Chocolate cake every day sounds like wonderful idea. But, over time, its sweetness is apt to become tiresome, cause a toothache and ultimately be more trouble than it’s worth. This ‘chocolate cake’ metaphor is one way to depict the similar rise and fall of the...
Month: August 2018
Read. Watch. Listen. with Sarah Gallagher
If you hit the road with Sarah Gallagher, you need to understand that you’ll be dedicating a shockingly large chunk of your brain to the lyrics of 80’s pop songs. But it is totally worth it.
Western assisting Saudi students in transition
Western International is helping Saudi students with academic counselling and social supports as they prepare to leave Western University – and Canada – upon the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Western News boxes seek new homes
With the Western News ceasing its print edition, the metal boxes that housed the papers will soon be removed from their locations across campus.
Recent grad embraces new life in ‘Memoriam’
Elliot Keel is 18 with an unusual job and an unusual ability. An obituary writer, the non-binary teen is able to interact with ghosts of those they write about.
Research details education’s role in independence fight
For nearly 15 years, Anthropology professor Randa Farah has tracked the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara, often living among them for months at a time to better understand their lives and struggle for independence.
Paper trail uncovers rich history of Middle East
There’s good, present-day reason to study the economic history of the medieval Middle East – and that would be today’s economic realities in the region.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Stephanie Hayne Beatty
With interesting recommendations like this, we get the feeling Stephanie Hayne Beatty may have a few more people wanting to join that book club.
Kopp, Cheng named Acting Deans
Two Western faculties recently named interim leadership as the university begins the process of searching for new deans to lead its two largest professional faculties.
Cancer drug earns FDA nod after decades
Duncan Hunter chokes up a little when it is suggested that work he began at Western three decades ago will now, finally, be applied to saving hundreds of lives. “It’s a good thing,” said the Chemistry professor emeritus after a long pause. “It took 30 years and had its ups and downs. So, yes, it’s emotional.”
Perseverance turns mission ‘Impossible’
It took Clarissa Suranyi nearly two decades to wrestle her first novel to the ground. But that long-haul investment paid off almost instantly for the English professor following publication of Impossible Saints earlier this year.
Researcher looking to re-frame Detroit images
Earlier this summer, Visual Arts graduate student Jessica Cappuccitti curated an exhibition, Welcome to Detroit: Suzy Lake and Orlando Ford, at the McIntosh Gallery. The exhibition offered viewers an opportunity to understand how these images – some of Detroit’s decay and others that capture people with smiling faces and open arms – shape ideas about the city.
Campus abuzz with Bee City designation
Laura Pendlebury wants you to consider the tiny honeybee and its not-so-tiny impact on human health and survival. In fact, she wants the whole campus community to keep in mind the important role of pollinators, an insect species whose survival ensures our own.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Sarah Gallagher
If you hit the road with Sarah Gallagher, you need to understand that you’ll be dedicating a shockingly large chunk of your brain to the lyrics of 80’s pop songs. But it is totally worth it.
Western assisting Saudi students in transition
Western International is helping Saudi students with academic counselling and social supports as they prepare to leave Western University – and Canada – upon the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Western News boxes seek new homes
With the Western News ceasing its print edition, the metal boxes that housed the papers will soon be removed from their locations across campus.
Recent grad embraces new life in ‘Memoriam’
Elliot Keel is 18 with an unusual job and an unusual ability. An obituary writer, the non-binary teen is able to interact with ghosts of those they write about.
Research details education’s role in independence fight
For nearly 15 years, Anthropology professor Randa Farah has tracked the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara, often living among them for months at a time to better understand their lives and struggle for independence.
Paper trail uncovers rich history of Middle East
There’s good, present-day reason to study the economic history of the medieval Middle East – and that would be today’s economic realities in the region.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Stephanie Hayne Beatty
With interesting recommendations like this, we get the feeling Stephanie Hayne Beatty may have a few more people wanting to join that book club.
Kopp, Cheng named Acting Deans
Two Western faculties recently named interim leadership as the university begins the process of searching for new deans to lead its two largest professional faculties.
Cancer drug earns FDA nod after decades
Duncan Hunter chokes up a little when it is suggested that work he began at Western three decades ago will now, finally, be applied to saving hundreds of lives. “It’s a good thing,” said the Chemistry professor emeritus after a long pause. “It took 30 years and had its ups and downs. So, yes, it’s emotional.”
Perseverance turns mission ‘Impossible’
It took Clarissa Suranyi nearly two decades to wrestle her first novel to the ground. But that long-haul investment paid off almost instantly for the English professor following publication of Impossible Saints earlier this year.
Researcher looking to re-frame Detroit images
Earlier this summer, Visual Arts graduate student Jessica Cappuccitti curated an exhibition, Welcome to Detroit: Suzy Lake and Orlando Ford, at the McIntosh Gallery. The exhibition offered viewers an opportunity to understand how these images – some of Detroit’s decay and others that capture people with smiling faces and open arms – shape ideas about the city.
Campus abuzz with Bee City designation
Laura Pendlebury wants you to consider the tiny honeybee and its not-so-tiny impact on human health and survival. In fact, she wants the whole campus community to keep in mind the important role of pollinators, an insect species whose survival ensures our own.