With lecture halls about to fill up for the new academic year, a PhD candidate working on her third degree at Western has some advice for the fresh faces embarking on their first university experience: think beyond the classroom. Kinesiology student Eri …
The makeover is just beginning for Western Libraries. When Catherine Steeves took up the post of vice provost and chief librarian last fall, she knew a strategic-planning process was on the horizon. “My vision is to position Western Libraries as a catalyst for success...
A new Western-led study may lead to more guided treatment for young cerebral palsy patients, potentially increasing effectiveness in treatment and reducing frustration for thousands of sufferers.
Volunteering abroad had been Sarah Emon’s plan since she started her studies at Western. But it took a ‘groundswell’ to make that plan a reality. “I was never satisfied with any of the volunteer programs. A lot of them are designed by Western countries, and they go in...
Sixteen distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees when Western hosts its 305th Convocation this spring. The ceremonies, featuring addresses by the honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days: Edward Byrne Schulich School of Medicine...
Up to 80 per cent of sexually active people will get an HPV (human papillomavirus) infection during their lifetime. And the prevalence peak of HPV infection occurs in the 18-24 age group – that is, university-aged individuals. However, according to one Western...
Western Science students Mohammed Asmail and Thasan Kandasamy were named among a select group of North American research poster winners at the 2015 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium in Toronto. Asmail won first prize in the Masters Category for his poster, Host...
Three Western students nabbed top honours in the 2014 Modern Languages and Literatures Photo Contest for snapshots of their varied international experiences. Last fall, students were asked to contribute one photograph of their experience abroad for an online photo...
No Western student-athlete will be left on the ‘academic sideline’ if Coleen Dalton and Bonnie Cooper have anything to say about it. For the last five years, the pair has teamed up to help first-year student-athletes transition to the most demanding academic and...
If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, wrote the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, you are sure to wake up somebody. Nobody agrees with those words more than Justin Bansal. Following graduation last year, the Business Administration major...
Students in Western’s Master of Arts in Journalism program have partnered with CBC Windsor's Afternoon Drive radio show (which broadcasts all over southwestern Ontario) to produce audio documentaries as part of their coursework. CBC Windsor is promoting the...
It’s an understatement, for sure. Around campus, especially during peak hours, city buses are crowded. They’re often late. And sometimes, when full, they roll by campus bus stops, leaving students to wait for the next ride. But times are changing and London’s public...
Kemi Ola’s research mission is to dethrone the deadliest animal on the planet – the mosquito. Consider these tiny assassins transmit life-threatening diseases, including malaria, that collectively kill more than one million people every year. With rising cross-border...
The makeover is just beginning for Western Libraries. When Catherine Steeves took up the post of vice provost and chief librarian last fall, she knew a strategic-planning process was on the horizon. “My vision is to position Western Libraries as a catalyst for success...
A new Western-led study may lead to more guided treatment for young cerebral palsy patients, potentially increasing effectiveness in treatment and reducing frustration for thousands of sufferers.
Volunteering abroad had been Sarah Emon’s plan since she started her studies at Western. But it took a ‘groundswell’ to make that plan a reality. “I was never satisfied with any of the volunteer programs. A lot of them are designed by Western countries, and they go in...
Sixteen distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees when Western hosts its 305th Convocation this spring. The ceremonies, featuring addresses by the honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days: Edward Byrne Schulich School of Medicine...
Up to 80 per cent of sexually active people will get an HPV (human papillomavirus) infection during their lifetime. And the prevalence peak of HPV infection occurs in the 18-24 age group – that is, university-aged individuals. However, according to one Western...
Western Science students Mohammed Asmail and Thasan Kandasamy were named among a select group of North American research poster winners at the 2015 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium in Toronto. Asmail won first prize in the Masters Category for his poster, Host...
Three Western students nabbed top honours in the 2014 Modern Languages and Literatures Photo Contest for snapshots of their varied international experiences. Last fall, students were asked to contribute one photograph of their experience abroad for an online photo...
No Western student-athlete will be left on the ‘academic sideline’ if Coleen Dalton and Bonnie Cooper have anything to say about it. For the last five years, the pair has teamed up to help first-year student-athletes transition to the most demanding academic and...
If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, wrote the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, you are sure to wake up somebody. Nobody agrees with those words more than Justin Bansal. Following graduation last year, the Business Administration major...
Students in Western’s Master of Arts in Journalism program have partnered with CBC Windsor's Afternoon Drive radio show (which broadcasts all over southwestern Ontario) to produce audio documentaries as part of their coursework. CBC Windsor is promoting the...
It’s an understatement, for sure. Around campus, especially during peak hours, city buses are crowded. They’re often late. And sometimes, when full, they roll by campus bus stops, leaving students to wait for the next ride. But times are changing and London’s public...
Kemi Ola’s research mission is to dethrone the deadliest animal on the planet – the mosquito. Consider these tiny assassins transmit life-threatening diseases, including malaria, that collectively kill more than one million people every year. With rising cross-border...