Physiology and Pharmacology professor Dr. Jane Rylett was recently named among 15 College of Reviewers Chairs by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Selected from among more than 100 candidates across Canada, these chairs will oversee strategies aimed...
Western officials see the Ontario government’s promise of free university tuition for students from low-income families as a giant leap toward greater access to postsecondary education. In the 2016 Ontario Budget, released last week, the provincial government promised...
A sub-committee organized to examine the university’s graduate funding model, in light of criticism last year, found a number of misconceptions as to how those dollars flow, and charged faculties and programs with helping explain the complex model more evenly to...
All regular activities, including classes, will be held on campus today.
Western will have an opportunity to lead the region’s transition from traditional to advanced manufacturing, thanks to a significant investment by the Ontario government, announced Thursday.
A task force organized to examine the university’s budget model, in light of criticism last year, returned findings in support of the current model, while acknowledging its reasoning and methodologies could be better communicated to the larger university community....
Senators supported a Western pilot project to ease grade standards for a select cohort of incoming Arts & Humanities students in an effort to help the hard-hit faculty. “Given the enrolment pressures on the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and the precipitous...
Despite snowfall that continued throughout the day, Western has been operating on a normal schedule and, similarly, evening classes will be held as usual.
Coming to Western from Germany, Sweden, the United States and across Canada, these new Canada Research Chairs are developing HIV vaccines, improving hearing and movement, learning how and why people migrate and immigrate, and exploring the foundations of physics.
Western faculty and alumni will compete against the brightest stars in the Canadian music universe after garnering a number of nominations for the 2016 JUNO Awards. Stephan Moccio, BMus’94, had multiple credits, from keyboards to co-writing, on Album of the Year...
Dr. Asa Ahimbisibwe, a Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry resident, could easily have not become a doctor. Growing up in Uganda, Africa, the young professional always had the world pushing against him, but his desire to obtain an education persisted until he...
With Engineering’s undergraduate enrolment expected to jump more than 25 per cent in the next couple of years, the timing could not be better to break ground on a new building. With the goal of enhancing teaching and learning spaces, a new 100,000-square-foot building...
Even in total agreement on an issue, Western’s Board of Governors could not shake a spectre of community criticism hanging over its processes as members considered a minor change to The University of Western Ontario Act. The Ministry of Training, Colleges and...