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Social entrepreneurs aim to dispel pandemic gloom 

Social entrepreneurs aim to dispel pandemic gloom 

Kenisha and Alisha Arora saw 2020 get dark in an awful hurry. So they battled pandemic gloom by spreading around a whole lot of light. In March 2020, when classes went online, most extracurricular activities for the busy teens abruptly halted. Reali …

Students’ pitch perfect at competition

Students’ pitch perfect at competition

A business pitch by Western students Cyrus Nambakhsh and Hassan Ahmed from the Medical Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering programs was right on target at the TechAlliance ’60 second pitch’ competition.

Western boasts eight Vanier winners

Eight Western students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada’s most prestigious scholarship for doctoral students.

Five named to Junior Team Canada

Five named to Junior Team Canada

Western students Beichen Gao, Soheil Milani, Aaron Joshua Pinto, Jonathan Vollett and Hattie Zhou are among 30 Canadian students named to Junior Team Canada.

Student earns Top 20 Under Twenty nod

From coast to coast, Kelly Lovell’s passion for change is catching on and catching eyes. The Kitchener-Waterloo native, going into her second year at Western this fall, has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under Twenty.

Student fast tracks his future

Given his dedication to and extra-curricular involvement in the community, it’s a wonder Michael Sattin had the time to study over his past three years at Western.

Student throws video lifeline to others

Erin Cowan, a third-year Nursing student, recently shared her story of a battle with mental illness via a YouTube video in which she candidly explains the ups and downs associated with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

Filmmaker stands ‘Alone’ atop festival

Gianni Bahadoorsingh, a first-year Arts and Humanities student, wrote and co-produced “All Alone_Together,” a short film that recently won the Best Relationship Drama award at the 2012 Ivey Film Festival, for its commentary on the pitfalls of social networking sites like Facebook.

Students’ pitch perfect at competition

Students’ pitch perfect at competition

A business pitch by Western students Cyrus Nambakhsh and Hassan Ahmed from the Medical Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering programs was right on target at the TechAlliance ’60 second pitch’ competition.

Western boasts eight Vanier winners

Eight Western students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada’s most prestigious scholarship for doctoral students.

Five named to Junior Team Canada

Five named to Junior Team Canada

Western students Beichen Gao, Soheil Milani, Aaron Joshua Pinto, Jonathan Vollett and Hattie Zhou are among 30 Canadian students named to Junior Team Canada.

Student earns Top 20 Under Twenty nod

From coast to coast, Kelly Lovell’s passion for change is catching on and catching eyes. The Kitchener-Waterloo native, going into her second year at Western this fall, has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under Twenty.

Student fast tracks his future

Given his dedication to and extra-curricular involvement in the community, it’s a wonder Michael Sattin had the time to study over his past three years at Western.

Student throws video lifeline to others

Erin Cowan, a third-year Nursing student, recently shared her story of a battle with mental illness via a YouTube video in which she candidly explains the ups and downs associated with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.

Filmmaker stands ‘Alone’ atop festival

Gianni Bahadoorsingh, a first-year Arts and Humanities student, wrote and co-produced “All Alone_Together,” a short film that recently won the Best Relationship Drama award at the 2012 Ivey Film Festival, for its commentary on the pitfalls of social networking sites like Facebook.