Each fall, biology lecturer Tom Haffie refined his teaching to best connect with more than 1,000 new undergraduates in engaging, innovative ways. As they graduated along with hundreds of others four years later, director of convocation, Donna Peterson was …
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Computer Science student takes ambition into another dimension
Talk to Mouth Abuaysha and you’ll wonder how he finds the time to pursue extracurricular activities and interests. A third-year Computer Science student who admittedly wants to excel, he is regularly inundated with schoolwork. He’s also a research assistant at...
Young scholar uses challenges to fuel goals
One day, Katelyn Greer may pioneer advances in the field of medicine she already knows too much about. Having suffered a trio of concussions, the most recent less than eight months ago, the first-year Medical Sciences student is more than familiar with the injury’s...
Alumnus soars through rarefied air
When Western alumnus Ryan Kean returns to London later this year, he’ll more than likely fly by campus briefly. That’s what you do when you pilot a multi-million dollar CF-18 Hornet that tops out at 1,900 km/h. Kean, a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),...
Love for plants just grew on her
You would think a professor holding a plant seed, telling his students it could kill them, might turn one off from career in botany. Not so for Western alumna Jennifer McDonald. As an undergrad at McMaster University, McDonald was on the path to her goal of becoming a...
Student targets tweaks for diabetes patients
While exercise is an important part of managing diabetes, a new way of looking at how that exercise is accomplished throughout the day may offer relief to many Type 2 diabetes sufferers. Independent research by first-year Science student Avinash Pandey shows Type 2...
Fenton named among newest AAAS Fellows
Western Biology professor emeritus Brock Fenton has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his distinguished contributions to animal behaviour, evolution and animal communication. Fenton is considered one of the...
Of Space, Time and The Mind
A century ago this month, Albert Einstein achieved his long-sought theory of gravitation, the General Theory of Relativity, by publically debuting it during presentations to the Prussian Academy in November 1915. A seminal text, this paper led to a scientific...
‘Hole’ lotta force: Punching holes in the theory of General Relativity
Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was a new way of describing gravity, and it had some unexpected consequences. One of these regarded the description of an object collapsing under its own gravitational pull. If the object is sufficiently dense, no force is...
Final frontier has been PhD student’s first choice
Growing up watching Star Trek, Tanya Harrison wanted to be like Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott from the original series or Geordi La Forge from The Next Generation. And, in a roundabout way, she’s working on this intergalactic dream.
Western, Merrymount launch Wright Centre
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...
Jamieson: All things, all people have a role
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.
Krebs: Defend the Enlightenment values
Remember and adhere to the values of the Enlightenment while striving to better the world around you, said John Krebs, former Principal of Jesus College at the University of Oxford.
Computer Science student takes ambition into another dimension
Talk to Mouth Abuaysha and you’ll wonder how he finds the time to pursue extracurricular activities and interests. A third-year Computer Science student who admittedly wants to excel, he is regularly inundated with schoolwork. He’s also a research assistant at...
Young scholar uses challenges to fuel goals
One day, Katelyn Greer may pioneer advances in the field of medicine she already knows too much about. Having suffered a trio of concussions, the most recent less than eight months ago, the first-year Medical Sciences student is more than familiar with the injury’s...
Alumnus soars through rarefied air
When Western alumnus Ryan Kean returns to London later this year, he’ll more than likely fly by campus briefly. That’s what you do when you pilot a multi-million dollar CF-18 Hornet that tops out at 1,900 km/h. Kean, a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),...
Love for plants just grew on her
You would think a professor holding a plant seed, telling his students it could kill them, might turn one off from career in botany. Not so for Western alumna Jennifer McDonald. As an undergrad at McMaster University, McDonald was on the path to her goal of becoming a...
Student targets tweaks for diabetes patients
While exercise is an important part of managing diabetes, a new way of looking at how that exercise is accomplished throughout the day may offer relief to many Type 2 diabetes sufferers. Independent research by first-year Science student Avinash Pandey shows Type 2...
Fenton named among newest AAAS Fellows
Western Biology professor emeritus Brock Fenton has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his distinguished contributions to animal behaviour, evolution and animal communication. Fenton is considered one of the...
Of Space, Time and The Mind
A century ago this month, Albert Einstein achieved his long-sought theory of gravitation, the General Theory of Relativity, by publically debuting it during presentations to the Prussian Academy in November 1915. A seminal text, this paper led to a scientific...
‘Hole’ lotta force: Punching holes in the theory of General Relativity
Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was a new way of describing gravity, and it had some unexpected consequences. One of these regarded the description of an object collapsing under its own gravitational pull. If the object is sufficiently dense, no force is...
Final frontier has been PhD student’s first choice
Growing up watching Star Trek, Tanya Harrison wanted to be like Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott from the original series or Geordi La Forge from The Next Generation. And, in a roundabout way, she’s working on this intergalactic dream.
Western, Merrymount launch Wright Centre
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...
Jamieson: All things, all people have a role
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.
Krebs: Defend the Enlightenment values
Remember and adhere to the values of the Enlightenment while striving to better the world around you, said John Krebs, former Principal of Jesus College at the University of Oxford.