PhD candidates Effie Sapuridis and Olivia Ghosh-Swaby, professor Kathy Hibbert recognized by the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada
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Sharp idea keeps family tradition alive
Morgan Nordstrom is sharp in more ways than one. A third-year Science student, the 20-year-old also caters to a niche market of razor users. “My grandpa taught me how to shave with one (straight razor) when I was 16, and that’s when I inherited my...
Success is in the bag for Dental student
It’s all about the handbag for Sarah Shell. The third-year Dental student’s love for fashion has seen her designer handbags on the arms of such stars as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, among others. While her love for fashion and designing...
Student idea brings comforts of home to campus
Getting ready for your first year of university can be stressful. But a group of Western students are hoping to lessen that burden a bit with their entrepreneurial venture. Northern Rush creates all-in-one packages for postsecondary residence life – combining bedding,...
Giving the Max effort to his idea
Tim Brady’s big idea came after he noticed a gap in the market for endurance athletes like himself. The 22-year-old, going into his second year of the HBA program at Ivey Business School, played football for the Mustangs when he first came to Western and quickly clued...
Making sound connections toward success
More than a decade ago, Lueda Alia started forging friendships online, frequenting absolutepunk.net and engaging with its online community. Today, she’s turned her taste in music and the online community she found into a business all her own. Alia, a Western...
Offering up faster, deeper feedback
Surveys are not an effective solution to soliciting consumer feedback. And Robbie Goldfarb may just be the first person to figure this out. Goldfarb, a fourth-year Medical Sciences and Computer Science student at Western, recently launched Brevada, a start-up that...
Heat alert issued for today
Don’t count summer out just yet. The Middlesex-London Health Unit has issued a heat alert for Tuesday as temperatures are expected in the 30s with a humidex value near 40 degrees. Precautions are urged for those members of the Western community working outside and...
Di Sebastiano, Gilroy receive Young Innovator awards
Western Chemistry professor Joseph Gilroy and Robarts Research Institute postdoctoral scholar Andrea Di Sebastiano have been tapped as Western’s Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award winners for 2014. Gilroy looks to develop revolutionary chelating (i.e. metal binding)...
Redefining anorexia may unlock new treatments, therapies
New findings from Western suggest characterizing anorexia as a ‘passion’ will yield immediate and practical results in terms of treatment and therapy. The study, led by Louis C. Charland of Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy, is novel in that philosophers have...
Teaching takes centre stage at conference
Teaching skillfully requires a constant openness and flexibility to experimenting with whatever approaches help students learn, according to University of St. Thomas (Minn.) professor Stephen Brookfield, who will deliver the keynote address at the Fall Perspective on...
Emergency weather siren test set for this week
Western has planned a test of its emergency weather siren between Tuesday and Thursday, Aug. 26-28, to ensure the system’s effective operation in warning campus and the surrounding community of severe weather situations. If a real weather emergency occurs during this...
Board approves CUPE Local 2692 contract
Western’s Board of Governors approved a four-year collective agreement with CUPE Local 2692, which represents approximately 630 Hospitality Service workers, on Thursday, Aug. 21. The employees voted to ratify Western’s contract offer at a union meeting on Wednesday,...
Product mixes innovation and perseverance
Bobby Besant is someone who likes to mix it up. The recent Ivey School of Business graduate may have received the cold shoulder from a professor during his fourth-year New Venture Business project, but his idea has since made its way to the shelves of your local LCBO...
Sharp idea keeps family tradition alive
Morgan Nordstrom is sharp in more ways than one. A third-year Science student, the 20-year-old also caters to a niche market of razor users. “My grandpa taught me how to shave with one (straight razor) when I was 16, and that’s when I inherited my...
Success is in the bag for Dental student
It’s all about the handbag for Sarah Shell. The third-year Dental student’s love for fashion has seen her designer handbags on the arms of such stars as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, among others. While her love for fashion and designing...
Student idea brings comforts of home to campus
Getting ready for your first year of university can be stressful. But a group of Western students are hoping to lessen that burden a bit with their entrepreneurial venture. Northern Rush creates all-in-one packages for postsecondary residence life – combining bedding,...
Giving the Max effort to his idea
Tim Brady’s big idea came after he noticed a gap in the market for endurance athletes like himself. The 22-year-old, going into his second year of the HBA program at Ivey Business School, played football for the Mustangs when he first came to Western and quickly clued...
Making sound connections toward success
More than a decade ago, Lueda Alia started forging friendships online, frequenting absolutepunk.net and engaging with its online community. Today, she’s turned her taste in music and the online community she found into a business all her own. Alia, a Western...
Offering up faster, deeper feedback
Surveys are not an effective solution to soliciting consumer feedback. And Robbie Goldfarb may just be the first person to figure this out. Goldfarb, a fourth-year Medical Sciences and Computer Science student at Western, recently launched Brevada, a start-up that...
Heat alert issued for today
Don’t count summer out just yet. The Middlesex-London Health Unit has issued a heat alert for Tuesday as temperatures are expected in the 30s with a humidex value near 40 degrees. Precautions are urged for those members of the Western community working outside and...
Di Sebastiano, Gilroy receive Young Innovator awards
Western Chemistry professor Joseph Gilroy and Robarts Research Institute postdoctoral scholar Andrea Di Sebastiano have been tapped as Western’s Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award winners for 2014. Gilroy looks to develop revolutionary chelating (i.e. metal binding)...
Redefining anorexia may unlock new treatments, therapies
New findings from Western suggest characterizing anorexia as a ‘passion’ will yield immediate and practical results in terms of treatment and therapy. The study, led by Louis C. Charland of Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy, is novel in that philosophers have...
Teaching takes centre stage at conference
Teaching skillfully requires a constant openness and flexibility to experimenting with whatever approaches help students learn, according to University of St. Thomas (Minn.) professor Stephen Brookfield, who will deliver the keynote address at the Fall Perspective on...
Emergency weather siren test set for this week
Western has planned a test of its emergency weather siren between Tuesday and Thursday, Aug. 26-28, to ensure the system’s effective operation in warning campus and the surrounding community of severe weather situations. If a real weather emergency occurs during this...