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The spin bikes are humming, the treadmills are buzzing and the
weights are clanging.

In addition to university operations, the economic downturn has
started to impact research opportunities at The University of
Western Ontario.

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning his telescope
to the sky and changing how the cosmos were studied forever, 2009
is being hailed the world over as the International Year of
Astronomy (IYA).

The Canadian Association of University Teachers has honoured
Western professor Marjorie Ratcliffe (Modern Languages and
Literatures) with a Dedicated Service Award in recognition of her
exceptional service to the university’s faculty association.

Jim Rule has some poignant questions to ask the Academic and
Administrative Staff Joint Pension Board at The University of
Western Ontario about the impact the economic crisis will have on
his retirement plans.

With London looking for ways to keep Western students in town after
graduation, soon-to-be graduates of The University of Western
Ontario and Fanshawe College will connect with hundreds of the
city’s top employers thanks to a unique networking idea.

Western professors Gordon McBean and William Wall are two of 60 new
appointments to the Order of Canada, announced Dec. 30 by the Right
Honourable Micha

The Department of Philosophy is bringing together two strong but
traditionally separate areas – ethics and philosophy of science
– with the establishment of the Joseph L. Rotman Institute of
Science and Values.

Five years ago, alumnus Joseph Rotman (BA’57) and his wife
Sandra donated $1.4 million to the area of Philosophy of Science in
the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, creating a $1 million endowment
fund for a Canada Research Chair in the Department of Philosophy
and supporting two annual graduate student awards.

When “Sergeant Major” Dora Boode tells people to get exercising,
they listen.

University of Western Ontario technology and pop culture expert Tim
Blackmore presents his second annual Top 10 Weirdly Missed or
Dissed DVDs of 2008.

January 8, 2009