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Add pressure from urban sprawl and shrinking cropland to a growing
demand for locally produced fruits and vegetables, and it’s
tempting to bring marginal land into food production.

Western alumnus John ‘Jack’ Lawrence, whose founding gift of $3.7
million established the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and
Management at Richard Ivey School of Business, died this week in a
plane crash.

Hospitality Services at The University of Western Ontario is
hosting its ninth annual Job Fair on Monday, Aug. 10 and is looking
to fill about 50 part-time positions for the fall.

Two top athletes from The University of Western Ontario have been
named to the national team for the Jeux de la Francophonie 2009,
being held in Beirut, Lebanon Sept. 27 to Oct. 6.

After almost 40 years on the east coast, Oakville-native Mark
Blagrave is returning to southern Ontario as Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Social Science at Huron University College.

The advertising deadline for the annual ‘Welcome to Western’ issue
of Western News is August 12.

A school program about healthy relationships built into the Grade 9
curriculum appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and
increase condom use.

The University of Western Ontario mourns the loss of Faculty of
Health Sciences lecturer Brian A. Innes, who died of a heart attack
on July 31 at the age of 57.

Mike DeJager, Project Manager for the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde
Pavilion at The University of Western Ontario, gives a tour of the
Green Building as it approaches the end of construction.

Continuing Studies at Western has added Professional Coaching to
its list of programs offered this fall.

High school students from the London area are getting their hands
dirty by building up the skills they need to be a budding engineer.

The Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion, the first LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building on Western’s
campus – and 15th in Ontario – is inching closer to its completion
date of September.