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Western slides a spot in Maclean’s rankings

Western slides a spot in Maclean’s rankings

Western slid down one spot from last year, landing tied for No. 8 in the 2017 Maclean’s University Rankings, released Oct. 26. The self-professed “holy book for anyone planning their education in Canada” ranked McGill University first in the Medical Doctoral category,...

No violation over Reunion Weekend controversy

No violation over Reunion Weekend controversy

Following an investigation by Campus Community Police Service, Western found no breach of the Student Code of Conduct occurred regarding the four students photographed beneath a banner reading ‘Western Lives Matter’ in a widely circulated photograph from Reunion...

Thinking differently about homelessness

Thinking differently about homelessness

One of the leading voices in approaching homelessness as a solvable problem in London, and increasingly in Canada, Abe Oudshoorn has been named the 2016 Western Humanitarian Award winner.

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Since graduate school, Eva Turley has been interested in how and why cells move in our bodies. This curiosity led to her discovering, characterizing and cloning RHAMM, a protein that regulates cell movement and stem cell differentiation, during the early 1980s. Fast...

UWOFA prez brings unique perspective to role

UWOFA prez brings unique perspective to role

The day Ann Bigelow felt the discrepancy was the day she got involved with The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). “I worked as an accountant for many years before coming to Western. Here, I work with a group of accountants and we teach (in the...

Partnership offer a new reality about the past

Partnership offer a new reality about the past

If you’ve already visited the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, chances are you walked through its Indigenous village reconstruction in northwest London. You’ve probably seen the reconstructed longhouse, too. But you haven’t seen it like this. Visit the museum now and...

Police: Weekends avoid major issues

Police: Weekends avoid major issues

Reunion and Homecoming weekends avoided any major incidents, with the exception of large-crowd issues associated to the Broughdale Avenue area for Reunion Weekend, according to a report issued by London Police Service Wednesday. “We want to take this opportunity to...

Rewarding work leading to success

Rewarding work leading to success

When Julaine Hall took over the Research Development Consultant (Awards & Distinctions) position three years ago, she was jokingly told if she got one Royal Society of Canada Fellowship award, she could keep her job. She helped nab six. “No one was nominating each...

de Boer: Is this generation ‘soft’?

de Boer: Is this generation ‘soft’?

I recently had Thanksgiving dinner with some of my extended family. A range of generations was represented at the table. My boyfriend and I were the youngest in attendance, as we’re both in our twenties. My cousin and his wife are in their late-thirties and my aunt...

Winders: Get a machete – Senate deep in weeds

Winders: Get a machete – Senate deep in weeds

Someone had to say something at some point, right? Senate has been in an odd place since the events of last year. It is working through its transparency issues – still somewhat clumsily, not yet in lockstep. And that is OK. It is never easy to see the bureaucratic...

Western slides a spot in Maclean’s rankings

Western slides a spot in Maclean’s rankings

Western slid down one spot from last year, landing tied for No. 8 in the 2017 Maclean’s University Rankings, released Oct. 26. The self-professed “holy book for anyone planning their education in Canada” ranked McGill University first in the Medical Doctoral category,...

No violation over Reunion Weekend controversy

No violation over Reunion Weekend controversy

Following an investigation by Campus Community Police Service, Western found no breach of the Student Code of Conduct occurred regarding the four students photographed beneath a banner reading ‘Western Lives Matter’ in a widely circulated photograph from Reunion...

Thinking differently about homelessness

Thinking differently about homelessness

One of the leading voices in approaching homelessness as a solvable problem in London, and increasingly in Canada, Abe Oudshoorn has been named the 2016 Western Humanitarian Award winner.

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Since graduate school, Eva Turley has been interested in how and why cells move in our bodies. This curiosity led to her discovering, characterizing and cloning RHAMM, a protein that regulates cell movement and stem cell differentiation, during the early 1980s. Fast...

UWOFA prez brings unique perspective to role

UWOFA prez brings unique perspective to role

The day Ann Bigelow felt the discrepancy was the day she got involved with The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). “I worked as an accountant for many years before coming to Western. Here, I work with a group of accountants and we teach (in the...

Partnership offer a new reality about the past

Partnership offer a new reality about the past

If you’ve already visited the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, chances are you walked through its Indigenous village reconstruction in northwest London. You’ve probably seen the reconstructed longhouse, too. But you haven’t seen it like this. Visit the museum now and...

Police: Weekends avoid major issues

Police: Weekends avoid major issues

Reunion and Homecoming weekends avoided any major incidents, with the exception of large-crowd issues associated to the Broughdale Avenue area for Reunion Weekend, according to a report issued by London Police Service Wednesday. “We want to take this opportunity to...

Rewarding work leading to success

Rewarding work leading to success

When Julaine Hall took over the Research Development Consultant (Awards & Distinctions) position three years ago, she was jokingly told if she got one Royal Society of Canada Fellowship award, she could keep her job. She helped nab six. “No one was nominating each...

de Boer: Is this generation ‘soft’?

de Boer: Is this generation ‘soft’?

I recently had Thanksgiving dinner with some of my extended family. A range of generations was represented at the table. My boyfriend and I were the youngest in attendance, as we’re both in our twenties. My cousin and his wife are in their late-thirties and my aunt...

Winders: Get a machete – Senate deep in weeds

Winders: Get a machete – Senate deep in weeds

Someone had to say something at some point, right? Senate has been in an odd place since the events of last year. It is working through its transparency issues – still somewhat clumsily, not yet in lockstep. And that is OK. It is never easy to see the bureaucratic...