Renowned writer Alice Munro, who published her first short stories while studying at Western University, died May 13 in Port Hope, Ont. She was 92. Tributes from around the world have acknowledged the impact of the celebrated author, called th …
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Alumna plays critical role in Canadian culture
Don’t tell Kate Taylor that “Nickelback sucks.” Prove it.
University prepares as GTAs cast strike votes
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) who work at Western are conducting a strike vote, Monday-Thursday, March 19-22. While a strike vote does not necessarily mean a strike will take place, students should know Western is preparing for all eventualities and is committed...
Western mourns loss of Social Science student
The Western community is mourning the death of Dhairya ‘Drew’ Soni, 24, a Social Science student set to graduate in June, who died March 1 after a short hospital stay. Funeral services were held March 4 in Scarborough.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Betsy Skarakis-Doyle
Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni.
STEM conference engages, empowers young women
PhD candidate Ramina Adam sometimes uses family gatherings as a platform to encourage her younger, female relatives to hold onto their love of math and science.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Stephen Cribar
Stephen Cribar, Associate Director (Sales & Communications) with Western Retail Services, takes his turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Beth Greene
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;...
Alumnus earns Olympic gold in 2-man bobsleigh
Alex Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), and Justin Kripps captured gold late Monday for Canada’s third-ever Olympic medal in men’s two-man bobsleigh. The pair actually tied with Germany’s Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis for first place after all four runs were completed, both sleds finishing with a total time of 3:16.86.
Campus returning to normal after flooding
University officials continue to monitor rising waters across campus associated with heavy rainfall that already forced the closure of two campus parking lots earlier this week.
University mourns death of Engineering student
The Western community is mourning the death of Ajay Vijayakumar Adepu, 19, a Faculty of Engineering student who died suddenly Friday.
FRANKENSTEIN 200: Cannot help but remain a text for our time
I cannot think of any film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that would pass the Bechdel test. Most have few women characters, women rarely talk to each other and, when they do, it’s invariably about men – or at least about males, if we count Victor Frankenstein’s creation.
FRANKENSTEIN 200: Embracing the loneliness of monsters
In the 200 years since its publication, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus has engendered endless debate among readers and scholars.