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Student serves success beyond the kitchen
At first, Danielle Hausberg was just taking photos of her meals to show her family she was making healthy choices. Today, the Sociology student has a half million followers looking over her plate.
Western celebrates two years on Instagram
Earlybird or Mayfair? Lo-Fi or Inkwell? No single Instagram filter can cover Western’s glamour. On May 16, Western celebrated the second anniversary of its Instagram account, @westernuniversity, the second largest Canadian university account that currently boasts more...
Education professor keeping lessons of Fukushima alive
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The quake unleashed a tsunami that slammed into the country, disabling infrastructure and destroying everything in its path. Just days later, Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Staffer carries the weight of the Worlds
Powerlifter Robyn Ripley dreams about more than simply winning something to gather dust on a shelf. “When people ask me about this ‘big dream,’ they expect me to talk about the hardware I am bringing home – that is really a side dream,” said Ripley, recent interim...
A few minutes to change the world
Western postdoctoral scholars put their research on the clock during a 3 Minute Research (3MR) Competition, hosted as part of the 2015 Postdoctoral Research Forum May 7 in the Great Hall, Somerville House. The competition is a research communication exercise where...
Determined learners never done studying
Fifteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education earlier this month. Two Western students were among these award recipients. A third Western student received the SAGE...
Historian redeems Civil War era medical science
History has not been kind to the physicians of the U.S. Civil War. With a toll of more than 750,000 deaths between 1861-65, the Civil War’s casualties far outnumber those of any other war the United States has taken part in. And with roughly two thirds of the war’s...
Study: Mother’s education, family stability at heart of child’s success
Research from two Western professors is challenging the longstanding myth that a child’s success in life depends on his or her family structure. Instead, Western Sociology professor William Avison and Brescia University College professor Jamie Seabrook are pointing...
Future scientific minds converge at Western
What do you use to build a wind-powered elevator? Tape. Cardboard. Straws. And a string. Those were the only materials a Grade 6 student needed to make an elevator strong enough to lift a pair of earplugs up 10 centimeters. At Western, more than 240 Grade 6-8 young...
Cook: Proposing a solution to suffering from ‘other’
I would like to add my congratulations to Western News for the stance adopted in reporting the recent controversy – it was well balanced (“Reporting has lived up to ‘delicate challenge,’” Western News, May 7). Since the tradition of publishing letters somewhat...
Petrella: Presidential presence could answer many questions
It’s been a few weeks since the ‘double-payment’ controversy. Those standing by President Chakma, and those clamoring for his resignation, have made their positions well-known. Professors have expressed their opinions; alumni have weighed in. However, one of Chakma’s...
Colgan: Some more big ideas on Big Ideas
I wish to broaden the philosophical landscape sketched by the authors in the Big Ideas special issue (Western News, May 7). Probably the most important thing to understand about philosophy is its remarkably unique character as a discipline because of its absence of...