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Deakin re-appointed as Provost & Vice-President (Academic)

Western’s Board of Governors has re-appointed Provost & Vice-President (Academic) Janice Deakin to a second five-year term, ending July 30, 2020. The unanimous decision comes more than a year before the current term’s expiration on July 30, 2015.

Open house set for Western Bed & Breakfast

Open house set for Western Bed & Breakfast

With construction complete, Conference Services invites you to see the new home of Western’s Bed & Breakfast from 3-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15 in Ontario Hall.

Undergrads, share your Experience with future students

Undergrads, share your Experience with future students

Are you a current undergraduate student studying on Main Campus who loves Western? Are you a member of a student club, council, team or other activity or organization? Have you participated in an exchange, internship, volunteer or other co-curricular activity? Do you have a story to tell about your academic program, co-curricular or extracurricular experiences at Western?

New programs target youth entrepreneurship

Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.

Professor pursues plastic pollutants choking ecosystem

You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.

Godbout: Grad students demanding university address post-residency fees

Recently, the Society of Graduate Students at Western (SOGS) asked its membership the following question: Are you in favour of a fifty (50) per cent reduction in tuition fees for all graduate students once they reach the post-residency phase of their degree, that is to say, the completion of course work and the formal commencement of their thesis or dissertation project?

Computer Science student arrested in Heartbleed investigation

Computer Science student arrested in Heartbleed investigation

As law enforcement continues its investigation into the Heartbleed security bug, which comprised computer systems the world over, a Western Computer Science student was arrested last week in connection with the breech, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Patterson adds to Western’s Bank of Canada presence

Alumna Lynn Patterson’s rise to Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada puts Western economists at four of the top six positions at the bank, including governor, senior deputy governor and two of four deputy governor posts.

Deakin re-appointed as Provost & Vice-President (Academic)

Western’s Board of Governors has re-appointed Provost & Vice-President (Academic) Janice Deakin to a second five-year term, ending July 30, 2020. The unanimous decision comes more than a year before the current term’s expiration on July 30, 2015.

Open house set for Western Bed & Breakfast

Open house set for Western Bed & Breakfast

With construction complete, Conference Services invites you to see the new home of Western’s Bed & Breakfast from 3-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15 in Ontario Hall.

Undergrads, share your Experience with future students

Undergrads, share your Experience with future students

Are you a current undergraduate student studying on Main Campus who loves Western? Are you a member of a student club, council, team or other activity or organization? Have you participated in an exchange, internship, volunteer or other co-curricular activity? Do you have a story to tell about your academic program, co-curricular or extracurricular experiences at Western?

New programs target youth entrepreneurship

Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.

Professor pursues plastic pollutants choking ecosystem

You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.

Godbout: Grad students demanding university address post-residency fees

Recently, the Society of Graduate Students at Western (SOGS) asked its membership the following question: Are you in favour of a fifty (50) per cent reduction in tuition fees for all graduate students once they reach the post-residency phase of their degree, that is to say, the completion of course work and the formal commencement of their thesis or dissertation project?