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Liao: Solar article clouds the issue

Liao: Solar article clouds the issue

An article on your site (Solar innovations see the light thanks to NSERC grant, April 19) paints a very misleading picture of the current state of photovoltaic technology.

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

New research by a team of psychologists from Canada, Italy and Switzerland shows undecided voters are not impartial, but instead reveal a preference for information that confirms their gut reactions.

Lecture to focus on ‘Education Matters’

One of the world’s best-known cognitive neuroscientists, Stanislas Dehaene, will visit Western on Monday, May 7, where he will deliver a public lecture, “Education Matters: Literacy, Numeracy and the Developing Brain.”

Distinguished University Professors take centre stage

Distinguished University Professors take centre stage

From primary health care and biochemistry to engineering and military history, three of Western’s four Distinguished University Professors will deliver their public lectures at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 in Conron Hall, University College.

Grad creates ‘recess for adults’

Kyla Woodcock has no fear about mixing business with pleasure. Just ask the scores of Londoners who’ve signed up for the seasonal sports all co-ed leagues organized by the Richard Ivey School of Business MBA grad’s 2-year-old Forest City Sport and Social Club.

Campus Digest, April 26

Budget gets BOG backing Seen as a modest step forward, Western’s Board of Governors gave their full support to the university’s 2012-13 Operating and Capital Budget at its April 18 meeting. Treading carefully into the second of its four-year budget cycle, Western’s...

Book notes, April

Book notes, April

Blackpox takes top honours Rene Natan’s recent release, The Blackpox Threat, won first place in the fiction novel category of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest, which recognizes excellence in literature. Natan is the pen name of retired Western professor Irene...

Reporting on the Harper Decade

Reporter, pundit and Maclean’s columnist Paul Wells, BA’89, has released The Harper Decade (Maclean’s, $4.99), an e-book compiling Wells’ best writing on Stephen Harper over the decade he’s been a party leader. For a man who spends his time looking out for what’s next in Ottawa, taking the time to look back has been an interesting exercise for Wells. Western News editor Jason Winders spoke with him about his new book. Just don’t ask him to sign it.

Liao: Solar article clouds the issue

Liao: Solar article clouds the issue

An article on your site (Solar innovations see the light thanks to NSERC grant, April 19) paints a very misleading picture of the current state of photovoltaic technology.

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

New research by a team of psychologists from Canada, Italy and Switzerland shows undecided voters are not impartial, but instead reveal a preference for information that confirms their gut reactions.

Lecture to focus on ‘Education Matters’

One of the world’s best-known cognitive neuroscientists, Stanislas Dehaene, will visit Western on Monday, May 7, where he will deliver a public lecture, “Education Matters: Literacy, Numeracy and the Developing Brain.”

Distinguished University Professors take centre stage

Distinguished University Professors take centre stage

From primary health care and biochemistry to engineering and military history, three of Western’s four Distinguished University Professors will deliver their public lectures at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 in Conron Hall, University College.

Grad creates ‘recess for adults’

Kyla Woodcock has no fear about mixing business with pleasure. Just ask the scores of Londoners who’ve signed up for the seasonal sports all co-ed leagues organized by the Richard Ivey School of Business MBA grad’s 2-year-old Forest City Sport and Social Club.

Campus Digest, April 26

Budget gets BOG backing Seen as a modest step forward, Western’s Board of Governors gave their full support to the university’s 2012-13 Operating and Capital Budget at its April 18 meeting. Treading carefully into the second of its four-year budget cycle, Western’s...

Book notes, April

Book notes, April

Blackpox takes top honours Rene Natan’s recent release, The Blackpox Threat, won first place in the fiction novel category of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest, which recognizes excellence in literature. Natan is the pen name of retired Western professor Irene...

Reporting on the Harper Decade

Reporter, pundit and Maclean’s columnist Paul Wells, BA’89, has released The Harper Decade (Maclean’s, $4.99), an e-book compiling Wells’ best writing on Stephen Harper over the decade he’s been a party leader. For a man who spends his time looking out for what’s next in Ottawa, taking the time to look back has been an interesting exercise for Wells. Western News editor Jason Winders spoke with him about his new book. Just don’t ask him to sign it.