The fates of famed London photographers Harry Hines, lower left, pictured in 1928, and Bill Hines, lower right, pictured in 1970, have remained a mystery to many. Top photo, Regina Alberta Shi …
Month: November 2017
Mustang wins prestigious Russ Jackson Award
Western Mustangs linebacker Nick Vanin was honoured for his achievements, both on and off the field, with the prestigious Russ Jackson Award at the U SPORTS football All-Canadian Gala Thursday night. Vanin is not only the first Western student-athlete to win the Russ...
President Chakma will not seek third term
On Thursday, Western President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma announced he will not seek a third term when his current term ends June 30, 2019.
Team has the World by a string
Teams from across campus turned their attention to the global burden of mental illness in low- and middle-income countries at the local final of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge, held as part of International Week celebrations. The team comprised of Education...
Access lab revamped for students with disabilities
At one point, it was a darkroom. Later, it turned into a room where librarians counted coins from photocopiers. It also served as a storage closet. And then, more than a decade ago, with few changes to the space, the small room on the ground level of The D.B. Weldon...
Partnership to move new plastics forward
A Western Engineering professor’s work in developing an advanced plastic could soon have the attention of the automotive and aerospace industries for its potential benefits to manufacturing upgrades. Mechanical and Materials professor Takashi Kuboki recently began a...
Western testing cutting-edge hearing aid
Researchers at Western’s National Centre for Audiology (NCA) are testing how well light pulses transmit sound as they test a device that could break new ground in hearing-aid technology. Western is the first Canadian site to work with the Earlens hearing aid,...
Mahon takes SASAH from class, to world, and back
Patrick Mahon is ready to switch gears. An accomplished artist and Visual Arts professor, named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada earlier this fall, Mahon is wrapping up the calendar year preparing to take the helm of Western’s School for Advanced...
Scholar shedding light on how animals perceive threats
It was Badru Mugerwa’s curiosity that drove him to find out who, or what, was killing the cat. The African Golden Cat, to be more specific. But, he wondered, was it actually being killed? Or was ecotourism behind its marked drop in sightings in the Bwindi National...
Music alumna finds self, community in new venture
Carolyn Holdsworth, BMus’01, MMus’03, is using her operatic voice in a new way – by singing the praises of her latest creative venture – what she refers to as “urban art wear.” Holdsworth is the founder of Me & C, a London-based, London-themed shirt company that...
Work pushing wave of printable electronics
Western researcher Jun Yang is looking to push the ‘paper’ envelope when it comes to printable electronics, a rapidly growing area of research that could soon revolutionize the electronics industry. Producing paper-based electronics – flexible, stretchable,...
Signage opens door to ‘inclusive’ washrooms
Western is encouraging a shift in how the campus community thinks about washroom facilities with a new poster campaign, launched this week, to foster safe spaces and inclusivity. “We’re calling this an ‘inclusive’ washroom poster campaign. We are trying to move away...
Gift addresses challenges – one data point at a time
Solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems lie hidden within an increasingly complex realm of numbers and data points. And a newly announced $1-million investment by TD Bank Group...
Mustang wins prestigious Russ Jackson Award
Western Mustangs linebacker Nick Vanin was honoured for his achievements, both on and off the field, with the prestigious Russ Jackson Award at the U SPORTS football All-Canadian Gala Thursday night. Vanin is not only the first Western student-athlete to win the Russ...
President Chakma will not seek third term
On Thursday, Western President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma announced he will not seek a third term when his current term ends June 30, 2019.
Team has the World by a string
Teams from across campus turned their attention to the global burden of mental illness in low- and middle-income countries at the local final of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge, held as part of International Week celebrations. The team comprised of Education...
Access lab revamped for students with disabilities
At one point, it was a darkroom. Later, it turned into a room where librarians counted coins from photocopiers. It also served as a storage closet. And then, more than a decade ago, with few changes to the space, the small room on the ground level of The D.B. Weldon...
Partnership to move new plastics forward
A Western Engineering professor’s work in developing an advanced plastic could soon have the attention of the automotive and aerospace industries for its potential benefits to manufacturing upgrades. Mechanical and Materials professor Takashi Kuboki recently began a...
Western testing cutting-edge hearing aid
Researchers at Western’s National Centre for Audiology (NCA) are testing how well light pulses transmit sound as they test a device that could break new ground in hearing-aid technology. Western is the first Canadian site to work with the Earlens hearing aid,...
Mahon takes SASAH from class, to world, and back
Patrick Mahon is ready to switch gears. An accomplished artist and Visual Arts professor, named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada earlier this fall, Mahon is wrapping up the calendar year preparing to take the helm of Western’s School for Advanced...
Scholar shedding light on how animals perceive threats
It was Badru Mugerwa’s curiosity that drove him to find out who, or what, was killing the cat. The African Golden Cat, to be more specific. But, he wondered, was it actually being killed? Or was ecotourism behind its marked drop in sightings in the Bwindi National...
Music alumna finds self, community in new venture
Carolyn Holdsworth, BMus’01, MMus’03, is using her operatic voice in a new way – by singing the praises of her latest creative venture – what she refers to as “urban art wear.” Holdsworth is the founder of Me & C, a London-based, London-themed shirt company that...
Work pushing wave of printable electronics
Western researcher Jun Yang is looking to push the ‘paper’ envelope when it comes to printable electronics, a rapidly growing area of research that could soon revolutionize the electronics industry. Producing paper-based electronics – flexible, stretchable,...
Signage opens door to ‘inclusive’ washrooms
Western is encouraging a shift in how the campus community thinks about washroom facilities with a new poster campaign, launched this week, to foster safe spaces and inclusivity. “We’re calling this an ‘inclusive’ washroom poster campaign. We are trying to move away...
Gift addresses challenges – one data point at a time
Solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems lie hidden within an increasingly complex realm of numbers and data points. And a newly announced $1-million investment by TD Bank Group...