It was New Year’s Day, 2016. Sarah Sklash, HBA’07, and April Brown, BMOS’06, raised their glasses to a resolution that ultimately changed their lives. “We cracked open a bottle of wine saying this would be the year we’d do something new and exci …
Social Science
Chrominska: Work hard, take risks, learn from mistakes
Success comes from an openness and willingness to adapt to new opportunities, business leader Sylvia Chrominska told graduates at the Wednesday, June 11, morning session of Western’s 303rd Convocation. “While it might appear as if I had a career or life plan, I wasn’t...
Names no game when put on Convocation stage
When it comes to saying students’ names, as they are announced on stage upon graduating from university, proper pronunciation is essential. Linguistic Anthropology professor Karen Pennesi’s recent paper, Reading and Righting the Names at a Convocation Ceremony:...
Services set for Social Science student
The Western community is mourning the death of Jordan Morrison, 22, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Saturday, March 22.
Flag to be lowered in student’s honour
The Western community is mourning the death of Jordan Morrison, 22, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Saturday, March 22.
Dyczok: Cutting through Ukraine information and disinformation
Ruslana, a Ukrainian pop star-turned-activist, sat facing Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. She had spent three months in Kiev’s Independence Square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, singing and making speeches in support of Ukraine’s right to democracy and free speech. In the middle of the night on Dec. 10, when riot police attacked the unarmed protesters, her voice could be heard from the stage and live streaming on television, calling out: “Wake up, anyone who can hear me, come out and help.”
Primatologist teams with international group to save lemurs
Lemurs, the most endangered mammal group on Earth, represent more than 20 per cent of the world’s primates. Native only to Madagascar, more than 90 per cent of the species is threatened with extinction.
New study shows alcohol impacts vision by 30 per cent
Using a 144-year-old optical illusion, Western researchers have determined drinking the legal limit of alcohol impairs some aspects of vision by 30 per cent.
UWOFA honours work of students
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.
Arsenault tells grads ‘chance will change you the most’
Today’s graduates must embrace the unknown and the lessons it will bring, said journalist Adrienne Arsenault.
Beatty: Most important accountability is to yourself
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.
Eight named Vanier Scholarship winners
Eight Western graduate students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering and/or health sciences.
Researchers explore childhood development and sleep patterns
Be it the stress of poor work-life balance and everyday living or the seemingly endless stream of technological advancement unleashed globally on a daily basis, sleep patterns have become neglected for some and nightmarish for others over the past 20 years. And it’s not adults but children that are most likely to be affected.