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More than 170 University of Western Ontario students, faculty and
staff have embarked on service-earning experiences in eight
different cities

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty visited Robarts Research Institute
Feb. 10 to officially re-open the Centre for Functional and
Metabolic Mapping in the A.M. Cuddy Wing at Robarts Research
Institute.

Western’s men’s squash team shut down both Queen’s and McMaster to
earn their 26th consecutive provincial title at the OUA
Championships presented by the Jester’s Club on Feb. 14 at the
London Squash Club.

University of Western Ontario Mustangs won gold in wrestling and
fencing, and set a track and field record over the weekend.

Robert Klassen, Professor of Operations at the Richard Ivey School
of Business, has won an international award for a course that
teaches the next generation of business leaders how addressing
social and environmental impacts can improve a company’s bottom
line.

All parking lots at The University of Western Ontario have now been
reopened following flooding on campus and across the
region

The University of Western Ontario community is encouraged to follow
the expedition of engineering student Daniel Hammond, who departs
today (Feb. 13) for Antarctica to learn about environmental issues
and climate change.

Students at the Richard Ivey School of Business flexed their
investing muscle during one of the worst stock market declines in
history, edging out 15 MBA rivals to win the Financial Post MBA
Portfolio Management Competition.

The University of Western Ontario is offering a sneak peak at the
faculty and support unit budgets for 2009-10 to 2010-11, which
includes continued graduate growth and strategies to reduce
operating budgets in the wake of the challenges created by the
global economic crisis.

Cooler temperatures combined with improved weather and a reduction
in run-off has helped to decrease water levels and improved flood
conditions on the campus of The University of Western Ontario.

1:45 p.m. – Reports from the Upper Thames River Conservation
Authority indicate the Medway Creek is still rising and pumping
water into the Thames River. Water levels on campus are however
expected to hold at its current level to within one and two inches.
Consequently, action taken thus far by university officials in
regards to parking on campus will be maintained throughout Thursday
evening. Therefore, the Medway and Talbot lots, as well as the east
end of the Chemistry lot, are to be avoided due to flooding.
Western continues to monitor the situation.

Former Mustangs football coach Larry Haylor is among the six new
inductees into the Wall of Champions, The University of Western
Ontario Mustangs football hall of fame. The induction dinner will
be held on April 22.