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The H1N1 influenza virus continues its steady spread, having
triggered the World Health Organization’s pandemic alert
level phase 6 – its highest level.

Aboriginal education graduates make history

The stage is set for a new era of music and theatre at Western. The
Don Wright Faculty of Music’s newly renovated Talbot Theatre opened
its doors Tuesday, showcasing more seating, dynamic acoustics,
better lighting, improved sound, and a new name: the Paul Davenport
Theatre.

A fire outside under a starlit night.

There’s been a change in the book industry; a shift into the
virtual realm that has left no book, not even university textbooks
unaffected.

What do butterflies and cars have in common?

Retired Western News Editor Jim Anderson recently sat down with
retiring President and Vice-Chancellor Paul Davenport to discuss
his 15 years at the helm of the university.

1993 On September 23, the announcement of Paul Theodore Davenport
as the 9th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of
Western Ontario is made by Claude Pensa, Chair of the Board of
Governors.

When Paul Davenport took office in 1994, Western’s
undergraduate entering grades had fallen below the provincial
average, the university was struggling with deep provincial funding
cuts, and faculty and staff levels were dropping.

University of Western Ontario graduate Ryan Louis has stepped out
of the lecture halls in the Faculty of Information and Media
Studies and onto the pages of House and Home magazine.

The Huron University College Golf Classic raised a record-breaking
$51,150, which will help support student scholarships, bursaries
and the community-based learning program.

Local business leader Paul Paolatto has been appointed Executive
Director of the WORLDiscoveries technology transfer consortium set
up to commercialize research at The University of Western Ontario,
Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute.