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Western celebrates World Water Day
In celebration of World Water Day 2013 and the International Year of Water Cooperation, Western and EnviroWestern are hosting a special interdisciplinary event on Friday, March 22, featuring researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Arts & Humanities.
Information sought on missing student
Police are continuing to search for a missing male student, Noah Kishinevsky, 19, a resident of Saugeen Maitland Hall at Western.
Study shows large farms making record investments
In 2009, in the midst of a global economic recession total investments on Canadian farms exceeded $11.4 billion, up from $8.2 billion in 2001.
Four undergrads tapped for planetary prize
Four Western Geology/Planetary Science undergraduate students were selected to participate in the NASA Undergraduate Planetary Science Research Conference, which will be held Sunday in Houston, Texas, prior to the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).
Panel to discuss online learning assessment
The Teaching Support Centre recognizes that assessing student learning is a critical part of an instructor’s role.
Celebrating five decades of ‘just doing his job’
Even after five decades in law enforcement, Elgin Austen can still be surprised.
Davenport: Rwanda Forum eyes what ‘lies ahead’ for country
The Friends of Rwanda Forum will be launched 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Great Hall at Western. The event is open to the public and all are invited.
OBI funding to target neurodegeneration
When Ruth McFeat heard the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) was investing $15 million to support research on neurodegeneration, the progressive loss of the structure and/or function of neurons, she couldn’t have been more thrilled.
Malawi project looks to build a new future
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Site preserving musical legacy strikes right chord
Generals Gathered, a metal band from Thunder Bay. Simply Saucer, a punk band from Hamilton. Fear of Dogma, a rock band from London. Odds are you haven’t heard of any of these bands, but Jonathan Martel is doing his best to get the word – or in this case, music – out to the masses.
Grad student labour puts ‘Works’ on display
You could say it is an interesting, if not welcome, change – temporarily shifting the attention away from London’s ever-fluctuating, seldom optimistic, unemployment rate to its rich history of labour.
TLC students bring lessons home
This year, 18 students participated in a new campus initiative, Travel, Learn, Contribute (TLC), visiting the Dominican Republic during Reading Week where they worked to improve one village school while also giving their time and efforts to a variety of local causes.