive to those who write them.
UWOFA prez brings unique perspective to role
The day Ann Bigelow felt the discrepancy was the day she got involved with The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). “I worked as an accountant for many years before coming to Western. Here, I work with a group of accountants and we teach (in the...
Partnership offer a new reality about the past
If you’ve already visited the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, chances are you walked through its Indigenous village reconstruction in northwest London. You’ve probably seen the reconstructed longhouse, too. But you haven’t seen it like this. Visit the museum now and...
Police: Weekends avoid major issues
Reunion and Homecoming weekends avoided any major incidents, with the exception of large-crowd issues associated to the Broughdale Avenue area for Reunion Weekend, according to a report issued by London Police Service Wednesday. “We want to take this opportunity to...
Rewarding work leading to success
When Julaine Hall took over the Research Development Consultant (Awards & Distinctions) position three years ago, she was jokingly told if she got one Royal Society of Canada Fellowship award, she could keep her job. She helped nab six. “No one was nominating each...