Western University’s Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences is hosting the London edition of the 2014 International Math Kangaroo Contest, a game-styled math contest for students from grade one to twelve on Sunday, March 23 at 11:00am. In 2013,...
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Western to honour international players at 303rd convocation
Fourteen distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees when Western University hosts its 303rd Convocation this June.The ceremonies, featuring convocation addresses by the honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days:Shawn Atleo Tuesday,...
Bob Rae discusses Ring of Fire mining development at Western Law
The Hon. Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario and former leader of the federal Liberal party, will speak about the widely publicized Northern Ontario Ring of Fire mining development on Thursday, March 20 at Western University. The event, presented by Western's Mining...
Classes Without Quizzes explores asteroids, comets and collisions with Earth
Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, will provide a view from space on Thursday, March 20, exploring the constant bombardment of Earth by meteor storms and asteroids.Western Astronomy professor Margaret...
FactCheck.org co-creator to deliver lecture at Western’s Centre for American Studies
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a nationally recognized authority on American political communication and rhetoric, and the discourse of presidential campaigns, will present "Implications of the Attack on Fact in Politics" at Western University's Centre for American Studies...
Google graphing tool co-creator headlines Big Data SSHRC event at Western
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) developed its Imagining Canada's Future initiative to identify future challenge areas for the country in an evolving global context that are likely to emerge in next five, 10 and 20 years. One of...
Engineering students compete for ‘best in Canada’ title
A countdown is typically the last thing uttered by a hospital patient before being sedated for a procedure. But finding a way for patients to communicate with doctors after the sedation takes hold is a challenge Western Engineering students took on as participants in...
Majority of transgender patients report negative experiences in Emergency Departments
A new study out of Western University has found the majority of transgender patients in Ontario have had a negative experience when it comes to receiving emergency department (ED) care.  The findings by first author Greta Bauer, PhD, is in press at the Annals...
Advocate for women in engineering to present Lynda Shaw lecture
Cristina Amon is known as a trailblazer and titan of engineering on both sides of the border. The Dean of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Alumni Professor of Bioengineering in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering since...
Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson to speak on human rights at Western
The Right Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada, will deliver the 2014 Claude & Elaine Pensa Lecture on Human Rights at Western University on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Rm. 38, Faculty of Law Building. Adrienne Clarkson, who has...
CIBC Centre suggests expansion of income-based repayment for student loans
With three-year student loan default rates of nearly 15 per cent in both the United States and Canada, concerns naturally arise that some students may be choosing not to repay their loans even when they are in a position to do so. At the same time, there are growing...
A day after NHL trade deadline, Brian Burke comes to Western University
Just one day after the NHL Trade Deadline, Brian Burke, President of Hockey Operations for the Calgary Flames, will be coming to London to speak to Western University students about working in the highly competitive sports industry. The event, scheduled for Thursday,...