Western’s Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing is responding to increased demand for more practice ready registered nurses (RNs) with enhancements that include a new 19-month program for registered practical nurses (RPNs) to obtain a Bachelor of Scienc …
Campus & Community
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.
Lamothe: Column makes the problem ‘real’ to all
I want to congratulate Adela Talbot for her opinion piece (Ignoring research puts lives on the line, April 19).
Winders: Opinion deserves scorn, not firing
The search for truth occasionally involves shouting down a few fools along the way. Take Naomi Schaefer Riley, for instance.
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
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...
Writer-in-residence stresses sharing an honest story
Whether she’s writing or telling them to an audience, such are the stories Ivan Coyote likes to tell.
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.
Group’s effort reflects ‘value’ of education
Sometimes it takes students to help other students. Even if they’re half a world apart.
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.
Lamothe: Column makes the problem ‘real’ to all
I want to congratulate Adela Talbot for her opinion piece (Ignoring research puts lives on the line, April 19).
Winders: Opinion deserves scorn, not firing
The search for truth occasionally involves shouting down a few fools along the way. Take Naomi Schaefer Riley, for instance.
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
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...
Writer-in-residence stresses sharing an honest story
Whether she’s writing or telling them to an audience, such are the stories Ivan Coyote likes to tell.
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.
Group’s effort reflects ‘value’ of education
Sometimes it takes students to help other students. Even if they’re half a world apart.