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Western alum promotes new Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame 

Western alum promotes new Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame 

Big-screen and television movies may be Tim Progosh’s bread and butter, but comedy is his jam.  The Canadian actor, who graduated from Western in 1980 with a double degree in politics and drama, has played roles in the Oscar-winning Spotlight and on  …

Ivey grad turns wanderlust into career

Ivey grad turns wanderlust into career

Chris Clark, HBA’96, has an incurable wanderlust. Discovering the world one country, one city and one neighbourhood at a time is a passion that has shaped his life. He even met his wife, Andrea Gilbert-Clark, BFA’96, BEd’97, in Greece while backpacking in Europe...

Alumnus chasing history in Pyeongchang

Alumnus chasing history in Pyeongchang

Alex Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), who had never seen a bobsleigh until the age of 23, is a Team Canada Olympian waiting his turn on the international stage in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Rising-star composer signs with top publisher

Rising-star composer signs with top publisher

As a pre-schooler, Sarah Quartel found music everywhere, even in the tuneless rattle of the refrigerator. “I used to sing along with the hum of the appliances and create melodies and harmonies from what I heard.” Today, Quartel, BMus’05, BEd’06, is one of Canada’s...

Albion builds research park momentum in Sarnia

Albion builds research park momentum in Sarnia

After Katherine Albion became Director of Commercialization at Western’s Sarnia-Lambton Research Park in 2012, tenancy ballooned to include more than 30 companies working in advanced manufacturing, water treatment, ethanol production and other clean-tech initiatives....

Vysniauskas engineers entrepreneurial success

Vysniauskas engineers entrepreneurial success

From the tobacco fields of a small town in southern Ontario, to the oil fields of Alberta and Texas, the journey for Anthony Vysniauskas, BESc’74, MESc’76, began with an idea that had nothing to do with business. “Initially, we were dreaming up ideas for a successful...

Gates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work

Gates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work

When Bill Gates heard what Donald Gerson, BSC’68 (Chemistry), was doing to develop affordable vaccines for high-need populations worldwide, the Microsoft co-founder/philanthropist didn’t hesitate to offer support.

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

While a love for animals prompted Margaret Coons, BA’12 (Huron University College), to become a vegetarian, it was a family passion for entrepreneurship that led her to found the artisanal cheese company Nuts for Cheese. “I didn’t grow up in a vegetarian family. So, I...

Facing dementia with strength and resilience

Facing dementia with strength and resilience

On Sundays when he was much younger, Anthony Carapinha would tag along with his Mom to the nursing home where she worked as a long-term care provider. “I would sit with Mr. Jones, Mr. Boyle and an international judge who spoke five different languages – all at once,”...

Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful

Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful

Thirteen Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.

Newsmakers: The Next Generation

Newsmakers: The Next Generation

Sarah Svenningsen Sarah Svenningsen, who completed her PhD in Medical Biophysics at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry last year, received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in 2017, presented by the Council of Ontario Universities, which recognizes...

Newsmakers: The Poet

Newsmakers: The Poet

Erik Mandawe Erik Mandawe, BA’17 (Music), was recently named by the London Arts Council (LAC) as its first Artist in Residence in 2017. Like the music he creates, he is an ever-shifting landscape. He studied anthropology in Siberia and Toronto, graduated with a music...

Newsmakers: The Voice

Newsmakers: The Voice

Adrianne Pieczonka John A. Macdonald. Terry Fox. Frederick Banting. Bryan Adams. The Queen. Their likenesses have all appeared on a Canadian stamp. This year, Western alumna and Canadian opera singer Adrianne Pieczonka, BMus’85, DMus’12, joined them. In her 30-year...

Ivey grad turns wanderlust into career

Ivey grad turns wanderlust into career

Chris Clark, HBA’96, has an incurable wanderlust. Discovering the world one country, one city and one neighbourhood at a time is a passion that has shaped his life. He even met his wife, Andrea Gilbert-Clark, BFA’96, BEd’97, in Greece while backpacking in Europe...

Alumnus chasing history in Pyeongchang

Alumnus chasing history in Pyeongchang

Alex Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), who had never seen a bobsleigh until the age of 23, is a Team Canada Olympian waiting his turn on the international stage in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Rising-star composer signs with top publisher

Rising-star composer signs with top publisher

As a pre-schooler, Sarah Quartel found music everywhere, even in the tuneless rattle of the refrigerator. “I used to sing along with the hum of the appliances and create melodies and harmonies from what I heard.” Today, Quartel, BMus’05, BEd’06, is one of Canada’s...

Albion builds research park momentum in Sarnia

Albion builds research park momentum in Sarnia

After Katherine Albion became Director of Commercialization at Western’s Sarnia-Lambton Research Park in 2012, tenancy ballooned to include more than 30 companies working in advanced manufacturing, water treatment, ethanol production and other clean-tech initiatives....

Vysniauskas engineers entrepreneurial success

Vysniauskas engineers entrepreneurial success

From the tobacco fields of a small town in southern Ontario, to the oil fields of Alberta and Texas, the journey for Anthony Vysniauskas, BESc’74, MESc’76, began with an idea that had nothing to do with business. “Initially, we were dreaming up ideas for a successful...

Gates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work

Gates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work

When Bill Gates heard what Donald Gerson, BSC’68 (Chemistry), was doing to develop affordable vaccines for high-need populations worldwide, the Microsoft co-founder/philanthropist didn’t hesitate to offer support.

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

While a love for animals prompted Margaret Coons, BA’12 (Huron University College), to become a vegetarian, it was a family passion for entrepreneurship that led her to found the artisanal cheese company Nuts for Cheese. “I didn’t grow up in a vegetarian family. So, I...

Facing dementia with strength and resilience

Facing dementia with strength and resilience

On Sundays when he was much younger, Anthony Carapinha would tag along with his Mom to the nursing home where she worked as a long-term care provider. “I would sit with Mr. Jones, Mr. Boyle and an international judge who spoke five different languages – all at once,”...

Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful

Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful

Thirteen Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.

Newsmakers: The Next Generation

Newsmakers: The Next Generation

Sarah Svenningsen Sarah Svenningsen, who completed her PhD in Medical Biophysics at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry last year, received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in 2017, presented by the Council of Ontario Universities, which recognizes...

Newsmakers: The Poet

Newsmakers: The Poet

Erik Mandawe Erik Mandawe, BA’17 (Music), was recently named by the London Arts Council (LAC) as its first Artist in Residence in 2017. Like the music he creates, he is an ever-shifting landscape. He studied anthropology in Siberia and Toronto, graduated with a music...

Newsmakers: The Voice

Newsmakers: The Voice

Adrianne Pieczonka John A. Macdonald. Terry Fox. Frederick Banting. Bryan Adams. The Queen. Their likenesses have all appeared on a Canadian stamp. This year, Western alumna and Canadian opera singer Adrianne Pieczonka, BMus’85, DMus’12, joined them. In her 30-year...