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Month: April 2017

Summer construction plan takes shape

Summer construction plan takes shape

Summer will soon be here, and that means construction season will kick off again, featuring three capital projects, a renovation, several medium-sized projects, as well as hundreds of maintenance, repairs and infrastructure upgrade projects already underway across...

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Women and minorities are more likely to benefit from entrepreneurship training programs when compared to Caucasian men, according to recent research conducted by an Ivey Business School professor. “The study was motivated by the idea that over the past decade, there...

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

More than 1,000 high school students, forming 35 teams, were on campus last weekend, with robots they built and programmed as part of the inaugural FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) – Western University District event, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering. The event...

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Women and minorities are more likely to benefit from entrepreneurship training programs when compared to Caucasian men, according to recent research conducted by an Ivey Business School professor. “The study was motivated by the idea that over the past decade, there...

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western

More than 1,000 high school students, forming 35 teams, were on campus last weekend, with robots they built and programmed as part of the inaugural FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) – Western University District event, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering. The event...