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Golden innovation shines light on solar possibilities
Giovanni Fanchini knows a ‘golden’ discovery when he finds one. And this may just lead to a more sustainable future. The Physics and Astronomy professor’s research centres on the construction small molecules – each one created from 144 atoms of gold. (For scale,...
Positioned to build a smarter future
Even with access to 200 million pages of content, consuming four terabytes of disk storage, IBM’s Watson supercomputer wasn’t able to answer correctly every question during its 2011 Jeopardy appearance. The computer sometimes faltered and flopped – seemingly failing...
‘Beautiful’ work turns the pages of the past
At first glance, it looks more like something you might rest your feet on rather than read. But at more than 3-inches thick, and a good 20-inches high and 12-inches wide, the Decretalium libri V. Gregorii Papae cum ordinaria glossa Berhardt is one of the gems of...
Class opens eyes – and minds – to Guatemala
Community Service Learning in the Hispanic World: Guatemala - History, Culture and People in Context is an interdisciplinary community service learning (CSL) course on – and in – Guatemala taught by Modern Languages and Literatures professor Alena Robin. The course...
Research explores role of timing, aggression in lung cancer
Western-led research has discovered that timing, in combination with aggression, are possible keys to long-term survival for patients with limited metastatic lung cancer. “We always have the bias that if you do more treatment earlier it’s what’s best. There have been...
Western lecturer explores life in perpetual motion
What’s missing from Meredith Levine’s new multimedia project on chronic vertigo is her own story. The project, comprised of three text and five video stories, alongside photos and audio clips, published on cbcnews.ca earlier this month, was funded by the Canadian...
Alumni Association president never letting go of connection
John Eberhard never wanted to leave. Even though Western once let him go. He grew up on Western’s campus, playing on the grounds as a boy. Although the son of a University of Toronto graduate, Eberhard, BA’66, LLB’69, said his father never pushed him to the...
First edition of festival getting the Words out
The tapestry of London’s loosely knit creative communities is about to get tighter, thanks to Words, a new literary and creative arts festival. Set to take place this weekend in the Forest City, the festival aims to use the written and spoken word as a hub for...
New email system answers students’ calls for alternative
Check your inbox soon, Western students, as the university plans to press send on a new email system for you in the coming months. Starting this fall, Western will begin the process of moving undergraduate students to Microsoft Office 365, a web-based collection of...
Flag lowered to recognize events in Quebec, Ottawa
Western has lowered its flag on University College to commemorate the tragic events that occurred in Quebec and Ottawa this week in which two Canadian military members were killed. The university’s flags are at half-staff in conjunction with flags being lowered at...
Munroe-Blum: Learn to succeed, shed fear of failure
Graduates must prepare for failure on the path to success, Heather Munroe-Blum, a distinguished academic administrator and scholar, told graduates from King’s University College, Information and Media Studies and Social Science at the Thursday morning session of...
Di Tella, Scapinello named Mustangs Athletes of the Week
Soccer player Stefanie Di Tella and volleyball player Justin Scapinello have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for Oct. 19. Di Tella, a second-year Nutrition student from Mississauga, scored two goals in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Guelph to help the...