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International students find new home in London

International students find new home in London

It was a long, long 40 hours of travel deserving of its own Tolkienian novel. First, computer science student Gabriel Lemos Rodrigues boarded a pre-dawn flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Heathrow Airport in London, England. Then he skipped across the Atl …

25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

In August 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered to celebrate its crumbling. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, five Western scholars reflect on that moment’s meaning.

Priestman: Reflecting on me, my Wall and I

Priestman: Reflecting on me, my Wall and I

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Nathans: Fall reminded world of power of peaceful protest

Nathans: Fall reminded world of power of peaceful protest

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

Schulich Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate Anusha Ratneswaran first became interested in studying Osteoarthritis when she saw the effects of the disease first hand while working as a kinesiologist in a cardiac rehabilitation program. “Many of the patients with...

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

World of Fantasy: The Life and Art of Anna P. Baker By Beryl Hutchinson and Roz Hermant The names of Paul Peel and Greg Kurnoe are well-established London-based artists, but so little has been said about child prodigy Anna P. Baker, born as Patricia Ethel Valentine in...

25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

In August 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered to celebrate its crumbling. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, five Western scholars reflect on that moment’s meaning.

Priestman: Reflecting on me, my Wall and I

Priestman: Reflecting on me, my Wall and I

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Nathans: Fall reminded world of power of peaceful protest

Nathans: Fall reminded world of power of peaceful protest

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

Dyczok: Rising up in a far different world

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

PhD candidate among elite Osteoarthritis researchers

Schulich Medicine & Dentistry PhD candidate Anusha Ratneswaran first became interested in studying Osteoarthritis when she saw the effects of the disease first hand while working as a kinesiologist in a cardiac rehabilitation program. “Many of the patients with...

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

Read All Over book reviews, Oct. 30

World of Fantasy: The Life and Art of Anna P. Baker By Beryl Hutchinson and Roz Hermant The names of Paul Peel and Greg Kurnoe are well-established London-based artists, but so little has been said about child prodigy Anna P. Baker, born as Patricia Ethel Valentine in...