Western postdoctoral students and supervisors will be celebrating their own today as part of the Postdoctoral Research Forum highlighting research success and career opportunities beyond academia. The one-day event, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, features...
You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.
Western Nursing professor Richard Booth and Nursing student Mia Biondi have been named among the 2014 winners of the Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing (COUPN) annual awards.
For the second consecutive year, Western joined The University of British Columbia as one of only two Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition.
Perhaps it’s time to share your expertise with the world.
A new laboratory exploring immigrant settlement and integration issues will help create a smoother pathway into Canadian society for these vital members of the country’s future economy and labour market, two Western professors say.
A recent Statistics Canada study reports that 30 per cent of 2011 university graduates with humanities degrees are ‘over-qualified,’ ie., they use their English degrees to make coffee confections.
Western Biology professor Jeremy McNeil has been named the recipient of the Science Ambassador Award, presented as part of the 2014 Partners In Research National Awards.
While Research Western has seen modest growth in its total research funding, there are still hurdles to overcome in order to rise in the ranks of top research-intensive universities, John Capone, vice-president (research), told university Senate Friday.
Western’s Hospitality Services has ordered up international sustainability success thanks to a creative takeout idea.
Alan Weedon, vice-provost (faculty, planning and policy), responded to senate questions Friday afternoon about the university’s budget, and the extent of the surplus in its financial statement.
Western Information Technology Services (ITS) was alerted to the most recent Internet threat – known as the ‘Heartbleed bug’ – on Tuesday and took immediate action, said Jeff Grieve, Information Technology Services director.
Familiar faces will assume new positions as the university looks to reorganize the vice-provost (academic programs and students) [registrar] office. It’s a move, Western officials say, will bolster the university’s commitment to the student experience.