On Jan. 15, a tsunami warning went out to residents of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States. The warning was issued after the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano in Tonga in the Southwest Pacific. Tsunami literally mean …
Earth Sciences
Seven presented Western Award of Excellence for ‘the important difference they make’
The Western Award of Excellence represents the university’s highest level of recognition for staff members who make outstanding contributions to our campus community. Since the awards began, 63 Western staff have received the honour and more than 500 outstanding staff...
Vanier celebrates the nation’s finest
Seven Western graduate students have been named among 166 nationwide recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly...
Crater discovery’s impact echoes still today
Desmond Moser never gives up.
Creed named director of The Africa Institute
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been named director of The Africa Institute, effective May 1.
Professor pursues plastic pollutants choking ecosystem
You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.
Skating mural honours work of Fowler clinic
As a child growing up in Holland, Auke van Holst watched as more than 10,000 skaters passed on the canal behind his home during the famous 200-kilometre Eleven Cities Skating Tour. Decades later, the former Western professor has combined his love of skating with his artistic talents, as a way to say ‘thank you’ to the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic.
International team images Earth’s oldest crystal
Utilizing a new instrument that takes 3D images of individual atoms within a crystal, an international team of investigators has proved a rare sample of zircon is the oldest piece of Earth yet discovered at 4.4 billion years old.
Tsujita named 3M National Teaching Fellow
Earth Sciences professor Cameron Tsujita has been recognized by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, widely seen as the top national award for teaching leadership at the postsecondary level. Tsujita is one of 10 fellows named for 2014, and the 24th in Western’s history.
Between a rock and an artistic place
Kamilo Beach is, arguably, the world’s dirtiest beach. Located on the southeastern coast on the island of Hawaii, the beach’s sands are littered with marine debris – most of it plastic waste washed up from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Western Award of Excellence winners celebrated
Western defines excellence in many ways, but recognizes it with one award – the Western Award of Excellence.
Gift allows students, researcher to drill down for answers
Burns Cheadle is never short on questions. Now, the Petroleum Geology chair has the capacity to answer a few more of them far faster than before, thanks to a $5 million gift-in-kind from Schlumberger Canada.
2012-13 Awards for Excellence in Teaching
KATHRYN BRUSH Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities EDWARD G. PLEVA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING In her 26 years at Western, Visual Arts professor Kathryn Brush has distinguished herself as both teacher and researcher, as her research has always nourished...
Seven presented Western Award of Excellence for ‘the important difference they make’
The Western Award of Excellence represents the university’s highest level of recognition for staff members who make outstanding contributions to our campus community. Since the awards began, 63 Western staff have received the honour and more than 500 outstanding staff...
Vanier celebrates the nation’s finest
Seven Western graduate students have been named among 166 nationwide recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly...
Crater discovery’s impact echoes still today
Desmond Moser never gives up.
Creed named director of The Africa Institute
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been named director of The Africa Institute, effective May 1.
Professor pursues plastic pollutants choking ecosystem
You likely wouldn’t spot them, unless digging through the sand on your hands and knees, but a miniature plastic pest along the shoreline of the Great Lakes could result in huge headaches for the environment and, even, humans.
Skating mural honours work of Fowler clinic
As a child growing up in Holland, Auke van Holst watched as more than 10,000 skaters passed on the canal behind his home during the famous 200-kilometre Eleven Cities Skating Tour. Decades later, the former Western professor has combined his love of skating with his artistic talents, as a way to say ‘thank you’ to the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic.
International team images Earth’s oldest crystal
Utilizing a new instrument that takes 3D images of individual atoms within a crystal, an international team of investigators has proved a rare sample of zircon is the oldest piece of Earth yet discovered at 4.4 billion years old.
Tsujita named 3M National Teaching Fellow
Earth Sciences professor Cameron Tsujita has been recognized by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, widely seen as the top national award for teaching leadership at the postsecondary level. Tsujita is one of 10 fellows named for 2014, and the 24th in Western’s history.
Between a rock and an artistic place
Kamilo Beach is, arguably, the world’s dirtiest beach. Located on the southeastern coast on the island of Hawaii, the beach’s sands are littered with marine debris – most of it plastic waste washed up from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Western Award of Excellence winners celebrated
Western defines excellence in many ways, but recognizes it with one award – the Western Award of Excellence.
Gift allows students, researcher to drill down for answers
Burns Cheadle is never short on questions. Now, the Petroleum Geology chair has the capacity to answer a few more of them far faster than before, thanks to a $5 million gift-in-kind from Schlumberger Canada.
2012-13 Awards for Excellence in Teaching
KATHRYN BRUSH Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities EDWARD G. PLEVA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING In her 26 years at Western, Visual Arts professor Kathryn Brush has distinguished herself as both teacher and researcher, as her research has always nourished...