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Keddy, Miller named Leave for Change ambassadors

Keddy, Miller named Leave for Change ambassadors

Two Western staff members have been selected to share their expertise with the world by representing the university in the 2014-15 Leave for Change program. Douglas Keddy, Research Western communications manager, and Frank Miller, Hospitality Services director, have...

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

Time to show your pride, Western. For the first time, Western will have a unified presence in the Pride London Festival parade, taking place 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27 in downtown London. Throughout this event’s 20-year history, many Western campus members and groups...

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

For the first time, Western will have a unified presence in the Pride London Festival parade, taking place 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27 in downtown London.

Western takes North American gaming title

Western takes North American gaming title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdB_Re00efw It was an all-Canada affair as Western downed the University of Toronto, 4-2, in the Collegiate StarLeague (CSL) finals at the Major League Gaming (MLG) competition in Anaheim, Calif., last month. These CSL finals marked the...

Walker wins three golds, one silver at Special Olympics

Walker wins three golds, one silver at Special Olympics

James Walker is celebrating, having won three gold medals and one silver medal in powerlifting at the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Vancouver, B.C. The Book Store at Western employee, 28, is one of 11 powerlifting athletes from Team Ontario competing at...

Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair

Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair

One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the...

MVP Lab to fuel tech company collaboration

MVP Lab to fuel tech company collaboration

Great businesses start with great ideas. But going from idea to prototype is a big step and many startup entrepreneurs lack the tools and expertise to take that leap. In order to address that gap, TechAlliance, along with the Western Research Parks, has created the...

Climate change impacting northern wetlands

Climate change impacting northern wetlands

New research from Western is exploring how climate change may fundamentally change Canada's northern wetlands. In a paper released in the journal Global Change Biology, Professors Zoë Lindo and Brian Branfireun, from Western's Faculty of Science, show the types of...

Walker wins three golds, one silver at Special Olympics (UPDATED)

James Walker is celebrating, having won three gold medals and one silver medal in powerlifting at the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Vancouver, B.C. The Bookstore at Western employee, 28, is one of 11 powerlifting athletes from Team Ontario competing at the event this week.

Western chefs take bronze in national competition

Team Western served up their best and took home bronze at the annual Canadian College & University Food Services Association (CCUFSA) Chefs’ Competition, a key highlight of the CCUFSA national conference in Niagara Falls, Ont., last month.

Keddy, Miller named Leave for Change ambassadors

Keddy, Miller named Leave for Change ambassadors

Two Western staff members have been selected to share their expertise with the world by representing the university in the 2014-15 Leave for Change program. Douglas Keddy, Research Western communications manager, and Frank Miller, Hospitality Services director, have...

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

Time to show your pride, Western. For the first time, Western will have a unified presence in the Pride London Festival parade, taking place 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27 in downtown London. Throughout this event’s 20-year history, many Western campus members and groups...

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

Western unifies for Pride Fest parade

For the first time, Western will have a unified presence in the Pride London Festival parade, taking place 12:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27 in downtown London.

Western takes North American gaming title

Western takes North American gaming title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdB_Re00efw It was an all-Canada affair as Western downed the University of Toronto, 4-2, in the Collegiate StarLeague (CSL) finals at the Major League Gaming (MLG) competition in Anaheim, Calif., last month. These CSL finals marked the...

Walker wins three golds, one silver at Special Olympics

Walker wins three golds, one silver at Special Olympics

James Walker is celebrating, having won three gold medals and one silver medal in powerlifting at the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Vancouver, B.C. The Book Store at Western employee, 28, is one of 11 powerlifting athletes from Team Ontario competing at...

Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair

Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair

One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the...

MVP Lab to fuel tech company collaboration

MVP Lab to fuel tech company collaboration

Great businesses start with great ideas. But going from idea to prototype is a big step and many startup entrepreneurs lack the tools and expertise to take that leap. In order to address that gap, TechAlliance, along with the Western Research Parks, has created the...

Climate change impacting northern wetlands

Climate change impacting northern wetlands

New research from Western is exploring how climate change may fundamentally change Canada's northern wetlands. In a paper released in the journal Global Change Biology, Professors Zoë Lindo and Brian Branfireun, from Western's Faculty of Science, show the types of...