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Month: February 2018

Help shape the future of Western’s great outdoors

Help shape the future of Western’s great outdoors

As the public consultation period on Western’s Open Space Strategy comes to a close this week, those heading up the project say they have received valuable feedback from the campus community and beyond. Initiated following the approval of the Campus M …

Alumna embraces new ‘Power’ player role

Alumna embraces new ‘Power’ player role

Vassy Kapelos’ keen interest in politics was cultivated early by her parents, family members and three newspapers that hit her doorstep every day while growing up in Toronto.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Beth Greene

Read. Watch. Listen. with Beth Greene

Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...

Alumnus earns Olympic gold in 2-man bobsleigh

Alumnus earns Olympic gold in 2-man bobsleigh

Alex Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), and Justin Kripps captured gold late Monday for Canada’s third-ever Olympic medal in men’s two-man bobsleigh. The pair actually tied with Germany’s Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis for first place after all four runs were completed, both sleds finishing with a total time of 3:16.86.

Campus returning to normal after flooding

Campus returning to normal after flooding

University officials continue to monitor rising waters across campus associated with heavy rainfall that already forced the closure of two campus parking lots earlier this week.

Western gets boost  from federal supercluster

Western gets boost from federal supercluster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=GWVyYmmLb5k Western hopes to gain a boost in leading advanced-manufacturing research through partnerships with industry that will vie for a share of $950 million in new funding through the Innovation Superclusters...

A walk through black history in Canada

A walk through black history in Canada

  Western Libraries’ Archives and Research Collections Centre is home to rare, and in some cases unique, resources that illuminate important insights into black history in Canada and beyond. Here, we highlight just a few of the collection’s primary and secondary...

Faculties to showcase interest in interdisciplinary research

Faculties to showcase interest in interdisciplinary research

The academic space is a diverse place, composed of various forms of evidence. Increasingly, the conversation around what constitutes evidence, and what type of evidence ought to be applied to bring change, has become a critical topic of discussion. These factors have...

Cross-border love a complex affair

Cross-border love a complex affair

In the world of Kate Choi, the wedding ring is a portable mini-architect – it builds bridges between people and their families; it shapes entire neighbourhoods and communities. But before building these bridges, newly arrived immigrants have to break down walls of...

Alumna embraces new ‘Power’ player role

Alumna embraces new ‘Power’ player role

Vassy Kapelos’ keen interest in politics was cultivated early by her parents, family members and three newspapers that hit her doorstep every day while growing up in Toronto.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Beth Greene

Read. Watch. Listen. with Beth Greene

Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...

Alumnus earns Olympic gold in 2-man bobsleigh

Alumnus earns Olympic gold in 2-man bobsleigh

Alex Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), and Justin Kripps captured gold late Monday for Canada’s third-ever Olympic medal in men’s two-man bobsleigh. The pair actually tied with Germany’s Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis for first place after all four runs were completed, both sleds finishing with a total time of 3:16.86.

Campus returning to normal after flooding

Campus returning to normal after flooding

University officials continue to monitor rising waters across campus associated with heavy rainfall that already forced the closure of two campus parking lots earlier this week.

Western gets boost  from federal supercluster

Western gets boost from federal supercluster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=GWVyYmmLb5k Western hopes to gain a boost in leading advanced-manufacturing research through partnerships with industry that will vie for a share of $950 million in new funding through the Innovation Superclusters...

A walk through black history in Canada

A walk through black history in Canada

  Western Libraries’ Archives and Research Collections Centre is home to rare, and in some cases unique, resources that illuminate important insights into black history in Canada and beyond. Here, we highlight just a few of the collection’s primary and secondary...

Faculties to showcase interest in interdisciplinary research

Faculties to showcase interest in interdisciplinary research

The academic space is a diverse place, composed of various forms of evidence. Increasingly, the conversation around what constitutes evidence, and what type of evidence ought to be applied to bring change, has become a critical topic of discussion. These factors have...

Cross-border love a complex affair

Cross-border love a complex affair

In the world of Kate Choi, the wedding ring is a portable mini-architect – it builds bridges between people and their families; it shapes entire neighbourhoods and communities. But before building these bridges, newly arrived immigrants have to break down walls of...