August 12, 2022
Professors Joy MacDermid and Juan Luis Suárez are the 2022 recipients of the Hellmuth Prizes for Achievement in Research. (Photo source: Western Communications)
Health sciences professor Joy MacDermid and Arts & Humanities professor Juan Luis Suárez have been awarded the 2022 Hellmuth Prizes for Achievement in Research.
Kofi Richter (top, third from left) with his teaching partner, Ahsif Khair (top, second from left), and African students (Photo source: Ivey Business School)
HBA students Peter Fornasiero, Jash Kalyani and Kofi Richter share their experiences from Ivey’s Africa Service Learning study trip, an elective course that sends HBA students to schools throughout Africa to demonstrate case teaching and develop new business cases.
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Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Ruth Lanius and her research team are developing new treatments to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), guided by a new paradigm centred on sensory processing.
Adin Kennedy, Caroline Rasenberg and Grant Edwards recently created a pollinator garden at the Environmental Sciences Western Field Station (Photo source: Mitch Zimmer)
What germinated as an idea last fall is now in full bloom with the creation of a pollinator garden at the Environmental Sciences Western Field Station located north of campus on Wonderland Road.
Kenisha Arora delivered the opening address at the UN Transforming Education Pre-Summit held in Paris in June. (Submitted photo)
Medical sciences student Kenisha Arora has been invited to the UN’s 77th General Assembly in New York where she hopes to continue her conversation around the importance of education and how it could be the answer to solving the world’s greatest problems.
Western's first open educational resources (OER) grant and support program is providing five instructors with funding and in-kind supports to integrate OER into their teaching. (Photo source: Pixabay)
Faculty members are helping to make learning more equitable and affordable for students as they utilize open education resource course materials, part of a Western Libraries pilot initiative.
Working at Western
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2022 Award of Excellence nominations
Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to nominate an individual staff member or a team who make an outstanding contribution to our campus community. The nomination deadline is Friday, Sept. 30.
Course readings simplified
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Featured job opportunities
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Program Coordinator, Research Development & Services (27644)
Coordinate the launch of the Western Research Scholars Academy and help support early career researchers through mentorship and networking opportunities, learning and development activities, as well as the provision of resources.
Research Associate, Robarts (27804)
Apply your expertise to a research project under the direction of principal investigators and oversee original and independent research to achieve outcomes in the area of delayed drug hypersensitivity reactions to antibiotics.
Program Evaluation and Data Specialist, Undergraduate Medicine (27539)
Facilitate constant quality improvement within the four-year UME MD program.
Photo of the Week
Western Summer Shakespeare presents one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most farcical plays, The Comedy of Errors, outdoors in the Beryl Ivey Garden, behind University College, Aug. 18 to 21. General admission is $15, and $10 for students and seniors. (Photo source: Jo Jennings/ Faculty of Arts & Humanities)
Coming Up
The late Larry Haylor served as coach of the Western Mustangs football team from 1984 to 2006. (Photo source: Western Communications)
Friday, August 26 (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Celebration of life for Larry Haylor
The Western community, family and friends will remember and celebrate the life of former Mustangs football head coach and professor Larry Haylor on Aug. 26. The celebration of life presentation will begin at 11 a.m. at Western Alumni Stadium. Registration deadline is Aug. 22.
Wednesday, August 31 (9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Fall Perspectives on Teaching
Offered twice a year, Perspectives on Teaching is a conference designed to showcase teaching innovations at Western, and introduce instructors to best practices in student-centered instruction to enhance the student experience. This conference will feature a keynote by interdisciplinary medical sciences professor Nicole Campbell on "Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum", concurrent sessions in the morning and afternoon, and a closing plenary on academic integrity.
Every Tuesday (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Western's farmers' market
Stop by Western's farmers’ market and support local businesses. The market is held every Tuesday in the open space in front of McIntosh Gallery. Pick up plants, fresh fruits, veggies, baked goods and meats while enjoying live music.
Western in the News
Julian Brimelow, executive director of the Northern Hail Project. (Submitted photo)
The Boston Globe
‘Monday’s storm was remarkable’: Giant hailstones batter cars in Canada
A giant hailstone recovered by Northern Hail Project (NHP) researchers has set a new national record, with a diameter larger than a softball. NHP executive director Julian Brimelow says hailstones of this size are rare and his team is working to understand the conditions needed to produce them.
CBC Fresh Air
Two-way international holoportation
Following the first successful international holoportation demonstration at Western, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Western Space professor Dr. Adam Sirek discusses the potential that two-way holoportation may someday have for rural medicine.
The National Post
Why 80 is the new 60: 'It's the triumph of aging' — but not for everyone
Kinesiology professor Lindsay Nagamatsu shares her thoughts on habits that help with anti-aging and cognitive function for older adults.
CBC News
Ontario politicians return to Queen's Park for budget debate, re-elect Ted Arnott as Speaker
With members of provincial parliament back in their seats this week, political science professor Laura Stephenson reflects on the need for politicians to focus on the health-care system as a major issue.
Commentary
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When it comes to our ethical duties to animal actors we must use caution, according to Huron professor Kendra Coulter, who highlights that representation and respect should be included in the treatment of animals who work for our entertainment.
