Kathy Hibbert also helped secure a new MOU to create reciprocal learning opportunities for fellow faculty, students
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Event encourages final frontier as first choice
On Feb. 11, Western will host Girls and Women in Space, an event focused on inspiring women and girls about their potential success in the sciences.
New eSports arena offers more than play
This week, gamers across campus will have an official physical space to create both real and virtual communities.
Black history’s Great Lakes connections on display
The slave life of the boy who renamed himself Jermain Wesley Loguen was filled with deprivation and abuse. His escape to Canada was equally harrowing. His hopes for finding a new life here – in what he’d believed would be freedom’s promised land – were thwarted by a society determined to keep him from success.
McLaren to lead IWF corruption probe
Western Law professor Richard McLaren will lead an investigation into alleged corruption within the governing body of the sport of weightlifting and its long-time leader, Tamas Ajan, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board announced last week.
What the coronavirus emergency declaration means for Canada
As of this writing, there have been three confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV Ontario, and one in British Columbia. Public health officials continue to stress that the risk of infection in Canada is low. So what does the emergency declaration mean for Canadians and Canada’s role internationally?
Western rolls out new student support team
“Students are more than just students,” said Jordon McLinden, Manager of Student Support and Case Management. “We’re here to help with all the other stuff that goes on beyond the classroom.”
Statement issued on Coronavirus case in London
This afternoon, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced the province’s third confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus. This individual is a Western student. Since returning to London, Ont., from Wuhan, China on Jan. 23, and before showing any symptoms, the student took...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Jennifer Mustapha
Embrace selections that ask you to peel back the layers when Huron University College professor Jennifer Mustapha takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Sukhera: How digital tech can reduce mental illness stigma
As a psychiatrist, I bear witness to a broken system. Mental-health care is chronically underfunded. If a parent has one child with diabetes and one with anxiety or depression and they seek help, the child with diabetes receives world-class care. The child with mental illness is given a sheet of paper and a 12- to 18-month wait.
Listening sessions set for Anti-Racism Working Group
The campus community will have an opportunity to offer input into the university’s anti-racism efforts as part of a series of listening sessions scheduled for next month.
Study gets up close with near-death experiences
Those who momentarily shuffled off this mortal coil returned with positive perceptions of what they discovered on the other side – a finding that encourages researchers to dig deeper into the ways people describe near-death experiences, according to a joint study between Western and the University of Liège (Belgium).
Legendary team starts season high atop rankings
If asked to identify a Western team ranked among the best in North America, you might not immediately think of the one featuring fast-clicking strategists with nicknames like ‘Shorthop’ and ‘BlazedNova’.