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Greg Curnoe Skimming Stones on the Thames River 1963 Oil on plywood
Purchase, Saugeen-Maitland Hall Residence Fund, 1970

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HAMILTON, Ont. — In a word, Bjarni Tryggvason described the first
flight of the Silver Dart in nearly a century as
“majestic.”

Imagine a developed nation where almost an entire ethnic group has
low income, high unemployment, poor education and health care, and
the lowest life expectancy.

Through a partnership with the University of Nairobi, Kenya,
students of the Graduate School of Journalism participated in a
program to educate Kenyans in broadcasting and journalism.

The University of Western Ontario is offering voluntary retirement
incentives to faculty and staff to minimize the need for layoffs to
meet budget constraints.

With warm temperatures over the past several days melting the
snowpack across the Upper Thames River watershed, water levels are
on the rise.

In a follow-up to last month’s budget update from senior
administration, the university has drafted a Q&A format
document to answer questions staff and faculty may have surrounding
the ongoing budget modifications.

Following an innovative campaign that included a popular YouTube
video, Emily Rowe will succeed Stephen Lecce as the new University
Students’ Council president. However, undergraduates voted against
the proposed $27-million upgrade to the University Community Centre
(UCC).

Even with blood donations on campus approaching record-breaking
levels Canadian Blood Services (CBS) believes faculty, staff and
students have it in them to raise the bar another 25 per cent this
year.

Newly appointed Order of Canada recipient and renowned expert on
climate change and environmental issues Gordon McBean will be
presented a talk on climate change today (Feb. 10) at Museum
London.