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Western PhD students named Vanier scholars

Western PhD students named Vanier scholars

Five Western PhD candidates are among 166 nationwide recipients of the 2021-2022 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. These five Vanier scholars are engaged in world-class research in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and in the Faculty of S …

UWOFA scholarships announced

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) awarded 36 scholarships to students from 11 Western faculties. The awards, funded by the UWOFA membership, were handed out at an event on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in the Great Hall, Somerville House.

Western News names Newsmakers 2012

We’ve got ‘Next’ In December, six Western students from three faculties were selected as part of 'The Next 36' – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. Pictured are, from left, Lauren Hasegawa (Faculty of Engineering); Owen Ou, Ali Jiwani...

Campus Digest: Rocket fizzles before launch

The London Rocket, a new student-run start-up originally set to operate a low-cost bus service to students travelling from Western to the Greater Toronto Area during the winter exam period, has been forced to shut down due to a legal dispute initiated by Greyhound Canada.

Six students named among Canada’s Next 36

Six students named among Canada’s Next 36

Six Western students from three faculties have been selected as part of ‘The Next 36’ – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates.

Countdown on for student-built Rocket

For some Western students, the savings couldn’t come at a better time. With the holiday season around the corner, students will have more money in their pockets, thanks to The London Rocket, a new, more affordable means of travelling home.

Study: Gender still an issue in university research

Study: Gender still an issue in university research

A newly released report by the Council of Canadian Academies, co-authored by Western Organizational Behavior professor Alison M. Konrad and Anatomy and Cell Biology professor Lynne-Marie Postovit, says despite significant progress in the representation of women in the university research ranks, there are still gender equity challenges that must be overcome.

Whalley to share insights on CBC’s ‘Ideas’

Whalley to share insights on CBC’s ‘Ideas’

Western Economics professor John Whalley will joined his fellow 2012 Canada Council Killam Prize Winners at the first Killam Prize Symposium held 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20 at Rideau Hall.

Future of justice

Future of justice

There are trade-offs between the kinds of justice that victims and others rightly demand, and the compromises that must be made to take dictators and warlords out of power, or to maintain the functioning apparatus of government, and so on.

Study: Climate change to blame for unusual tree growth patterns

New findings from an international research team led by Western Geography professor Brian Luckman, based on tree-ring patterns, show unusual patterns of tree growth in the Southern Hemisphere relating to recent changes in the atmospheric circulation.

Ignatieff calls for end to the politics of ‘Us and Them’

Personal attacks and political squabbling – whether heard in the House of Commons or during one of the recent U.S. presidential debates – are symptomatic of poor partisanship, the kind that deters the general public and stands in the way of democracy.

Beckett: Renewing questions on academic freedom

Beckett: Renewing questions on academic freedom

One should expect a decent demonstration of scholarship from the Social Sciences dean Brian Timney – or at least the good judgment to refrain from relaunching his obvious personal animosities toward a just-deceased former colleague, J. Philippe Rushton, as Timney London Free Press story.

Student follows an inspired path

Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.

UWOFA scholarships announced

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) awarded 36 scholarships to students from 11 Western faculties. The awards, funded by the UWOFA membership, were handed out at an event on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in the Great Hall, Somerville House.

Western News names Newsmakers 2012

We’ve got ‘Next’ In December, six Western students from three faculties were selected as part of 'The Next 36' – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. Pictured are, from left, Lauren Hasegawa (Faculty of Engineering); Owen Ou, Ali Jiwani...

Campus Digest: Rocket fizzles before launch

The London Rocket, a new student-run start-up originally set to operate a low-cost bus service to students travelling from Western to the Greater Toronto Area during the winter exam period, has been forced to shut down due to a legal dispute initiated by Greyhound Canada.

Six students named among Canada’s Next 36

Six students named among Canada’s Next 36

Six Western students from three faculties have been selected as part of ‘The Next 36’ – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates.

Countdown on for student-built Rocket

For some Western students, the savings couldn’t come at a better time. With the holiday season around the corner, students will have more money in their pockets, thanks to The London Rocket, a new, more affordable means of travelling home.

Study: Gender still an issue in university research

Study: Gender still an issue in university research

A newly released report by the Council of Canadian Academies, co-authored by Western Organizational Behavior professor Alison M. Konrad and Anatomy and Cell Biology professor Lynne-Marie Postovit, says despite significant progress in the representation of women in the university research ranks, there are still gender equity challenges that must be overcome.

Whalley to share insights on CBC’s ‘Ideas’

Whalley to share insights on CBC’s ‘Ideas’

Western Economics professor John Whalley will joined his fellow 2012 Canada Council Killam Prize Winners at the first Killam Prize Symposium held 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20 at Rideau Hall.

Future of justice

Future of justice

There are trade-offs between the kinds of justice that victims and others rightly demand, and the compromises that must be made to take dictators and warlords out of power, or to maintain the functioning apparatus of government, and so on.

Study: Climate change to blame for unusual tree growth patterns

New findings from an international research team led by Western Geography professor Brian Luckman, based on tree-ring patterns, show unusual patterns of tree growth in the Southern Hemisphere relating to recent changes in the atmospheric circulation.

Ignatieff calls for end to the politics of ‘Us and Them’

Personal attacks and political squabbling – whether heard in the House of Commons or during one of the recent U.S. presidential debates – are symptomatic of poor partisanship, the kind that deters the general public and stands in the way of democracy.

Beckett: Renewing questions on academic freedom

Beckett: Renewing questions on academic freedom

One should expect a decent demonstration of scholarship from the Social Sciences dean Brian Timney – or at least the good judgment to refrain from relaunching his obvious personal animosities toward a just-deceased former colleague, J. Philippe Rushton, as Timney London Free Press story.

Student follows an inspired path

Grace Nasri is intent on paving an independent path outside the physician footsteps of her parents – even if the end goal remains the same.