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Flag lowered for Worker’s Memorial Day
The flag on University College will be lower to half-mast today for Worker’s Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance and action for workers who died or were injured on the job. Worker’s Memorial Day also encourages members of the community to think of ways...
Mapping the uncharted territory of social cues
A smile is a simple form of social interaction. Yet, there are absolutely no two the same, says Erin Heerey. “If I give you a genuine smile, you’ll give me a genuine smile back. If I give you a polite smile, you’ll give me a polite smile back and we do this in real...
Idea seeks to nourish families worldwide
Led by a team of Western students, a new social enterprise focused on providing affordable and accessible breast milk to mothers and children in need hopes to improve infant mortality rates and empower families worldwide, according to the organization’s founders....
Summer construction plan takes shape
Summer will soon be here, and that means construction season will kick off again, featuring three capital projects, a renovation, several medium-sized projects, as well as hundreds of maintenance, repairs and infrastructure upgrade projects already underway across...
Senate OK’s university budget
The university will spend $759.1 million in 2017-18 – an increase of 4.3 per cent over last year – on infrastructure to address parking, scholarships to assist students and research initiatives to help faculty. In particular, $1 million will be added in base funding...
Budget highlights challenges for A&H
With declining enrolment numbers and a structural deficit of roughly $3 million, the Faculty of Arts & Humanities is at a crux. To move forward, collective support across the faculty is needed, according to Western administrators and faculty leadership. “We’ve...
Research – not just science – at heart of Naylor Report
The recent release of the Naylor Report marked an important landmark in the development of the Canadian research ‘ecosystem,’ and it is appropriate for Western to “applaud federal re-investment in scientific research.” (Seize the moment: Western applauds federal...
App puts recess to work for users
Business networking events just didn’t cut it for an introvert like Sean Ho Lung. Too much small talk. Too little opportunity to gauge a connection. He wanted to establish a professional network – but on his terms. Enter Club Recess. “When networking, especially as a...
Heap: Course cuts have nothing to do with budget
The detailed analysis of Western’s financial decisions and priorities issued by University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) in 2014 (Every Budget is a Choice) concluded that “Western’s coffers are actually stuffed,” and decisions to not spend more on...
Olson: With few survivors, advocacy falls to us
The London Run for Ovarian Cancer began in 2003, organized by Ann Crowley – a woman with ovarian cancer, who died just a few months after the first run. The 15th run will be held on Mother’s Day, May 14. It is likely this year’s run will bring the total raised to $2...
Award-winning paper takes swing at historic hockey violence
Taylor McKee was “pleased, tickled and over the moon” when he heard the news. A second-year PhD student in Kinesiology, McKee recently won the International Award for Excellence from The International Journal of Sport and Society. His article, The Rink and the Stage:...
Western students help name craters on Mars
Western names are now written among the stars – or, at least in this case, written upon a planet. On April 3, the International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System approved names for two craters on Mars – names proposed by Western Science students...