As an undergraduate student at the University of Ghana, Ivy Osei was surprised to discover in herself a passion for learning – and teaching others – about traditional folk games. Now a student of Master of Arts in kinesiology in the field of …
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Best books of 2017, according to Western
As 2017 winds down, Western News brings you a list of book recommendations from members of our campus community. Included are the year’s favourite reads from students, staff, faculty and alumni.
Newsmakers: The Image
#ILookLikeASurgeon Female surgeons and residents from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London gathered in operating rooms across the city to add their voices to a global rallying cry for women...
Newsmakers: The Next Generation
Sarah Svenningsen Sarah Svenningsen, who completed her PhD in Medical Biophysics at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry last year, received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in 2017, presented by the Council of Ontario Universities, which recognizes...
Newsmakers: The Author
David Huebert Over the past four years, Peninsula Sinking has shed its skin many times. English PhD candidate David Huebert first workshopped the short-story collection in 2013 with award-winning writer and University of Toronto professor David Layton. It was only...
Newsmakers: The Poet
Erik Mandawe Erik Mandawe, BA’17 (Music), was recently named by the London Arts Council (LAC) as its first Artist in Residence in 2017. Like the music he creates, he is an ever-shifting landscape. He studied anthropology in Siberia and Toronto, graduated with a music...
Newsmakers: The Reviver
Madalena Kozachuk For Madalena Kozachuk, it’s all about bringing history back into focus. And her attempts to do so garnered much attention earlier this year. The Western PhD student is working to preserve 19th Century Canadian artifacts by analyzing the chemical...
Newsmakers: The Advocate
Christy Bressette When Christy Bressette, BA’95 (Brescia), BEd’96, PhD’08, first stepped onto Western’s campus more than two decades ago, it was “an isolating experience.” Thankfully, this won’t be the case for an incoming student today. In the coming year, Bressette...
Newsmakers: The Showman
Michael Rubinoff Only four Canadian musicals in history have seen the light of day on Broadway. In 2017, producer Michael Rubinoff’s Come From Away – a heart-warming tale of kindness and generosity in the face of tragedy – made it to No. 5. Rubinoff, BA’98, LLB’01,...
Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy
Dr. Adam Kassam didn’t set out to be an advocate. But a commitment to diversity, and a firm belief in speaking up, drove the Chief Resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to his computer...
Archives, alumni bring London’s past to page
From the Vault: A Photo History of London, curated and published by Western alumni, features 1,000-plus black-and-white photographs from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives at Western Archives.
Coffee leads to award-winning collaboration
At 10:30 a.m. on weekday mornings, Robarts Research Institute trainees come together for coffee and conversation. While it is an informal social opportunity, given the environment, science and collaboration often come up. And it was such a chance encounter over coffee...
Signaling awareness in anaesthetized patients
For every 1,000 patients undergoing surgery and receiving general anaesthesia, one or two will wake up during the procedure, unable to move, speak or otherwise indicate to doctors they are conscious and aware of what is happening. Western researchers who have already...
Best books of 2017, according to Western
As 2017 winds down, Western News brings you a list of book recommendations from members of our campus community. Included are the year’s favourite reads from students, staff, faculty and alumni.
Newsmakers: The Image
#ILookLikeASurgeon Female surgeons and residents from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London gathered in operating rooms across the city to add their voices to a global rallying cry for women...
Newsmakers: The Next Generation
Sarah Svenningsen Sarah Svenningsen, who completed her PhD in Medical Biophysics at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry last year, received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in 2017, presented by the Council of Ontario Universities, which recognizes...
Newsmakers: The Author
David Huebert Over the past four years, Peninsula Sinking has shed its skin many times. English PhD candidate David Huebert first workshopped the short-story collection in 2013 with award-winning writer and University of Toronto professor David Layton. It was only...
Newsmakers: The Poet
Erik Mandawe Erik Mandawe, BA’17 (Music), was recently named by the London Arts Council (LAC) as its first Artist in Residence in 2017. Like the music he creates, he is an ever-shifting landscape. He studied anthropology in Siberia and Toronto, graduated with a music...
Newsmakers: The Reviver
Madalena Kozachuk For Madalena Kozachuk, it’s all about bringing history back into focus. And her attempts to do so garnered much attention earlier this year. The Western PhD student is working to preserve 19th Century Canadian artifacts by analyzing the chemical...
Newsmakers: The Advocate
Christy Bressette When Christy Bressette, BA’95 (Brescia), BEd’96, PhD’08, first stepped onto Western’s campus more than two decades ago, it was “an isolating experience.” Thankfully, this won’t be the case for an incoming student today. In the coming year, Bressette...
Newsmakers: The Showman
Michael Rubinoff Only four Canadian musicals in history have seen the light of day on Broadway. In 2017, producer Michael Rubinoff’s Come From Away – a heart-warming tale of kindness and generosity in the face of tragedy – made it to No. 5. Rubinoff, BA’98, LLB’01,...
Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy
Dr. Adam Kassam didn’t set out to be an advocate. But a commitment to diversity, and a firm belief in speaking up, drove the Chief Resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to his computer...
Archives, alumni bring London’s past to page
From the Vault: A Photo History of London, curated and published by Western alumni, features 1,000-plus black-and-white photographs from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives at Western Archives.
Coffee leads to award-winning collaboration
At 10:30 a.m. on weekday mornings, Robarts Research Institute trainees come together for coffee and conversation. While it is an informal social opportunity, given the environment, science and collaboration often come up. And it was such a chance encounter over coffee...
Signaling awareness in anaesthetized patients
For every 1,000 patients undergoing surgery and receiving general anaesthesia, one or two will wake up during the procedure, unable to move, speak or otherwise indicate to doctors they are conscious and aware of what is happening. Western researchers who have already...