When Ethan Li arrives at Western this fall, he’ll bring a peace of mind and confidence he gained attending Community Connections, an optional, immersive experience for incoming students. Et …
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PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate Anusha Ratneswaran first became interested in studying Osteoarthritis when she saw the effects of the disease first hand while working as a kinesiologist in a cardiac rehabilitation program. “Many of the patients with...
Student’s undiscovered joy takes top prize
One summer at her cottage, Emma Hunt powered through 20 books. That’s how much she loves to read. But it wasn’t until recently the first-year Foods and Nutrition student at Brescia University College discovered she enjoyed writing, perhaps just as much.
Inaugural class takes its place in the world
From a young age, Gracia Mabaya knew she wanted to play a role in improving health care and living conditions around the world. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she watched other children dying from what should have been preventable diseases. For her, a...
Harou, Nicholas named Athletes of the Week
Football player Yannick Harou and rugby player Breanne Nicholas have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending on Oct. 26. Harou, a third-year King’s College student from Gatineau, Que., helped the Mustangs secure third place in the...
Positioned to build a smarter future
Even with access to 200 million pages of content, consuming four terabytes of disk storage, IBM’s Watson supercomputer wasn’t able to answer correctly every question during its 2011 Jeopardy appearance. The computer sometimes faltered and flopped – seemingly failing...
New email system answers students’ calls for alternative
Check your inbox soon, Western students, as the university plans to press send on a new email system for you in the coming months. Starting this fall, Western will begin the process of moving undergraduate students to Microsoft Office 365, a web-based collection of...
University makes WISE investment in the future
When it comes to finding the next ‘big idea’ around sustainability, Western wanted to tap its greatest resource. “We have wonderful research expertise on campus, and we have expertise in the city, which we partner with as well,” said Silke Nebel, a Research...
Nursing thesis tops September downloads
According to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Western’s Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository had 38,534 full-text downloads and 162 new submissions posted in September. The five most popular theses were: Barriers to Education in Homeless...
Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus
In 1979, the University Students’ Council (USC) commissioned Saskatchewan artist Douglas Bentham to create a sculpture in honour of Western’s 100th anniversary. Originally located on the Concrete Beach in front of the University Community Centre (UCC), the sculpture,...
Elite student kept in tune with industry
While growing up in the Netherlands, Koen Tholhuijsen spent countless hours in his father’s workshop. “As an electrician, he had a lot of tools hanging around. As a kid, I was extremely good at breaking stuff,” said the 25-year old. “I would always try and fix things...
Western Serves heads into the community
Advanced lessons in basic training
The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...
PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate Anusha Ratneswaran first became interested in studying Osteoarthritis when she saw the effects of the disease first hand while working as a kinesiologist in a cardiac rehabilitation program. “Many of the patients with...
Student’s undiscovered joy takes top prize
One summer at her cottage, Emma Hunt powered through 20 books. That’s how much she loves to read. But it wasn’t until recently the first-year Foods and Nutrition student at Brescia University College discovered she enjoyed writing, perhaps just as much.
Inaugural class takes its place in the world
From a young age, Gracia Mabaya knew she wanted to play a role in improving health care and living conditions around the world. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she watched other children dying from what should have been preventable diseases. For her, a...
Harou, Nicholas named Athletes of the Week
Football player Yannick Harou and rugby player Breanne Nicholas have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending on Oct. 26. Harou, a third-year King’s College student from Gatineau, Que., helped the Mustangs secure third place in the...
Positioned to build a smarter future
Even with access to 200 million pages of content, consuming four terabytes of disk storage, IBM’s Watson supercomputer wasn’t able to answer correctly every question during its 2011 Jeopardy appearance. The computer sometimes faltered and flopped – seemingly failing...
New email system answers students’ calls for alternative
Check your inbox soon, Western students, as the university plans to press send on a new email system for you in the coming months. Starting this fall, Western will begin the process of moving undergraduate students to Microsoft Office 365, a web-based collection of...
University makes WISE investment in the future
When it comes to finding the next ‘big idea’ around sustainability, Western wanted to tap its greatest resource. “We have wonderful research expertise on campus, and we have expertise in the city, which we partner with as well,” said Silke Nebel, a Research...
Nursing thesis tops September downloads
According to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Western’s Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository had 38,534 full-text downloads and 162 new submissions posted in September. The five most popular theses were: Barriers to Education in Homeless...
Bentham’s ‘Untitled’ gets a new life on campus
In 1979, the University Students’ Council (USC) commissioned Saskatchewan artist Douglas Bentham to create a sculpture in honour of Western’s 100th anniversary. Originally located on the Concrete Beach in front of the University Community Centre (UCC), the sculpture,...
Elite student kept in tune with industry
While growing up in the Netherlands, Koen Tholhuijsen spent countless hours in his father’s workshop. “As an electrician, he had a lot of tools hanging around. As a kid, I was extremely good at breaking stuff,” said the 25-year old. “I would always try and fix things...
Western Serves heads into the community
Advanced lessons in basic training
The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...