Having made enormous strides in ushering Ivey Business School into its next century, dean Sharon Hodgson has announced she is retiring next year to prioritize family and personal passions. “COVID gave us all time to reflect. My reflections were focuse …
Campus & Community
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...
Martin: Transit opportunity too good to pass up
Western should rise to the challenge and welcome the proposed London Rapid Transit initiative to the car-congested campus. The light-rail transit (LRT) proposal would not only alleviate transportation challenges for students, faculty and staff commuters to the campus,...
Studying the same old song and dance of candidates
This year, Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Emily Abrams Ansari and her students are hitting the campaign trail.
Advocate to make the world ‘a little less scary’
Travis Tetreault loves to see that ‘a-ha’ moment in others. As a mental-health advocate for youth , the King’s University College student is passionate about helping peers take ownership of issues affecting them to eliminate stigma and raise mental health awareness in...
Group looks to unite family amid refugee crisis
The Western Ontario Friends for Refugees is a group of university community members helping Londoner Rania Almuradi reunite with her mother, brother and sister, who are still in Syria.
Research shines light into darker side of gaming industry
In its early days, the video game industry was perceived as a fun, high-tech business where young creative types were ‘paid to play games all day.’ Then, in 2004, in an open letter to Electronic Arts (EA) executives, a disgruntled partner of an EA employee brought the...
Violence prevention program joins Education
Today’s educators and policymakers are under enormous pressure to find ways of addressing and preventing all forms of school violence, including dating violence, homophobia and bullying. Addressing these issues is not easy. However, by using the Fourth R – a...
Putting crunch to the test
The Beltone Anechoic Chamber, housed at Western’s National Centre for Audiology, supports a wide range of research projects requiring a highly controlled sound field environment, with fields such as Music, Audiology, Hearing Science and Engineering all making use of...
Western mourns death of Don Getty
Don Getty, the Mustang football legend who later became Alberta Premier, died Friday morning of heart failure. He was age 82. “Don Getty was a Western alumnus and a generous supporter of his alma mater.” Western President Amit Chakma said this morning. “A graduate of...
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...
Martin: Transit opportunity too good to pass up
Western should rise to the challenge and welcome the proposed London Rapid Transit initiative to the car-congested campus. The light-rail transit (LRT) proposal would not only alleviate transportation challenges for students, faculty and staff commuters to the campus,...
Studying the same old song and dance of candidates
This year, Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Emily Abrams Ansari and her students are hitting the campaign trail.
Advocate to make the world ‘a little less scary’
Travis Tetreault loves to see that ‘a-ha’ moment in others. As a mental-health advocate for youth , the King’s University College student is passionate about helping peers take ownership of issues affecting them to eliminate stigma and raise mental health awareness in...
Group looks to unite family amid refugee crisis
The Western Ontario Friends for Refugees is a group of university community members helping Londoner Rania Almuradi reunite with her mother, brother and sister, who are still in Syria.
Research shines light into darker side of gaming industry
In its early days, the video game industry was perceived as a fun, high-tech business where young creative types were ‘paid to play games all day.’ Then, in 2004, in an open letter to Electronic Arts (EA) executives, a disgruntled partner of an EA employee brought the...
Violence prevention program joins Education
Today’s educators and policymakers are under enormous pressure to find ways of addressing and preventing all forms of school violence, including dating violence, homophobia and bullying. Addressing these issues is not easy. However, by using the Fourth R – a...
Putting crunch to the test
The Beltone Anechoic Chamber, housed at Western’s National Centre for Audiology, supports a wide range of research projects requiring a highly controlled sound field environment, with fields such as Music, Audiology, Hearing Science and Engineering all making use of...
Western mourns death of Don Getty
Don Getty, the Mustang football legend who later became Alberta Premier, died Friday morning of heart failure. He was age 82. “Don Getty was a Western alumnus and a generous supporter of his alma mater.” Western President Amit Chakma said this morning. “A graduate of...