


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
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
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) at the Wednesday morning session of Western’s 311th Convocation....