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Campus smoking changes further clear the air

Campus smoking changes further clear the air

Western community members will be able to breathe a bit easier thanks to a recent expansion of the university’s smoke-free zones. However, don’t look for a totally smoke-free campus any time soon. This week, Western expanded its smoke-free zones, known as Clear Air...

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Bachelor of Medical Sciences student Mary Wang was named one of 25 Global Winners in the Undergraduate Awards (UA) annual competition, program officials announced today. She earned a Gold Medal for her paper, Does developmental social pragmatic intervention for...

Project lends hand to saving a voice

Project lends hand to saving a voice

For Tania Granadillo, the silencing of one language is like losing a part of humanity’s heritage. Hence why this summer, the Anthropology professor and students in her Language Revitalization in Practice course are joining the effort to save one.

Undergraduate Awards names shortlist

Undergraduate Awards names shortlist

On Monday, The Undergraduate Awards (UA) recognized 33 papers by 29 Western students as Highly Commended Entrants. The students were selected from an entrant pool of more than 5,000 submissions from undergraduates studying at more than 250 universities across 39...

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

As a teenager, Michael Iannozzi was warned away from being a poet. “That’s a hard route to take I was told. So I went around it a different way,” said the Linguistics masters student.

McBean off to National Music Festival

McBean off to National Music Festival

Violist Katie McBean is heading to Edmonton next month to compete at the National Music Festival, hosted annually by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF). McBean, a fourth-year BMus (Music Education) student in Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Sharon...

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

This fall, four high-achieving students will begin their undergraduate degrees at Western as recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, a prestigious award given to 50 select students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) at...

‘Junk’ discovery unlocks future possibilities

‘Junk’ discovery unlocks future possibilities

Amelia Carver now checks her email’s junk folder regularly as that is where the Cawthra Park Secondary School student found out she was a Schulich Leader and the recipient of an $80,000 scholarship to attend Western Engineering this fall.

Award to stoke imagination of young research mind

Award to stoke imagination of young research mind

Sandra Sabongui loves the elegance of biology and chemistry. And now, after earning a $60,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship, the Grade 12 Toronto Montessori School (TMS) student will study the disciplines she says have the “potential to improve the lives of billions and...

Campus smoking changes further clear the air

Campus smoking changes further clear the air

Western community members will be able to breathe a bit easier thanks to a recent expansion of the university’s smoke-free zones. However, don’t look for a totally smoke-free campus any time soon. This week, Western expanded its smoke-free zones, known as Clear Air...

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Bachelor of Medical Sciences student Mary Wang was named one of 25 Global Winners in the Undergraduate Awards (UA) annual competition, program officials announced today. She earned a Gold Medal for her paper, Does developmental social pragmatic intervention for...

Project lends hand to saving a voice

Project lends hand to saving a voice

For Tania Granadillo, the silencing of one language is like losing a part of humanity’s heritage. Hence why this summer, the Anthropology professor and students in her Language Revitalization in Practice course are joining the effort to save one.

Undergraduate Awards names shortlist

Undergraduate Awards names shortlist

On Monday, The Undergraduate Awards (UA) recognized 33 papers by 29 Western students as Highly Commended Entrants. The students were selected from an entrant pool of more than 5,000 submissions from undergraduates studying at more than 250 universities across 39...

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

As a teenager, Michael Iannozzi was warned away from being a poet. “That’s a hard route to take I was told. So I went around it a different way,” said the Linguistics masters student.

McBean off to National Music Festival

McBean off to National Music Festival

Violist Katie McBean is heading to Edmonton next month to compete at the National Music Festival, hosted annually by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF). McBean, a fourth-year BMus (Music Education) student in Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Sharon...

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

This fall, four high-achieving students will begin their undergraduate degrees at Western as recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, a prestigious award given to 50 select students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) at...

‘Junk’ discovery unlocks future possibilities

‘Junk’ discovery unlocks future possibilities

Amelia Carver now checks her email’s junk folder regularly as that is where the Cawthra Park Secondary School student found out she was a Schulich Leader and the recipient of an $80,000 scholarship to attend Western Engineering this fall.

Award to stoke imagination of young research mind

Award to stoke imagination of young research mind

Sandra Sabongui loves the elegance of biology and chemistry. And now, after earning a $60,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship, the Grade 12 Toronto Montessori School (TMS) student will study the disciplines she says have the “potential to improve the lives of billions and...