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Month: September 2018

Western moves into THE Top 200

Western moves into THE Top 200

Western University joined the top flight of the Times Higher Education magazine’s World University Rankings, according to 2019 data released Sept. 26. According to the U.K.-based magazine, Western cracked the coveted Top 200 among the world’s top universities, tying...

Space Matters earns PromoScience Award

Space Matters earns PromoScience Award

Although many people are fascinated by space, most Canadians are relatively unaware of how space technologies pervade their everyday life. Space Matters – the brainchild of researchers at the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) – aims to advance awareness of the final frontier.

Alumna telling stories bigger than Broadway

Alumna telling stories bigger than Broadway

Astrid Van Wieren, BA’88, inherited a love of language and stories from her literary mother and theatre-loving father. However, it was her time at Western years later that “first opened my eyes to diversity. My store of stories was expanded by the international students on campus.”

Provost sets down vision for changing campus

Provost sets down vision for changing campus

Andrew Hrymak said goodbye to his old job three times and then hello to his new one – all while never leaving his favourite campus parking space. Even for the former Western Engineering dean, that’s a nifty trick.

Gallagher named first CSA Science Advisor

Gallagher named first CSA Science Advisor

LONGUEUIL, Quebec – Physics and Astronomy professor Sarah Gallagher has been named the first Science Advisor to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced today.

Alumnus serves up financial recipes in new book

Alumnus serves up financial recipes in new book

Gordon Stein, BESc.’84, is bubbling over with financial recipes that will serve you up a whole new financial future. Just don’t ask for his help with understanding ‘Wuthering Heights.’

Western elite among Royal Society Fellows

Western elite among Royal Society Fellows

Four Western scholars, and one alumna, have been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Election to the academies of the RSC is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences.

Ricci to explore creativity in every campus corner

Ricci to explore creativity in every campus corner

Listen carefully. There is a faint whisper, somewhere in the back of your head, one that sounds a million miles away yet does not fade. It is the start of something – a poem, a novel or a new theorem in physics – but is still wildly unformed. That, Nino Ricci explains, is the voice of creativity.

Professor brewing up history in Norfolk County

Professor brewing up history in Norfolk County

Tim Wilson grew up on the family farm in Norfolk County, hopping through the Carolinian Forest looking for dinosaurs. More than four decades later, still no dinosaurs, but he is still hopping.

Space Matters earns PromoScience Award

Space Matters earns PromoScience Award

Although many people are fascinated by space, most Canadians are relatively unaware of how space technologies pervade their everyday life. Space Matters – the brainchild of researchers at the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) – aims to advance awareness of the final frontier.

Alumna telling stories bigger than Broadway

Alumna telling stories bigger than Broadway

Astrid Van Wieren, BA’88, inherited a love of language and stories from her literary mother and theatre-loving father. However, it was her time at Western years later that “first opened my eyes to diversity. My store of stories was expanded by the international students on campus.”

Provost sets down vision for changing campus

Provost sets down vision for changing campus

Andrew Hrymak said goodbye to his old job three times and then hello to his new one – all while never leaving his favourite campus parking space. Even for the former Western Engineering dean, that’s a nifty trick.

Gallagher named first CSA Science Advisor

Gallagher named first CSA Science Advisor

LONGUEUIL, Quebec – Physics and Astronomy professor Sarah Gallagher has been named the first Science Advisor to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced today.

Alumnus serves up financial recipes in new book

Alumnus serves up financial recipes in new book

Gordon Stein, BESc.’84, is bubbling over with financial recipes that will serve you up a whole new financial future. Just don’t ask for his help with understanding ‘Wuthering Heights.’

Western elite among Royal Society Fellows

Western elite among Royal Society Fellows

Four Western scholars, and one alumna, have been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Election to the academies of the RSC is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences.

Ricci to explore creativity in every campus corner

Ricci to explore creativity in every campus corner

Listen carefully. There is a faint whisper, somewhere in the back of your head, one that sounds a million miles away yet does not fade. It is the start of something – a poem, a novel or a new theorem in physics – but is still wildly unformed. That, Nino Ricci explains, is the voice of creativity.

Professor brewing up history in Norfolk County

Professor brewing up history in Norfolk County

Tim Wilson grew up on the family farm in Norfolk County, hopping through the Carolinian Forest looking for dinosaurs. More than four decades later, still no dinosaurs, but he is still hopping.