Ask health sciences professor Jim Weese how long it took him to write his latest book and he’ll tell you “Sixty-five years.” But the impetus to sit down and record The Grandpa Rules: Essential Lessons for Success in Life and Leadership came with the …
I recently read the feature article by Paul Mayne titled, Exploring the Motivations of Mompreneurs (Western News, Oct. 13).
Sure, Ariff Kachra may need a little help honing his narrative, as not everyone got the point of his recent in-class social experiment. But the lessons remain.
Former Tim Hortons CEO Don Schroeder will address the Faculty of Law 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the Moot Court Room of the Law Building as part of the school’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
For the 10th year in a row, The University of Western Ontario received top marks in the category ‘Most Satisfied Students’ in The Globe and Mail’s annual Canadian University Report.
To celebrate International Open Access Week (Oct. 24-30), Western Libraries will host a panel discussion about how researchers use technologies to open up communication with scholars around the world.
An American researcher, who will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama later today in a White House ceremony, headlines the 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE2011), which will be hosted by The University of Western Ontario at the London Convention Centre Oct. 23-26.
It hasn’t been reinvented in ages – until now. While available to many, the flush toilet remains non-existent to a vast majority of the developing world. Jason Gerhard, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, hopes to play a key role in bringing safe, reliable and sanitary toilets to billions around the world.
Andrew Lockie knows what London is facing. As executive director of United Way London & Middlesex, he has seen demand for United Way-funded services skyrocket as the city faces one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.
Ian Franklin thinks the modern oboe isn’t supposed to be heard up close.
Several University of Western Ontario athletes – both current and former – are representing Canada at the 2011 Pan/Para Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma experienced by psychiatrists, psychologists and other helping professionals can actually be an occupational hazard.
You realize we’re next, right? While the financial sector’s robber barons have taken the brunt of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s wrath, many of these protestors would be just as comfortable outside the gates of universities across the globe. To their eyes, we’re part of the problem as well.