For Alanna La Rose, MBA ’21 candidate, receiving Ivey’s MBA Indigenous Entrance Scholarship is both an honour and a call to action. It signalled to her that there is work to do to support Indigenous business leaders and Indigenous youth to gain ac …
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Grad student named competition finalist
Western graduate student (MFA) Kim Neudorf has been announced as a semi-finalist by the Canadian Art Foundation in the 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Funding beyond year four?
Saad Anis faces a philosophical problem he may not be able to argue his way out of.
White asks grads to ‘share knowledge’
The secret to Mary Anne White’s success stems back to the friendships she forged and the lessons she learned 40 years ago when she started her academic career at The University of Western Ontario.
Newman calls on grads to seize ‘greatness’
Under the caps and gowns of today’s graduates stand the leaders of the most consequential generation in more than a century, says broadcast journalist Kevin Newman.
Doctors-to-be take the pulse of rural medicine
It is easy to be seduced by the glamour and resources of a metropolitan hospital or medical centre, but a rural community offers doctors a different kind of pace and practice.
Research uncovers the different sides of the ‘hood
When Chris Richardson completed his undergraduate degree in journalism, he had two choices: Beat them or join them?
Top grad students earn gold medals
Ken Valyear, who completed his PhD in Neuroscience in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and Chris Bundock, who completed his PhD in the Department of English, were selected as the two Governor General’s Gold Medal recipients as graduate students with the highest academic standing.
Donna Peterson and running the show
There was the year a student did a cartwheel across the stage. The time someone handed over a baby during the ceremony. Oh, and don’t forget the year there was a streaker.
Mustangs history gets boost from history program
Ask Michelle Hamilton and she’ll tell you Mustangs sports history at The University of Western Ontario has been more a labour of love, than academic pursuit. But for the last two years, students in her public history program have set out to change that.
Brescia OK’s plans for new residence
At a meeting on March 31, the Brescia Council of Trustees gave financial approval for the residence construction – an approximately $30 million project – to break ground in early 2012, with planned occupancy by September 2013.
University faces mental health ‘crisis’
Keeping ahead of the surging tide of students with mental health issues is an ongoing struggle, and one counselors and support services employees at The University of Western Ontario do not see quelling anytime soon.
Applied Math students catch ‘vertical air’
Three University of Western Ontario undergraduate students have a world-class edge when it comes to designing snowboarding courses. And they have the top prize to prove it.
Grad student named competition finalist
Western graduate student (MFA) Kim Neudorf has been announced as a semi-finalist by the Canadian Art Foundation in the 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Funding beyond year four?
Saad Anis faces a philosophical problem he may not be able to argue his way out of.
White asks grads to ‘share knowledge’
The secret to Mary Anne White’s success stems back to the friendships she forged and the lessons she learned 40 years ago when she started her academic career at The University of Western Ontario.
Newman calls on grads to seize ‘greatness’
Under the caps and gowns of today’s graduates stand the leaders of the most consequential generation in more than a century, says broadcast journalist Kevin Newman.
Doctors-to-be take the pulse of rural medicine
It is easy to be seduced by the glamour and resources of a metropolitan hospital or medical centre, but a rural community offers doctors a different kind of pace and practice.
Research uncovers the different sides of the ‘hood
When Chris Richardson completed his undergraduate degree in journalism, he had two choices: Beat them or join them?
Top grad students earn gold medals
Ken Valyear, who completed his PhD in Neuroscience in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and Chris Bundock, who completed his PhD in the Department of English, were selected as the two Governor General’s Gold Medal recipients as graduate students with the highest academic standing.
Donna Peterson and running the show
There was the year a student did a cartwheel across the stage. The time someone handed over a baby during the ceremony. Oh, and don’t forget the year there was a streaker.
Mustangs history gets boost from history program
Ask Michelle Hamilton and she’ll tell you Mustangs sports history at The University of Western Ontario has been more a labour of love, than academic pursuit. But for the last two years, students in her public history program have set out to change that.
Brescia OK’s plans for new residence
At a meeting on March 31, the Brescia Council of Trustees gave financial approval for the residence construction – an approximately $30 million project – to break ground in early 2012, with planned occupancy by September 2013.
University faces mental health ‘crisis’
Keeping ahead of the surging tide of students with mental health issues is an ongoing struggle, and one counselors and support services employees at The University of Western Ontario do not see quelling anytime soon.
Applied Math students catch ‘vertical air’
Three University of Western Ontario undergraduate students have a world-class edge when it comes to designing snowboarding courses. And they have the top prize to prove it.