When the the Toronto Blue Jays aim for even greater heights next season, Clare Padmore hopes to share in their success as a biolmechanical engineer working to help ballplayers achieve their athletic potential.
Padmore graduates this fall with her PhD in biomechanics and biomechanical engineering and joins a community of more than 315,000 Western alumni worldwide.
Western is bringing campus icons to the doors and screens of the fall Class of 2020 – from personalized gift boxes to images of the places, people and things that have become symbols of their alma mater.
Integrated science gold medalist Jeremiah Joseph says the chance to make a difference fuels his aspirations.
From his hospital bed, Steven Gameiro, PhD’20, made the decision to completely pivot the focus of his doctoral research. It was a risky, but necessary move for the young scientist. He was used to working in a wet lab setting, exploring cancers caused by the human...
Context matters. Shabi Ullah, MPH’20, says these two words were her biggest takeaway from the Master of Public Health program at Western.
A master’s degree in communications is offering Kat Brown-Blake something her 15-year career as a lawyer in Florida wasn’t able to – a sense of greater purpose.
Ellie Sak may well be the first business student in Ivey Business School history to clinch an internship by reciting Robert Frost poems. And, to borrow from the poet’s voice, that has made all the difference in helping her land a career she loves.
A two-hour music-and-stories showcase on Oct. 17 will cap a Homecoming program that builds on Western’s tradition as best in Canada.
A $9.2-million gift from Jeff and Shelley Parr has helped Western University launch a centre dedicated to student mental health and well-being.
Drew Murray, can credit his storied career partly to technology’s triumph over the curse of cursive. Now Murray, BA’97, MBA’06, is celebrating his debut novel, Broken Genius.
Western alumna Heidi Jacobs, MLIS’06, was awarded this year’s Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for her debut novel ‘Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear.’
Connor Renton, BA’19, sees that you don’t think twice about the surfaces you touch. Door handles. ATM buttons. Keypads.
Western’s new Alumni Business Directory is offering a boost to purple-and-proud independent business owners, especially during these uncertain times.
First in her family to attend university right out of high school, Serena Mendizabal is aiming no lower than being a world-changer.
For Amr Alsabbagh, the Allyn & Betty Taylor Library at Western will always hold special significance. He spent many hours in that popular study spot, working alongside two familiar study buddies – his parents.
It has been a year like no other for Western graduates, so it makes sense that the university is marking their achievements with a celebration like no other in its history.
Amanda Wu and Dawson Li planned to spend their summer working with London non-profit organizations to create meaningful volunteer experiences for high school students.
Carolyn Tran has found balance in the beauty of science and music.
The first class to graduate with Bachelor of Music (Honors)/Honors Business Administration dual degrees is first class in every respect.
If they see a barn on fire, most people will call 911, stand back, wait for the firefighters and hope the horses survive. That’s the wise and considered approach, said Heather Joy Ross, LLB’84.