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The science of the solar eclipse

The science of the solar eclipse

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible from a narrow path that stretches from Mexico to Newfoundland and Labrador. In London, Ont., a 99.6 per cent partial eclipse will be visible as the city is outside the approximately 180-km wide totality  …

Read. Watch. Listen. with Jasmine Ball

Read. Watch. Listen. with Jasmine Ball

If you’re a sucker for maladjusted protagonists navigating unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships, then Jasmine Ball has an idea for your next binge-watch evening.

Read. Watch. Listen. with James Patten

Read. Watch. Listen. with James Patten

Understanding that art does more than hang on walls, James Patten explains why he is the guy you want to invite over to the house on a free evening with a stack of LPs under his arm.

Feedback sought on Executive Compensation Framework

Feedback sought on Executive Compensation Framework

Executive salaries across the broader public sector, including those at Ontario universities, have been frozen by the provincial government since 2010. In accordance with the provincial regulations, Western has developed a draft framework for executive salaries going...

Study uncovers historic tornado outbreak

Study uncovers historic tornado outbreak

Following an extensive ground and aerial survey led by wind engineering experts at Western, it has been determined that the tornado outbreak of June 18, 2017 in southern Québec is officially the largest recorded in the province’s history and, consequently, one of the largest ever recorded in Canada.

UC, Kent Drive landscape work to begin

UC, Kent Drive landscape work to begin

As the two-year renovation project to the interior of University College comes to a close this spring, construction will begin to revitalize the surrounding outdoor space.

Hearn: Where are the promised changes to Senate?

Hearn: Where are the promised changes to Senate?

By Alison Hearn, Western Communications  Senator Alison Hearn submitted the following notice of motion that she intends to ask Senate to speed up implementing revisions to the governing body's representation, at Senate's regular meeting April 13: I am disappointed to...

University, union reach tentative deal for GTAs

University, union reach tentative deal for GTAs

Western and the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Local 610, have reached a tentative deal which the negotiating teams have jointly agreed to recommend to their respective parties. Representatives of the university and the union met with a mediator this week and...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele

Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele

Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...

Smith: Do profs need social media insurance?

Smith: Do profs need social media insurance?

I’m on parental leave and spending way too much time scanning online news sites while bouncing my 4-month-old son on an exercise ball. My head is all shook up. Every day brings another barrage of social media shaming, undoubtedly some of which is well warranted.