As Canada joins NASA’s space mission to explore the mysteries of the moon within the next decade, Western will play a key role in preparing for the journey.
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PhD candidate honoured for support of women
While women remain relatively underrepresented in engineering, Elena Uchiteleva is optimistic, doing her part to build on the momentum of women entering the profession.
‘How we can’ mindset earns Cami top honours
Physics and Astronomy professor Jan Cami was recently awarded the 2019 Qilak Award for Astronomy Communications, Public Education and Research for his work in keeping Canadian eyes on the stars – and other celestial bodies, the Canadian Astronomical Society announced recently.
The Strategic Thinker
Andrew Hrymak, Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
$7M gift to establish John F. Wood Centre at Ivey
Ivey Business School has received a transformative, $7-million gift from John F. Wood, HBA ’64, to establish the John F. Wood Centre for Innovation in Business Learning. Building on Ivey’s global reputation for teaching excellence, the centre will allow Ivey to...
Provost sets down vision for changing campus
Andrew Hrymak said goodbye to his old job three times and then hello to his new one – all while never leaving his favourite campus parking space. Even for the former Western Engineering dean, that’s a nifty trick.
NCA Director: Teamwork moves all toward success
Susan Scollie will tell you – she was elected a “caretaker,” not a director. “It speaks to our collegiality; it’s a good-spirited group that is really happy to be working together. It’s a rare and positive element,” Scollie said of Western’s National Centre for...
‘Joiner and doer’ rises to PMA President post
Julia Beltrano, Technical Specialist Manager in the Department of Visual Arts, is the new president of Western’s Professional & Managerial Association. She follows Melanie Molnar from the Faculty of Education to the position.
Six named among Canadian young achievers
Six Western alumni have been named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2018, awards officials announced Thursday. Founded in 1995 by Caldwell Partners, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 is an awards program that identifies “young achievers in Canadian business, visionaries and...
Western, Canada slip in global university rankings
Western shadowed many of its fellow Canadian universities in dropping down the 2019 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University rankings, released Wednesday. In total, 17 of Canada’s 26 institutions dropped. This year, Western found itself ranked No. 214 among top...
New curator looks to broaden gallery experience
Helen Gregory’s time at McIntosh Gallery made her most recent decision one of the easiest she ever had to make.
Outreach event introduces the future to history
Pirates and punk rock. Gruesome assassinations and weird operations. More than 260 high schoolers and their teachers were treated Wednesday to an eclectic sampler of some of human history’s unheralded tales and learned why these stories are important.
Engineering Dean Hrymak named new Provost
Western Engineering Dean Andrew Hrymak will become the Provost & Vice-President (Academic), effective Aug. 1, following the approval of his appointment by Western’s Board of Governors.
Paving a way for gender justice in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone’s capital city, amidst an uneasy peace in the bloody aftermath of the country’s civil war, sat a shipping container converted into a makeshift courtroom. And inside this metal box, a team of lawyers sought to bring justice to women and young girls of...
Bringing artful partnerships to the community
With some of the city’s most intriguing works of art – and the fascinating opportunity to see their creation in real time – London’s SATELLiTE Project has become a space for artists of all ages to create what’s inspiring them. The result of a multi-way partnership...
Bringing coding for girls to the community
For adults, playing can be a break from life. For young girls in grade school, playing might just be the first step to a fulfilling career. This month, 60 young women aged 12 to 17 had fun and gained digital skills at Go CODE Girl – an annual ‘Just for Girls’ coding...
Bringing inter-generational music to the community
The atonal clatter of utensils on plates falls away to near-silence when Kristal Daniels, accompanying herself on grand piano, begins to sing a soulful Verdi love song. One elderly diner whispers to her table partner, “It is so lovely to have our own lunchtime...
Bringing fun and games to the community
Libraries are great for borrowing books, magazines and music. And now, board games, too? Thanks to a donation by Project Play – an annual gamer event co-led by Western website developer Mathew Hoy – Londoners now have free borrowing access to a range of some of the...
Using arts as a way to manage waste
By showing them beauty in waste, Western Education professor Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw is nurturing the next generation of creative problem-solvers.
Campaign fires up hiring opportunities for students
With high youth unemployment rates and loads of student debt, the picture for university graduates in 2014 did not look promising. To address this problem, Western launched the hirewesternu campaign with goals of increasing the number of employment and work integrated...