With the start of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, a Western Mustangs tradition is also afoot. Representing Team Canada, Kristen Bujnowski, BA’15, BESc’15, and Sara Villani, BA’19, are the second and third varsity track and field alumni to become Ol …
Engineering
Driving the future: Partnership answers ‘The Why’
Tobias Potyra was coming to North America. But the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology manager of operations just didn’t know where.
D’Arcy and McColl: Award should fuel ’embarrassment and outrage’
On Oct. 17, the Richard Ivey School of Business will award Rick George, recently retired CEO of Suncor Energy Inc., the 2012 Ivey Business Leader Award. By conferring this award, the university positions itself as part of the problem, effectively offering Suncor Energy an ill-deserved cloak of legitimacy.
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.
Western projects get internal boosts
Five Western projects are one step closer to moving their work toward commercialization with awards from the Western Innovation Fund (WIF).
Perfect summer running down perfect storms
This won’t be a summer at the beach for Maryam Refan. Three weeks into a summer-long stay in ‘Tornado Alley,’ the Mechanical Engineering PhD student plans to spend her holiday chasing tornadoes.
Newalta gift keys environmental research
Western’s sustainability research efforts got a $1.125 million boost last week from Newalta Corp., North America’s leading provider of resource recovery solutions.
Distinguished University Professors take centre stage
From primary health care and biochemistry to engineering and military history, three of Western’s four Distinguished University Professors will deliver their public lectures at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 in Conron Hall, University College.
Getting the fastest education on four wheels
Tyler Ouellet and Jordan Dil have put hundreds of hours into one particular extracurricular activity on campus this past year. There’s no pay, they get greasy and, at times, don’t get home until after midnight. And they wouldn’t change a thing.
Hellmuth Prizes awarded
Psychology professor John Meyer and Robarts Research Institute scientist Terry Peters have been awarded the 2012 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research.
Project eyes lead in municipal drinking water
Western Engineering professor Jose Herrera will lead a new municipal research project supported by the Canadian Water Network to develop a user-friendly model to forecast lead levels in drinking water.
‘Scary’ experience twists research
Horia Hangan knows better than almost anyone that he shouldn’t have been there.
Bridging the gap between city, university
A group of fourth-year Western Engineering students could very well have their names on a Canadian first should the City of London run with their innovative bridge design.