News Archive
2020
- Continuing Studies plans return to main campus (July 6)
- Forchuk and McNeil named 2020 Hellmuth Prize winners (July 2)
- Western creates new leadership role, advisory council to chart path forward for anti-racism (June 22)
- Trio of Western PhD candidates named Vanier Scholars (June 19)
- BrainsCAN postdoc awarded Banting Fellowship (June 19)
- Western signs Canadian universities climate charter (June 18)
- Western alumni Poloz, Beatty and Wells to serve Ivey economic think tank (June 15)
- New office elevates Indigenous presence across campus (June 12)
- Western moves up in QS World University rankings (June 12)
- Western partners with Bell on 5G research initiative (June 11)
- President Shepard presents to House of Commons Finance Committee re COVID-19 (June 2)
- Labatt family gift supports nursing education and research (May 13)
- University investment pushes pandemic research forward (May 13)
- Discovery Grants back 75 Western research projects (May 7)
- Lesley Rigg named Vice-President (Research) (Apr 27)
- Western 26th in global THE Impact Rankings (Apr 23)
- 20 Western projects awarded $2.7M in SSHRC Insight grants (Apr 22)
- CIHR awards $1M to study treatment for first responders with PTSD (Apr 21)
- Summer program opens research up to undergraduates (Apr 21)
- Gallagher and Daley help steer CanCOVID network initiative (Apr 13)
- Musicologist Grier named Guggenheim Fellow (Apr 13)
- El Naggar and MacDermid named Distinguished University Professors (Apr 8)
- $1M catalyst fund supports pandemic research (Apr 2)
- Advanced Manufacturing pivots to face shields (Mar 29)
- Conflict zone tech deploys to COVID-19 front lines (Mar 24)
- Federal funding backs Western COVID-19 research (Mar 20)
- Western researchers begin work on COVID-19 vaccine (Mar 19)
- Researcher optimistic as crisis hits close to home (Mar 19)
- Med students unite to aid health-care colleagues (Mar 18)
- University rallies to move courses online (March 17)
- Student team delivers during COVID-19 crisis (March 16)
- Eight faculty honoured for teaching excellence (March 12)
- President’s statement on COVID-19 effort (March 12)
- President’s statement on COVID-19 efforts (March 11)
- QS names seven Western programs among global elite (March 4)
- Baron named to head Western International efforts (Feb 20)
- Zecevic named 3M National Teaching Fellow (Feb 20) - VIDEO
- Althea Blackburn-Evans named Chief Communications Officer (Feb 19)
- Western unveils $619K in support of United Way (Feb 5)
- Western's president makes Budget 2020 pitch for universities (Feb 4)
- Anti-Racism Working Group schedules listening sessions for campus community (Jan 30)
- Memorial service honours Flight PS752 victims (video) (Jan 15)
- Moment of silence and memorial service honours victims of FS752 (Jan 14)
- Vigil honours students lost in Flight PS752 (Jan 8)
- Psychologist Gerstein, former Chancellor, dies (Jan 8)
- Alumni named among Order of Canada recipients (Jan 6)
- Dr. John Yoo named next Dean of Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Jan 6)
2019
- Western mourns passing of Richard M. Ivey (Dec 31)
- Celebrating the year that was 2019 (Dec 12)
- Regional imaging excellence at heart of partnership with Siemens Healthineers (Dec 10)
- Liao named among 2021 Schwarzman Scholars (Dec 9)
- Remember 30: The École Polytechnique Massacre (Dec 5)
- Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful (Nov 27)
- Hickey named among Rhodes Scholars (Nov 27)
- Western, RBC team up on data analytics, AI (Nov 21)
- Western pair earns Atlohsa Peace Awards (Nov 4)
- President striking working group to target racism on campus (Oct 31)
- Thompson Centre launches to advance engineering education and innovation (Oct 28)
- First-ever joint installation ceremony welcomes Shepard, Hasenfratz (Oct 22)
- Hasenfratz installation address: Love finding ways to connect (Oct 22) - VIDEO
- Shepard installation address: Meet challenges of future together (Oct 22) - VIDEO
- Vanguard Award winners celebrated for market-ready innovation (Oct 21)
- Alumna Linda Hasenfratz brings fire to Chancellor role (Oct 18)
- Alumnus David Malloy installed as King’s Principal (Oct 18)
- Western alumni and students fill London’s Top 20 Under 20 list (Oct 16)
- Staff Award of Excellence recipients named for 2019 (Oct 10)
- Western launches new interdisciplinary space institute (Oct 7)
- Dozen Western projects funded by Ontario research grant programs (Oct 4)
- Survey seeks input on Western’s sexual violence policy (Oct 4)
- Western moves up in Maclean’s rankings (Oct 3)
- Kindness key for OCUFA award honoree Irwin (Oct 2)
- Mayor: Broughdale response ‘cause for optimism’ (Sep 30)
- Nature Index ranks Western tops in Canada for science research (Sep 26)
- dentalcorp donates $1 million to support Schulich Dentistry (Sep 26)
- Alan Shepard's address to Western's Leaders' Forum (Sep 19) - VIDEO
- Architect named to shape new Indigenous Learning Space (Sep 19)
- Alumni take top honours at global Undergraduate Awards competition (Sep 17)
- President's Alumni Tour kicks off October 1
- Chambers, MacDermid and Menon named RSC Fellows (Sep 10)
- Forsyth and Flynn named to RSC's College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists (Sep 10)
- Daley to lead development of campus-wide data strategy (Sep 10)
- Banerjee awarded Fulbright Fellowship to explore synchrotron tech in mining industry (Sep 10)
- Collaboration key to postsecondary success (Sep 10)
- Campus springs back to life as fall term begins (Sep 3)
- HEALab leads 10,000 kids to active living (Aug 30)
- Study turns attention to rural homelessness (Aug 30)
- Med school admission changes open new doors for aspiring doctors (Aug 26)
- University's role in society at heart of new course (Aug 19)
- Two Western students named among Schulich Leaders (Aug 19)
- Six Western projects earn CFI backing (Aug 12)
- New programs showcase grad student skills to employers (Aug 12)
- Two alumni named among Canada's top immigrants (July 21)
- Democracy project leads list of recent Western SSHRC recipients (July 17)
- CIHR backs 10 Western-led projects (July 17)
- Prichard ready to 'set the table' for success (July 17)
- Western Pride celebrates identity, inclusion (July 15)
- Western welcomes international admissions counselors (July 9)
