In what economists have called a “post-factual era,” university graduates have a responsibility to use their education to serve their communities and the greater public sphere, said Sabine Nölke, BA’78, MA’80, LLB’85, the Ambassado …
Month: October 2016
New book defines role of Canadian think tanks
If you are concerned about government policies pertaining to taxes, health care, changes in education or a host of other issues, you need to know something about the motivations of the organizations that have given birth to some of these ideas, stressed a Western...
Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain
A discovery that the most common variant of the HIV virus is also the “wimpiest” will help doctors better treat millions of individuals around the world suffering from the deadly disease.
Class offers a new outlook on the world
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...
Hormone may be key to relief for patients, caregivers
While there is no cure for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one Western researcher is looking to mitigate symptoms of the disease for patients and, in turn, lessen the heavy burden faced by caregivers.
Human figures begging you to take a ‘Stand’
Take a stroll by the McIntosh Gallery one of these days. Perhaps you’ve already walked by and wondered about the six sculptures standing – quite literally, akimbo – to its side. The six figures are part of an interactive outdoor sculpture installation, Last Stand. The...
UN focus on superbugs right on target for researcher
The problem is just getting worse. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, viruses and microbes are responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths each year. Staph infections. C. difficile outbreaks in hospitals. Tuberculosis. Malaria. Sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis...
ITS drawing attention to campus cyber-security
There is no simple way to detect or identify them. They cannot be seen or heard, leave no physical evidence behind and hide their tracks through a complex web of compromised computers. When it comes to computer hackers, Jeff Gardiner, Western’s Central Information...
Winders: Hard to pass up taking a shot at ignorance
I get it. We want to denounce ignorance in the strongest language possible. And this world offers plenty to denounce. Long before a photograph of four UWBros beneath a bedsheet reading ‘Western Lives Matter’ started making the rounds on social media, frustration was...
Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability
Melanie Stone wants you to see through the eyes of disabled working mothers – women navigating employment on top of the challenges that stem from being differently abled. “There are real barriers, and they’re put in place, sometimes through well-meaning policy,” said...
Prajapati: How I fell apart and almost dropped out
Western bodes many of my best and memorable experiences. It began in Delaware Hall where I became ingrained in the Residence Life program. It led me to become a Rez Soph and then a Residence Staff member. I eventually found myself at Communications & Public...
Economics celebrates a half century
The Department of Economics is celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2016-17 academic year. During those 50 years, the department has had a strong international reputation of academic excellence, a path it continues on to this day. When Grant Reuber became the...
Yan published in physician’s anthology
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry alumnus Jimmy Yan was recently published in In-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians, a collection of 102 manuscripts published on in-Training, the online magazine for medical students, since its inception in July...
New book defines role of Canadian think tanks
If you are concerned about government policies pertaining to taxes, health care, changes in education or a host of other issues, you need to know something about the motivations of the organizations that have given birth to some of these ideas, stressed a Western...
Study unlocks secret of common HIV strain
A discovery that the most common variant of the HIV virus is also the “wimpiest” will help doctors better treat millions of individuals around the world suffering from the deadly disease.
Class offers a new outlook on the world
The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...
Hormone may be key to relief for patients, caregivers
While there is no cure for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one Western researcher is looking to mitigate symptoms of the disease for patients and, in turn, lessen the heavy burden faced by caregivers.
Human figures begging you to take a ‘Stand’
Take a stroll by the McIntosh Gallery one of these days. Perhaps you’ve already walked by and wondered about the six sculptures standing – quite literally, akimbo – to its side. The six figures are part of an interactive outdoor sculpture installation, Last Stand. The...
UN focus on superbugs right on target for researcher
The problem is just getting worse. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, viruses and microbes are responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths each year. Staph infections. C. difficile outbreaks in hospitals. Tuberculosis. Malaria. Sexually transmitted infections such as syphilis...
ITS drawing attention to campus cyber-security
There is no simple way to detect or identify them. They cannot be seen or heard, leave no physical evidence behind and hide their tracks through a complex web of compromised computers. When it comes to computer hackers, Jeff Gardiner, Western’s Central Information...
Winders: Hard to pass up taking a shot at ignorance
I get it. We want to denounce ignorance in the strongest language possible. And this world offers plenty to denounce. Long before a photograph of four UWBros beneath a bedsheet reading ‘Western Lives Matter’ started making the rounds on social media, frustration was...
Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability
Melanie Stone wants you to see through the eyes of disabled working mothers – women navigating employment on top of the challenges that stem from being differently abled. “There are real barriers, and they’re put in place, sometimes through well-meaning policy,” said...
Prajapati: How I fell apart and almost dropped out
Western bodes many of my best and memorable experiences. It began in Delaware Hall where I became ingrained in the Residence Life program. It led me to become a Rez Soph and then a Residence Staff member. I eventually found myself at Communications & Public...
Economics celebrates a half century
The Department of Economics is celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2016-17 academic year. During those 50 years, the department has had a strong international reputation of academic excellence, a path it continues on to this day. When Grant Reuber became the...
Yan published in physician’s anthology
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry alumnus Jimmy Yan was recently published in In-Training: Stories from Tomorrow's Physicians, a collection of 102 manuscripts published on in-Training, the online magazine for medical students, since its inception in July...