A last-second field goal from Nathan Mesher capped off a furious fourth-q …
Year: 2016
Alumnus soars through rarefied air
When Western alumnus Ryan Kean returns to London later this year, he’ll more than likely fly by campus briefly. That’s what you do when you pilot a multi-million dollar CF-18 Hornet that tops out at 1,900 km/h. Kean, a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),...
Health Sciences takes wheel with Driving Rehab program
With Baby Boomers comprising the majority of drivers on the road today, a new Master of Clinical Science (MClSc) in Driving Rehabilitation Therapy will become essential training, according to program organizers. “Drivers are getting older. Coming with being older –...
Brain-training games are big business, but buyer beware
Companies that create brain games often make wild claims about their cognitive benefit, warns a Western neuroscientist.
Winders: Opportunity today to shape our tomorrow
Lost in the politics of this moment, an opportunity of historic proportions awaits. My question: What university will be the first to seize it? We all know the numbers. The Syrian conflict has killed an estimated quarter of a million people in the last four years....
United Way Gift Announcement coming Jan. 28
It’s about more than a number for Margaret Steele. “Western’s annual United Way Gift Announcement event is always special because it reminds me just how generous members of our university community are with their time and donations,” said Steele, Vice Dean, Hospital...
Don’t you dare crossover the law
A new Ontario law could see motorists fined as much as $500, and lose three demerit points, for offences at pedestrian crossovers.
Book reviews, Jan. 7
Fresh Strange Music By Donald S. Hair McGill-Queen’s University Press Donald S. Hair, an English and Writing Studies professor emeritus, undertakes a sonorous task; namely, demonstrating how the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning has integrated musical rhythm as an...
Exploring the forgotten role of a Grand Duchess
Wanting to tell the story of aristocratic women’s considerable influence on Russian society, a Western professor emeritus and PhD alumna found their ideal subject in a well-known, yet barely understood, Grand Duchess. “It’s a little different subject in Russian...
Researchers view music ed through new lens
Educators have always stressed music’s ability to transform individuals – especially youth. But this well-meaning approach has been delivered traditionally in a limited manner, one which promotes a particular set of musical practices and traditions. This approach has...
Bike design team looks for answers in the wind
They’re known as ‘weight weenies’ – those competitive cyclists who obsess over the weight of their bikes and its componentry. They reason the lighter the bike, the faster the ride. And while that may be true, when it comes to speed, aerodynamics plays an arguably...
Love for plants just grew on her
You would think a professor holding a plant seed, telling his students it could kill them, might turn one off from career in botany. Not so for Western alumna Jennifer McDonald. As an undergrad at McMaster University, McDonald was on the path to her goal of becoming a...
Expansion comes with employment opportunities
Oversight is a growth industry for grads to explore in Ontario. Starting Jan. 1, Ombudsman Ontario now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This expansion of power is the result of Bill 8, Public Sector and MPP...
Alumnus soars through rarefied air
When Western alumnus Ryan Kean returns to London later this year, he’ll more than likely fly by campus briefly. That’s what you do when you pilot a multi-million dollar CF-18 Hornet that tops out at 1,900 km/h. Kean, a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),...
Health Sciences takes wheel with Driving Rehab program
With Baby Boomers comprising the majority of drivers on the road today, a new Master of Clinical Science (MClSc) in Driving Rehabilitation Therapy will become essential training, according to program organizers. “Drivers are getting older. Coming with being older –...
Brain-training games are big business, but buyer beware
Companies that create brain games often make wild claims about their cognitive benefit, warns a Western neuroscientist.
Winders: Opportunity today to shape our tomorrow
Lost in the politics of this moment, an opportunity of historic proportions awaits. My question: What university will be the first to seize it? We all know the numbers. The Syrian conflict has killed an estimated quarter of a million people in the last four years....
United Way Gift Announcement coming Jan. 28
It’s about more than a number for Margaret Steele. “Western’s annual United Way Gift Announcement event is always special because it reminds me just how generous members of our university community are with their time and donations,” said Steele, Vice Dean, Hospital...
Don’t you dare crossover the law
A new Ontario law could see motorists fined as much as $500, and lose three demerit points, for offences at pedestrian crossovers.
Book reviews, Jan. 7
Fresh Strange Music By Donald S. Hair McGill-Queen’s University Press Donald S. Hair, an English and Writing Studies professor emeritus, undertakes a sonorous task; namely, demonstrating how the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning has integrated musical rhythm as an...
Exploring the forgotten role of a Grand Duchess
Wanting to tell the story of aristocratic women’s considerable influence on Russian society, a Western professor emeritus and PhD alumna found their ideal subject in a well-known, yet barely understood, Grand Duchess. “It’s a little different subject in Russian...
Researchers view music ed through new lens
Educators have always stressed music’s ability to transform individuals – especially youth. But this well-meaning approach has been delivered traditionally in a limited manner, one which promotes a particular set of musical practices and traditions. This approach has...
Bike design team looks for answers in the wind
They’re known as ‘weight weenies’ – those competitive cyclists who obsess over the weight of their bikes and its componentry. They reason the lighter the bike, the faster the ride. And while that may be true, when it comes to speed, aerodynamics plays an arguably...
Love for plants just grew on her
You would think a professor holding a plant seed, telling his students it could kill them, might turn one off from career in botany. Not so for Western alumna Jennifer McDonald. As an undergrad at McMaster University, McDonald was on the path to her goal of becoming a...
Expansion comes with employment opportunities
Oversight is a growth industry for grads to explore in Ontario. Starting Jan. 1, Ombudsman Ontario now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This expansion of power is the result of Bill 8, Public Sector and MPP...