Some 35 members of Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music New Horizons Band are preparing for a tour in Poland, with stops in Wroclaw and Warsaw from July 2 to 12 to perform five free concerts. The trip marks the band’s seventh trip to Europe since 2005 and its first...
Month: June 2017
Ursuline Sisters back Brescia with $1-million donation
Brescia University College received a $1-million gift from the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham in Ontario, the single largest donation in the Western affiliate college’s history.
Study: Non-monogamous relationships find success
Individuals in polyamorous relationships report more commitment and investment with their primary partners and report more time spent on sex with their secondary partners, a new study authored by Western researchers has found.
Kwan tapped as University Secretary
Kathleen Kwan has been named Western University Secretariat, effective September 2017, university officials announced this week. Kwan has served as Director of Legal Services and University Solicitor at the University of Hertfordshire (U.K.) since 2010.
Sleep study gives BBC reporter a ‘wakeup call’
Award-winning BBC medical reporter Fergus Walsh was intrigued enough by a Western-led sleep study to spend three days volunteering himself as one of the first participants in what could be the largest study of its kind ever.
Western-led sleep study to put misconceptions to rest
Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen is looking to understand better why the brain craves sleep and what happens when we don’t sleep well or don’t sleep enough.
Logan named Vice-President (Operations & Finance)
Lynn Logan has been named Vice-President (Operations & Finance), effective June 22, Western University announced today. Logan joined Western in 2006 and has served as the Associate Vice-President (Finance & Facilities) since 2013 and acting CFO, reporting to...
Thom presentation wins Langman Award
Mitchell Thom, a recently graduated MSc (Clinical Anatomy) and CMHR student, received the Langman Award for best podium presentation at the 2017 American Association of Anatomists conference. Thom’s abstract was selected as an award finalist out of more than 100...
Getgood earns Young Investigator’s Award
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Alan Getgood recently received the Albert Trillant Young Investigator’s Award at the 2017 ISAKOS Congress in Shanghai, China. This award provides recognition for a young researcher who has done outstanding...
Honouring a quarter century of service
Western honoured its long-serving employees (both full and part-time) at recent celebrations for faculty and staff who have been working at the university for 25 years or more. While spending a quarter of a century at a single institution might seem like an anomaly...
Renos to reveal long-hidden beauty of University College
The $34-million overhaul of University College started from the inside out. As of next month, with a lull in traffic on campus, the exterior changes to the iconic Western building will start to take shape.
Engineering grad student revved up for motorsport
For a guy who “wasn’t big into cars” not that long ago, Matthew Crossan is about to leave the university with one of the most coveted automotive gigs in the industry. In October, the Masters of Engineering Science student heads to the United Kingdom where he will...
Vanier celebrates nation’s finest graduate students
Four Western PhD candidates have been named among 167 nationwide recipients of the 2017-18 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – two from the natural sciences and engineering competition, two from the health sciences competition. Each winner will receive $50,000...
Ursuline Sisters back Brescia with $1-million donation
Brescia University College received a $1-million gift from the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham in Ontario, the single largest donation in the Western affiliate college’s history.
Study: Non-monogamous relationships find success
Individuals in polyamorous relationships report more commitment and investment with their primary partners and report more time spent on sex with their secondary partners, a new study authored by Western researchers has found.
Kwan tapped as University Secretary
Kathleen Kwan has been named Western University Secretariat, effective September 2017, university officials announced this week. Kwan has served as Director of Legal Services and University Solicitor at the University of Hertfordshire (U.K.) since 2010.
Sleep study gives BBC reporter a ‘wakeup call’
Award-winning BBC medical reporter Fergus Walsh was intrigued enough by a Western-led sleep study to spend three days volunteering himself as one of the first participants in what could be the largest study of its kind ever.
Western-led sleep study to put misconceptions to rest
Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen is looking to understand better why the brain craves sleep and what happens when we don’t sleep well or don’t sleep enough.
Logan named Vice-President (Operations & Finance)
Lynn Logan has been named Vice-President (Operations & Finance), effective June 22, Western University announced today. Logan joined Western in 2006 and has served as the Associate Vice-President (Finance & Facilities) since 2013 and acting CFO, reporting to...
Thom presentation wins Langman Award
Mitchell Thom, a recently graduated MSc (Clinical Anatomy) and CMHR student, received the Langman Award for best podium presentation at the 2017 American Association of Anatomists conference. Thom’s abstract was selected as an award finalist out of more than 100...
Getgood earns Young Investigator’s Award
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Alan Getgood recently received the Albert Trillant Young Investigator’s Award at the 2017 ISAKOS Congress in Shanghai, China. This award provides recognition for a young researcher who has done outstanding...
Honouring a quarter century of service
Western honoured its long-serving employees (both full and part-time) at recent celebrations for faculty and staff who have been working at the university for 25 years or more. While spending a quarter of a century at a single institution might seem like an anomaly...
Renos to reveal long-hidden beauty of University College
The $34-million overhaul of University College started from the inside out. As of next month, with a lull in traffic on campus, the exterior changes to the iconic Western building will start to take shape.
Engineering grad student revved up for motorsport
For a guy who “wasn’t big into cars” not that long ago, Matthew Crossan is about to leave the university with one of the most coveted automotive gigs in the industry. In October, the Masters of Engineering Science student heads to the United Kingdom where he will...
Vanier celebrates nation’s finest graduate students
Four Western PhD candidates have been named among 167 nationwide recipients of the 2017-18 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – two from the natural sciences and engineering competition, two from the health sciences competition. Each winner will receive $50,000...