A new study analyzing data from the 2013 – 2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has found that the number of people who report being in pain is significantly higher among LGBTQ+ adults than straight adults. Western sociology professor Anna Zajac …
Campus & Community
Bringing his energy to campus
Federal Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Bob Hamilton spoke to students, staff and faculty earlier this week at the Physics and Astronomy Building. Hamilton, who received his Honours BA and Master’s degrees in Economics from Western, discussed how his department...
University Drive Bridge closed to vehicles Saturday
University Drive Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, for load testing. The sidewalk will remain open to pedestrians during this time. The bridge has been closed to larger-scale, articulated (60-foot) London Transit...
LTC buses, Western shuttle fine-tune routes
Starting Friday, London Transit Commission (LTC) buses will provide commuters in and around the university campus with more options to get to their destination. As a result of those changes, Western has also altered the route of its free temporary shuttle service....
Choir uses music to bridge culture, memory
Danxu Ma, a Music Education master’s student, has hit a high note in the London Chinese community as the founder of the London Chinese Intergenerational Choir. Ma came to Western from Beijing, China, in 2014 and experienced feelings of anxiety over the cultural...
What exactly am I to make of Barbie’s new bod
When I first heard that Barbie was coming out with three new body types (petite, tall and curvy, in addition to the original doll’s proportions), I was torn.
Western Reads kicks off newest season
Western Reads returns with four stories of Greek gods, death-row prisoners, teenage hostages and reflections on race in America. The book club series kicks off this spring with Canadian author and former Western Writer-In-Residence André Alexis’s Fifteen Dogs. The...
Campus celebrates Indigenous culture
Western continues to host its second annual Indigenous Awareness Week, March 7-13, in celebration of local Indigenous culture, art and scholarship. Led by Western’s Indigenous Services, part of Western’s Student Experience portfolio, the weeklong event celebrates the...
University Drive Bridge work to begin this week
University officials estimate necessary repairs to and testing of University Drive Bridge will be concluded in three weeks, ending a reconfiguration of three LTC routes as a result of weight restrictions imposed March 4.
Bridge restrictions to alter bus routes Monday
The 6 Richmond, 6A Richmond and 13 Wellington routes that currently run over the University Drive Bridge will now stop at the university’s Richmond Gates.
Student batsman taking on the world’s best
Like many young Canadians growing up in the heart of sports-minded Toronto, Amish Taploo dreamed of playing for Team Canada. Only not the one that skates on ice. “It’s always hard explaining to people what cricket is, so I try not to get into it too much – unless you...
Rogan: Premature, irresponsible to make changes
I am responding to the commentary by Professors Hill and Suarez, which centered on the implications of applying CRISPR/Cas9 technology to modify the human genome (“Looking for a curator of the human species,” Western News, Feb. 25). First of all, it needs to be...
Howey: Explore greenhouse treasures
On Friday, Feb. 19, two groups from the University of Western Ontario Staff Association (UWOSA) were given a tour of the Western Greenhouses by Vicky Lightfoot, Facilities Manager in the Biology Department. They were shown both the lower greenhouses, where all the...
Bringing his energy to campus
Federal Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Bob Hamilton spoke to students, staff and faculty earlier this week at the Physics and Astronomy Building. Hamilton, who received his Honours BA and Master’s degrees in Economics from Western, discussed how his department...
University Drive Bridge closed to vehicles Saturday
University Drive Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 19, for load testing. The sidewalk will remain open to pedestrians during this time. The bridge has been closed to larger-scale, articulated (60-foot) London Transit...
LTC buses, Western shuttle fine-tune routes
Starting Friday, London Transit Commission (LTC) buses will provide commuters in and around the university campus with more options to get to their destination. As a result of those changes, Western has also altered the route of its free temporary shuttle service....
Choir uses music to bridge culture, memory
Danxu Ma, a Music Education master’s student, has hit a high note in the London Chinese community as the founder of the London Chinese Intergenerational Choir. Ma came to Western from Beijing, China, in 2014 and experienced feelings of anxiety over the cultural...
What exactly am I to make of Barbie’s new bod
When I first heard that Barbie was coming out with three new body types (petite, tall and curvy, in addition to the original doll’s proportions), I was torn.
Western Reads kicks off newest season
Western Reads returns with four stories of Greek gods, death-row prisoners, teenage hostages and reflections on race in America. The book club series kicks off this spring with Canadian author and former Western Writer-In-Residence André Alexis’s Fifteen Dogs. The...
Campus celebrates Indigenous culture
Western continues to host its second annual Indigenous Awareness Week, March 7-13, in celebration of local Indigenous culture, art and scholarship. Led by Western’s Indigenous Services, part of Western’s Student Experience portfolio, the weeklong event celebrates the...
University Drive Bridge work to begin this week
University officials estimate necessary repairs to and testing of University Drive Bridge will be concluded in three weeks, ending a reconfiguration of three LTC routes as a result of weight restrictions imposed March 4.
Bridge restrictions to alter bus routes Monday
The 6 Richmond, 6A Richmond and 13 Wellington routes that currently run over the University Drive Bridge will now stop at the university’s Richmond Gates.
Student batsman taking on the world’s best
Like many young Canadians growing up in the heart of sports-minded Toronto, Amish Taploo dreamed of playing for Team Canada. Only not the one that skates on ice. “It’s always hard explaining to people what cricket is, so I try not to get into it too much – unless you...
Rogan: Premature, irresponsible to make changes
I am responding to the commentary by Professors Hill and Suarez, which centered on the implications of applying CRISPR/Cas9 technology to modify the human genome (“Looking for a curator of the human species,” Western News, Feb. 25). First of all, it needs to be...
Howey: Explore greenhouse treasures
On Friday, Feb. 19, two groups from the University of Western Ontario Staff Association (UWOSA) were given a tour of the Western Greenhouses by Vicky Lightfoot, Facilities Manager in the Biology Department. They were shown both the lower greenhouses, where all the...