Golden-crowned kinglet. Jack-in-the-pulpit. Eastern harvestman. Those bird, plant and spider species – plus more than 1,200 other forms of wildlife, some of them rare or at-risk – were found on Western’s campus over the last year during a biodiv …
Campus & Community
Who said fungi cannot be fun?
Botanical drawings of fungi illustrate the natural marriage between art and science, and those who attended the one-day Mushroom Festival on March 17 at The Bookcase in the John Labatt...
Change how we define success in development
Concerns about environmental sustainability and fossil fuel insecurity have convinced many countries to transition to solar, hydro, bioenergy, wind and other renewables. Since producing and distributing renewables is more labour-intensive than producing and...
Farrell: CRC’s ranks need a diversity jolt
I read the article on the Canada Research Chair appointments in the recent alumni newsletter (“Six researchers named among nation’s elite,” Western News). I would like to congratulate the recipients on their success, but am compelled to express my concern over the...
Professor pushes new future for Fukushima
Education professor Kathryn Hibbert recently travelled to Japan to work in collaboration with hospitals, governments and physician educators to ensure lessons learned at Fukushima find a way into future classrooms.
Students target campus safety with project
What started as a class assignment has turned into a call for a car-free campus to address what students describe as ‘a toxic mix’ of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
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...
Who said fungi cannot be fun?
Botanical drawings of fungi illustrate the natural marriage between art and science, and those who attended the one-day Mushroom Festival on March 17 at The Bookcase in the John Labatt...
Change how we define success in development
Concerns about environmental sustainability and fossil fuel insecurity have convinced many countries to transition to solar, hydro, bioenergy, wind and other renewables. Since producing and distributing renewables is more labour-intensive than producing and...
Farrell: CRC’s ranks need a diversity jolt
I read the article on the Canada Research Chair appointments in the recent alumni newsletter (“Six researchers named among nation’s elite,” Western News). I would like to congratulate the recipients on their success, but am compelled to express my concern over the...
Professor pushes new future for Fukushima
Education professor Kathryn Hibbert recently travelled to Japan to work in collaboration with hospitals, governments and physician educators to ensure lessons learned at Fukushima find a way into future classrooms.
Students target campus safety with project
What started as a class assignment has turned into a call for a car-free campus to address what students describe as ‘a toxic mix’ of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
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...