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Month: June 2018

Read. Watch. Listen. with Larissa Bartlett

Read. Watch. Listen. with Larissa Bartlett

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 yo …

Teams earn Collaborative Health grant backing

Teams earn Collaborative Health grant backing

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) have awarded a pair of Western research groups with Collaborative Health Research Projects operating grants.

Study: Women’s impact on economy undervalued

Study: Women’s impact on economy undervalued

Statistical agencies and government bodies have significantly undervalued women’s contribution to the economy, according to Western researchers. The previous methods economists used to determine human capital – the combined measure of an individual’s skills,...

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Farah Mohamed, CEO of Malala Fund, an organization that works toward a world where every girl has the right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Wednesday afternoon session of Western’s 311th...

Strong tapped to lead CIHR as President

Strong tapped to lead CIHR as President

Dr. Michael J. Strong, current Dean of Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, has been named President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a five-year term effective Oct. 1.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Don’t ask Erin Johnson to dial it down at the end of the day. In fact, why not turn up to 11 her ideas on how to kick out the jams on your reading, viewing and listening habits.

Shore: Don’t run from failure

Shore: Don’t run from failure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_S--J0jws&feature=youtu.be Television writer David Shore, winner of a 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for “Three Stories,” an episode of House, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD)...

Meakins: Strive for the common good

Meakins: Strive for the common good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzl9ho-HFa8&feature=youtu.be Jonathan Meakins, an internationally renowned expert in immunobiology, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa (DSc) at the Tuesday afternoon session of Western’s 311th Convocation....

Aufreiter: Make your own luck

Aufreiter: Make your own luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-qDFjDvKM&feature=youtu.be Nora Aufreiter, former Senior Partner and Director of McKinsey & Company, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 311th Convocation....

Lindros: You, too, can give back

Lindros: You, too, can give back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scjoYHnw1BA&feature=youtu.be In recognition of his distinguished career in hockey, as well as his steadfast support of concussion-related research, Eric Lindros was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the...

Cimolino: Be explorers, not sages

Cimolino: Be explorers, not sages

https://youtu.be/SMytGnNbGSk Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival, North America’s largest classical repertory theatre company, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Monday morning session of Western’s 311th...

Teams earn Collaborative Health grant backing

Teams earn Collaborative Health grant backing

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) have awarded a pair of Western research groups with Collaborative Health Research Projects operating grants.

Study: Women’s impact on economy undervalued

Study: Women’s impact on economy undervalued

Statistical agencies and government bodies have significantly undervalued women’s contribution to the economy, according to Western researchers. The previous methods economists used to determine human capital – the combined measure of an individual’s skills,...

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Farah Mohamed, CEO of Malala Fund, an organization that works toward a world where every girl has the right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Wednesday afternoon session of Western’s 311th...

Strong tapped to lead CIHR as President

Strong tapped to lead CIHR as President

Dr. Michael J. Strong, current Dean of Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, has been named President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a five-year term effective Oct. 1.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Don’t ask Erin Johnson to dial it down at the end of the day. In fact, why not turn up to 11 her ideas on how to kick out the jams on your reading, viewing and listening habits.

Shore: Don’t run from failure

Shore: Don’t run from failure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_S--J0jws&feature=youtu.be Television writer David Shore, winner of a 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for “Three Stories,” an episode of House, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD)...

Meakins: Strive for the common good

Meakins: Strive for the common good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzl9ho-HFa8&feature=youtu.be Jonathan Meakins, an internationally renowned expert in immunobiology, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa (DSc) at the Tuesday afternoon session of Western’s 311th Convocation....

Aufreiter: Make your own luck

Aufreiter: Make your own luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-qDFjDvKM&feature=youtu.be Nora Aufreiter, former Senior Partner and Director of McKinsey & Company, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 311th Convocation....

Lindros: You, too, can give back

Lindros: You, too, can give back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scjoYHnw1BA&feature=youtu.be In recognition of his distinguished career in hockey, as well as his steadfast support of concussion-related research, Eric Lindros was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the...

Cimolino: Be explorers, not sages

Cimolino: Be explorers, not sages

https://youtu.be/SMytGnNbGSk Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival, North America’s largest classical repertory theatre company, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Monday morning session of Western’s 311th...