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Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

Schulich Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate Anusha Ratneswaran first became interested in studying Osteoarthritis when she saw the effects of the disease first hand while working as a kinesiologist in a cardiac rehabilitation program. “Many of the patients with...

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

World of Fantasy: The Life and Art of Anna P. Baker By Beryl Hutchinson and Roz Hermant The names of Paul Peel and Greg Kurnoe are well-established London-based artists, but so little has been said about child prodigy Anna P. Baker, born as Patricia Ethel Valentine in...

Student’s undiscovered joy takes top prize

Student’s undiscovered joy takes top prize

One summer at her cottage, Emma Hunt powered through 20 books. That’s how much she loves to read. But it wasn’t until recently the first-year Foods and Nutrition student at Brescia University College discovered she enjoyed writing, perhaps just as much.

Steeves positioning libraries as a ‘catalyst for success’

Steeves positioning libraries as a ‘catalyst for success’

When Catherine Steeves first walked through the doors of an academic library as an employee, the institution was at the cusp of great change. That was almost 20 years ago and, since then, there has been a shift from the tradition of print to an electronic mode of...

Inaugural class takes its place in the world

Inaugural class takes its place in the world

From a young age, Gracia Mabaya knew she wanted to play a role in improving health care and living conditions around the world. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she watched other children dying from what should have been preventable diseases. For her, a...

Professor revisits painful past in ‘Jubilee’ resurrection

Professor revisits painful past in ‘Jubilee’ resurrection

Even though it graced a stage only twice, a little-known 1970s operatic story of racial divide in the U.S. South had one more command performance left, thanks to Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Emily Ansari. Her article, 'Vindication, Cleansing, Catharsis,...

Class action needed to ease postsecondary path

Class action needed to ease postsecondary path

Wolfgang Lehmann was the first in his family to attend university. Struggling through his first year, he dropped out, needing to fight his way back – eventually becoming an academic in his roundabout way. Once in academia, this son of working-class parents – his...

Fazilat engineering a future for women in her field

Fazilat engineering a future for women in her field

Saher Fazilat wants you to walk the proverbial mile – in her heavy work boots. A civil engineer working hands-on in construction, she occupies the kind of post few women have seen. And she’ll be the first to tell you – her career, spanning more than a decade and a...

Observer sees opportunity for Western in new council

Observer sees opportunity for Western in new council

The results of Monday’s municipal election are good news on all fronts for London, according to Western Political Science professor Andrew Sancton, who specializes in municipal politics. They are also great for Western. While former councillor Matt Brown will switch...

Harou, Nicholas named Athletes of the Week

Harou, Nicholas named Athletes of the Week

Football player Yannick Harou and rugby player Breanne Nicholas have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending on Oct. 26. Harou, a third-year King’s College student from Gatineau, Que., helped the Mustangs secure third place in the...

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

Schulich Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate Anusha Ratneswaran first became interested in studying Osteoarthritis when she saw the effects of the disease first hand while working as a kinesiologist in a cardiac rehabilitation program. “Many of the patients with...

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

World of Fantasy: The Life and Art of Anna P. Baker By Beryl Hutchinson and Roz Hermant The names of Paul Peel and Greg Kurnoe are well-established London-based artists, but so little has been said about child prodigy Anna P. Baker, born as Patricia Ethel Valentine in...

Student’s undiscovered joy takes top prize

Student’s undiscovered joy takes top prize

One summer at her cottage, Emma Hunt powered through 20 books. That’s how much she loves to read. But it wasn’t until recently the first-year Foods and Nutrition student at Brescia University College discovered she enjoyed writing, perhaps just as much.

Steeves positioning libraries as a ‘catalyst for success’

Steeves positioning libraries as a ‘catalyst for success’

When Catherine Steeves first walked through the doors of an academic library as an employee, the institution was at the cusp of great change. That was almost 20 years ago and, since then, there has been a shift from the tradition of print to an electronic mode of...

Inaugural class takes its place in the world

Inaugural class takes its place in the world

From a young age, Gracia Mabaya knew she wanted to play a role in improving health care and living conditions around the world. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she watched other children dying from what should have been preventable diseases. For her, a...

Professor revisits painful past in ‘Jubilee’ resurrection

Professor revisits painful past in ‘Jubilee’ resurrection

Even though it graced a stage only twice, a little-known 1970s operatic story of racial divide in the U.S. South had one more command performance left, thanks to Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Emily Ansari. Her article, 'Vindication, Cleansing, Catharsis,...

Class action needed to ease postsecondary path

Class action needed to ease postsecondary path

Wolfgang Lehmann was the first in his family to attend university. Struggling through his first year, he dropped out, needing to fight his way back – eventually becoming an academic in his roundabout way. Once in academia, this son of working-class parents – his...

Fazilat engineering a future for women in her field

Fazilat engineering a future for women in her field

Saher Fazilat wants you to walk the proverbial mile – in her heavy work boots. A civil engineer working hands-on in construction, she occupies the kind of post few women have seen. And she’ll be the first to tell you – her career, spanning more than a decade and a...

Observer sees opportunity for Western in new council

Observer sees opportunity for Western in new council

The results of Monday’s municipal election are good news on all fronts for London, according to Western Political Science professor Andrew Sancton, who specializes in municipal politics. They are also great for Western. While former councillor Matt Brown will switch...