At first glance it looks like a typical fourth-year lab. Students are huddled in groups working together to solve science-related problems. But if you look a little closer, the heart of this lab isn’t an elaborate experiment with a petri dish or a mic …
Month: November 2018
‘Hockey mom’ keeps up with CanLit
Bookmarks spotlights the personalities and published books of faculty, staff and alumni. Author Angie Abdou, MA’92 (English), whose new book Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom is a ‘Western Reads’ selection this year, has also written novels The Bone Cage...
Alumna skates ‘craziest path’ to rinkside success
As something of an accidental journalist, Sportsnet’s Chris Simpson, BA’85, has not only survived but thrived as the doyenne of NHL rinkside reporters in the country.
Western, PMA reach tentative deal
Western and the Professional and Managerial Association (PMA) negotiations committee have reached a tentative four-year agreement.
Nothing but net for alumnus
Dario Zulich, HBA’86, donned the purple and silver for Western’s basketball team a few decades ago – but he’s hoping his newest break into the sports world will be nothing but net.
Dimaline refuses to settle for soundbites
“I grew up with story,” says Cherie Dimaline, Western’s Writer-in-Residence.
Race team places second of 100 cars in Kentucky
Western’s Baja SAE race team is preparing for its next competition in California next May, as they celebrate and learn from a second-place finish at a race in Kentucky.
World-changing research fueled by new CRCs
Western’s new Canada Research Chairs will have global impact on earthquake preparedness, psychology and neuro-imaging.
Pollen DNA may clue-in forensic details
For one Western researcher, DNA found in pollen grains can provide a fingerprint to determine their precise origin. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karass collaborated with research teams from Emory University in Atlanta and University of...
Turn of the Screw opera an entertaining ghost story
The Turn of the Screw – an opera performed by Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music – sweeps you along with its suspenseful tale of possession, innocence, passion and death.
Student-founded cello-fest rocks Ecuador
Western cello student Ivan Fabara has transported his instrument across four centuries and 10,000 kilometres – far from its festive origins in Italy and now home to a festival he founded in Ecuador.
New Propel director casts entrepreneurship vision
Deniz Edwards, the new head of the Propel Centre, is here to take Western’s entrepreneurship experience to the next level.
Rowing legend Al Morrow retires
Legendary rowing coach Al Morrow will miss the water (but not the early mornings). He is retiring, after more than 40 years of influencing two generations of athletes.
‘Hockey mom’ keeps up with CanLit
Bookmarks spotlights the personalities and published books of faculty, staff and alumni. Author Angie Abdou, MA’92 (English), whose new book Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom is a ‘Western Reads’ selection this year, has also written novels The Bone Cage...
Alumna skates ‘craziest path’ to rinkside success
As something of an accidental journalist, Sportsnet’s Chris Simpson, BA’85, has not only survived but thrived as the doyenne of NHL rinkside reporters in the country.
Western, PMA reach tentative deal
Western and the Professional and Managerial Association (PMA) negotiations committee have reached a tentative four-year agreement.
Nothing but net for alumnus
Dario Zulich, HBA’86, donned the purple and silver for Western’s basketball team a few decades ago – but he’s hoping his newest break into the sports world will be nothing but net.
Dimaline refuses to settle for soundbites
“I grew up with story,” says Cherie Dimaline, Western’s Writer-in-Residence.
Race team places second of 100 cars in Kentucky
Western’s Baja SAE race team is preparing for its next competition in California next May, as they celebrate and learn from a second-place finish at a race in Kentucky.
World-changing research fueled by new CRCs
Western’s new Canada Research Chairs will have global impact on earthquake preparedness, psychology and neuro-imaging.
Pollen DNA may clue-in forensic details
For one Western researcher, DNA found in pollen grains can provide a fingerprint to determine their precise origin. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Bogumil Karass collaborated with research teams from Emory University in Atlanta and University of...
Turn of the Screw opera an entertaining ghost story
The Turn of the Screw – an opera performed by Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music – sweeps you along with its suspenseful tale of possession, innocence, passion and death.
Student-founded cello-fest rocks Ecuador
Western cello student Ivan Fabara has transported his instrument across four centuries and 10,000 kilometres – far from its festive origins in Italy and now home to a festival he founded in Ecuador.
New Propel director casts entrepreneurship vision
Deniz Edwards, the new head of the Propel Centre, is here to take Western’s entrepreneurship experience to the next level.
Rowing legend Al Morrow retires
Legendary rowing coach Al Morrow will miss the water (but not the early mornings). He is retiring, after more than 40 years of influencing two generations of athletes.