Sepsis. A Canadian soldier wounded at Vimy Ridge. Historical women in varsity sports. Those topics and more – meticulously researched using the library and archival resources at Western – earned undergraduate students Nicole Bussey, Victoria Chechul …
Members of the university community got their first official look at preliminary plans for Western’s newest forthcoming building earlier this month. At town hall meetings held for the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) and Faculty of Health Sciences,...
Members of the university community got their first official look at preliminary plans for Western’s newest forthcoming building earlier this month.
In the wake of the Maidan protests in November 2013, the Russian invasion in March 2014 and continuing through this week’s presidential election, Ukraine has dominated news cycles around the globe. Sponsored by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) and Faculty of Engineering, Media and Crisis in Ukraine will explore many of the issues surrounding this country in flux.
When Jason Netherton pressed rewind on his career, the 41-year-old Media Studies PhD student helped preserve a near-forgotten part of music history.
Three Western teams hope to drive away with a national campus competition’s top prize.
You may think they’re funny. Or witty. Or maybe, you think they’re a plague of today’s online culture. It’s also possible you don’t know what an ‘Internet meme’ even is.
Western’s Board of Governors recently approved the construction of a new facility to house the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). This 12,100-square-metre (130,000-square-foot) building will be located on the southwest corner of Lambton and Huron drives (former home of the Services Building).
The effects of domestic violence are not just felt inside the home, said Nadine Wathen, a professor at Western’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). Much of it spills into the workplace and places unprecedented demands on employers.
Each year, the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) awards scholarships to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties at the university. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the university community. Winners were honoured at an event Monday in the Dr. David S. Chu International Student Centre, Western Student Services Building.
Today’s graduates must embrace the unknown and the lessons it will bring, said journalist Adrienne Arsenault.
Education must never stop or slow down, and it must encompass ethics and a sense of giving back to one’s community, said Perrin Beatty, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
If apps are the new horizon of high-tech capitalism, then now, more than ever, it’s important to look over that horizon.