Entrepreneurship. Collaboration. Innovation. Knowledge. In a milestone for the university, every faculty at Western now has at least one Innovation Ambassador whose job it is to help share and cultivate all these ideas and values. “This is a cultur …
Year: 2018
Western receives $11M to reduce greenhouse gases
University efforts to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions received a multi-million-dollar boost thanks to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Western officials announced this week The $11.6-million...
Baby, he was born to run – and bike, and swim
This summer, first-year Science student Liam Donnelly hopes to make some noise of a different sort as he gears up to represent Team Canada at the 2018 Brasilia CAMTRI Triathlon American Championships, set for June in Brazil.
Exploring how yoga healed a broken country
Dunna, a Colombian non-profit organization, is healing its country - one yoga class at a time. For the past 10 years, the organization has taught yoga to victims of the Colombian Conflict – a 60-year civil war that ended only two years ago – to help them cope with...
Hall honours ‘football bum’ on, off gridiron
As a high-schooler growing up in Hamilton, Frank Cosentino, HBA’60, did what most sports-minded kids did – he tried out for the football team. And for three straight years, he was cut. Little did his high school coach know, however, but that same eager teenager would...
Do profs need social media insurance?
I’m on parental leave and spending way too much time scanning online news sites while bouncing my 4-month-old son on an exercise ball. My head is all shook up. Every day brings another barrage of social-media shaming, undoubtedly some of which is well warranted. Who...
Study: Amputee brain rewires to embrace artificial limb
One-handed people who use a prosthesis regularly are more likely to be brain-wired ‘to visualize’ their artificial limb as a part of their body, a new study shows.
Fashion offers new window into ancient Roman society
Most of our knowledge of ancient Roman history comes from male historians writing about the lives and contributions of Roman men – emperors, gladiators, engineers, artists and politicians. Women have been treated as mere historical footnotes – until now.
Presidential search seeks community input
What should be the priorities of Western’s next president? What challenges need to be tackled? What opportunities need to be seized? What kind of experience and personal characteristics must this person process to thrive in the position? Members of the Presidential...
Shuttleworth remembered as ‘friend and generous philanthropist’
Western is mourning the passing of Lorraine (Ivey) Shuttleworth, who died on March 15, at the age of 98.
Four named Distinguished University Professors
Four professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Smith: Do profs need social media insurance?
I’m on parental leave and spending way too much time scanning online news sites while bouncing my 4-month-old son on an exercise ball. My head is all shook up. Every day brings another barrage of social media shaming, undoubtedly some of which is well warranted.
Funding to boost personalized medicine
Dr. Richard Kim has high hopes. Not only does he want to see genetic testing become a routine part of prescribing certain medications, he hopes Western and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will soon be a “health-care innovation hub,” where this practice is...
Western receives $11M to reduce greenhouse gases
University efforts to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions received a multi-million-dollar boost thanks to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Western officials announced this week The $11.6-million...
Baby, he was born to run – and bike, and swim
This summer, first-year Science student Liam Donnelly hopes to make some noise of a different sort as he gears up to represent Team Canada at the 2018 Brasilia CAMTRI Triathlon American Championships, set for June in Brazil.
Exploring how yoga healed a broken country
Dunna, a Colombian non-profit organization, is healing its country - one yoga class at a time. For the past 10 years, the organization has taught yoga to victims of the Colombian Conflict – a 60-year civil war that ended only two years ago – to help them cope with...
Hall honours ‘football bum’ on, off gridiron
As a high-schooler growing up in Hamilton, Frank Cosentino, HBA’60, did what most sports-minded kids did – he tried out for the football team. And for three straight years, he was cut. Little did his high school coach know, however, but that same eager teenager would...
Do profs need social media insurance?
I’m on parental leave and spending way too much time scanning online news sites while bouncing my 4-month-old son on an exercise ball. My head is all shook up. Every day brings another barrage of social-media shaming, undoubtedly some of which is well warranted. Who...
Study: Amputee brain rewires to embrace artificial limb
One-handed people who use a prosthesis regularly are more likely to be brain-wired ‘to visualize’ their artificial limb as a part of their body, a new study shows.
Fashion offers new window into ancient Roman society
Most of our knowledge of ancient Roman history comes from male historians writing about the lives and contributions of Roman men – emperors, gladiators, engineers, artists and politicians. Women have been treated as mere historical footnotes – until now.
Presidential search seeks community input
What should be the priorities of Western’s next president? What challenges need to be tackled? What opportunities need to be seized? What kind of experience and personal characteristics must this person process to thrive in the position? Members of the Presidential...
Shuttleworth remembered as ‘friend and generous philanthropist’
Western is mourning the passing of Lorraine (Ivey) Shuttleworth, who died on March 15, at the age of 98.
Four named Distinguished University Professors
Four professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Smith: Do profs need social media insurance?
I’m on parental leave and spending way too much time scanning online news sites while bouncing my 4-month-old son on an exercise ball. My head is all shook up. Every day brings another barrage of social media shaming, undoubtedly some of which is well warranted.
Funding to boost personalized medicine
Dr. Richard Kim has high hopes. Not only does he want to see genetic testing become a routine part of prescribing certain medications, he hopes Western and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will soon be a “health-care innovation hub,” where this practice is...