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New Ivey Academy workshop explores implementing AI in the workplace

New Ivey Academy workshop explores implementing AI in the workplace

In just a few short months, Artificial Intelligence (AI) – particularly through the recently renowned chatbot ChatGPT – has already disrupted how people and organizations work across every sector and industry. “I was impressed by how quickly it to …

Class offers a new outlook on the world

Class offers a new outlook on the world

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...

Teamwork brews up success for press

Teamwork brews up success for press

If anyone were to tout the benefits of opening yourself up to new voices, it would be Alan Kalbfleisch. Last summer, at the halfway point of earning his master’s degree in Engineering, Kalbfleisch satisfied his interest in learning more about business by taking the...

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

An unprecedented federal research funding push will position Western to radically transform humankind’s understanding of brain disorders. On Tuesday, Western’s BrainsCAN: Brain Health For Life initiative received a $66-million investment from the Canada First Research...

Sparling mourned by Western community

Sparling mourned by Western community

The Western community is mourning the death of David Sparling, Ivey Business School professor emeritus and Ontario agriculture champion, who died after a 22-month battle against brain cancer on Sunday, July 31. He was 64. Sparling’s working life began on a farm in...

Ivey honours a textbook case of success

Ivey honours a textbook case of success

Michael Pearce remembers taking the Business Decision Making course at Western in 1964. So, 10 years later, when he took over as director of the Pre-Business program, who better to join a cast of co-authors in helping ‘write the book’ on the course.

Richard Ivey Building takes top design honours

Richard Ivey Building takes top design honours

The Richard Ivey Building was recently presented with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Design Excellence in Architecture, the top honour presented by the Ontario Association of Architects.

Coyotes name alumnus Chayka as new GM

Coyotes name alumnus Chayka as new GM

The Arizona Coyotes named John Chayka, HBA’14, as the organization’s new general manager at a news conference this afternoon. The 26-year-old Chayka is the youngest GM in NHL history.

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

Toronto traded in its autumn colours for a sea of blue last fall as baseball captured the city’s imagination after a 25-year absence. The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off one miraculous comeback after another, until they met the Kansas City Royals in the American League...

‘Superhero’ effort earns case title

‘Superhero’ effort earns case title

Comic book lovers in “the downtown core of a large Canadian city” have an eight-student team of Ivey Business School students to thank for saving their beloved retail store from imaginary ruin. The 2016 Business 1220E Case Competition was won by the team of students...

Class offers a new outlook on the world

Class offers a new outlook on the world

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...

Teamwork brews up success for press

Teamwork brews up success for press

If anyone were to tout the benefits of opening yourself up to new voices, it would be Alan Kalbfleisch. Last summer, at the halfway point of earning his master’s degree in Engineering, Kalbfleisch satisfied his interest in learning more about business by taking the...

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

An unprecedented federal research funding push will position Western to radically transform humankind’s understanding of brain disorders. On Tuesday, Western’s BrainsCAN: Brain Health For Life initiative received a $66-million investment from the Canada First Research...

Sparling mourned by Western community

Sparling mourned by Western community

The Western community is mourning the death of David Sparling, Ivey Business School professor emeritus and Ontario agriculture champion, who died after a 22-month battle against brain cancer on Sunday, July 31. He was 64. Sparling’s working life began on a farm in...

Ivey honours a textbook case of success

Ivey honours a textbook case of success

Michael Pearce remembers taking the Business Decision Making course at Western in 1964. So, 10 years later, when he took over as director of the Pre-Business program, who better to join a cast of co-authors in helping ‘write the book’ on the course.

Richard Ivey Building takes top design honours

Richard Ivey Building takes top design honours

The Richard Ivey Building was recently presented with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Design Excellence in Architecture, the top honour presented by the Ontario Association of Architects.

Coyotes name alumnus Chayka as new GM

Coyotes name alumnus Chayka as new GM

The Arizona Coyotes named John Chayka, HBA’14, as the organization’s new general manager at a news conference this afternoon. The 26-year-old Chayka is the youngest GM in NHL history.

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

How Labatt’s marketing play gave birth to Jays

Toronto traded in its autumn colours for a sea of blue last fall as baseball captured the city’s imagination after a 25-year absence. The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off one miraculous comeback after another, until they met the Kansas City Royals in the American League...

‘Superhero’ effort earns case title

‘Superhero’ effort earns case title

Comic book lovers in “the downtown core of a large Canadian city” have an eight-student team of Ivey Business School students to thank for saving their beloved retail store from imaginary ruin. The 2016 Business 1220E Case Competition was won by the team of students...