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...
Month: September 2018
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
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
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.
Alumnus putting big ideas into small batches
In Beamsville, Ont., halfway along the highway between Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake, you can spot a light blue and white barn tucked away on a side road.
Celebrated innovation aids patients in swallowing
If ever you needed to visualize the convergence of research, clinical experience and commercialization, take a close look at the Abilex device and its inventor.
Honorary degrees named for 312th Convocation
Film, philanthropy, medicine and math will be celebrated this fall when Western bestows honorary degrees on seven Canadian luminaries at the 312th Convocation.
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
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 emerging generation among New College
Four Western scholars were named among the newest members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Alumnus putting big ideas into small batches
In Beamsville, Ont., halfway along the highway between Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake, you can spot a light blue and white barn tucked away on a side road.
Celebrated innovation aids patients in swallowing
If ever you needed to visualize the convergence of research, clinical experience and commercialization, take a close look at the Abilex device and its inventor.
Honorary degrees named for 312th Convocation
Film, philanthropy, medicine and math will be celebrated this fall when Western bestows honorary degrees on seven Canadian luminaries at the 312th Convocation.
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
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 emerging generation among New College
Four Western scholars were named among the newest members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
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
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
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.