Western is continuing to ramp up support for graduate students hit hard by inflation and rising housing costs, offering additional needs-based funding, tripling its off-campus housing staff and adding new graduate student support services. A new Gradu …
A quick-thinking PhD student, working in conjunction with Western’s Health and Safety infrastructure, offered a textbook example of how to handle a laboratory emergency on campus this week. On Monday, Patrick Hill, a PhD student in Geology and Planetary Sciences, was...
Ali Tavallaei is making better use of his time these days. As one of three young scholars chosen as part of the recently launched Western Medical Innovation Fellowship program, his focus has been streamlined. “As a researcher working in the medical device domain, I am...
You gotta love a story about somebody who made the right move. On Monday, Patrick Hill, a soft-spoken PhD student in Geology and Planetary Sciences, who wants to discover the origins of the Moon, was thrust centre stage into a real-life, two-hour emergency scenario on...
Vicki Schwean would be happy with one. But she knows it will be many, many more than that. “If just one kid comes out of here a whole lot healthier, with much more promise for the future, then that would be awesome,” said Schwean, Dean of Western’s Faculty of...
As a child growing up in an Assyrian community in Etobicoke, Ramina Adam was encouraged by her parents to pursue higher education and follow her passion and interests. They never replaced Adam’s books with dolls or makeup, or hinted that the disciplines of science,...
On Friday, 280 students from 11 schools in the London area will gather at the Department of French Studies for the French for the Future local forum. This annual event puts the French language in the spotlight for a day of fun and learning about the advantages of...
Today’s graduates have great potential to realize a collective responsibility and leave a legacy of hope for future Canadians, said Rebecca Jamieson, President and CEO of Six Nations Polytechnic.
On the road to living a good life, there should be no delay, said J. Robert S. Prichard, non-executive chair of Torys LLP, an international business law firm.
Postdoctoral scholar Melanie Kok, PhD’15 (Neuroscience), recently earned a Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal.
You’ll find Kara-Lis Coverdale where the old and traditional meet the new and eccentric. “I had the typical, classical upbringing, had my first organist position when I was either 13 or 14. I was an organist for many years; I’m still an organist. But I’ve always been...
Western alumna Betty Vandenbosch has been named President of Kaplan University, the Kaplan University Board of Trustees announced on Oct. 13. Vandenbosch earned her PhD in Management and Information Systems from the Ivey Business School. “Betty has done an outstanding...
From 30 metres to 21 kilometres. From 90 seconds to more than two hours. These numbers are currently top-of-mind for Khadija Sheikh, a Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate. A former varsity track and field athlete at the University of Windsor, she...