June 29, 2023 Western walks in the 2022 Pride Parade in London, Ont. (Photo source: Western USC) The university is celebrating Pride this July with educational workshops, a party in the heart of campus and a pledge to recognize and affirm Western’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community. University College (Photo source: Steven Anderson/Western Communications) Western rose dramatically in this year’s Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, climbing to 114 overall out of nearly 1,500 institutions. The pronounced jump is driven by the university’s strong academic reputation, high employment rate for graduates and its work on sustainability. Mathematics professor Lyle Muller (Photo source: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry) A new study led by mathematics professor Lyle Muller shows how professional baseball players might use their eyes to predict the trajectory of a fast ball moving at 150 kilometres per hour towards them at home plate. A nebula made of many layers of cloudy, colourful material (Image source: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), the PDRs4All ERS Team) Western astrophysicists are part of an international team of scientists that used data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon molecule known as methyl cation. Noah Churchill-Baird, MLIS'23, and professor Mark Tovey, curator of the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) William Colgrove (1872-1958) was an early citizen scientist with multiple interests and pursuits. Now, the story of the Western student, lecturer and astronomer has been captured in a digital history highlighting a life of achievement, ideas and connections across campus. A group of academic librarians from across Africa (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) Thirteen academic librarians from 12 countries across Africa are taking part in a week-long bibliometrics and research impact summer school, conceived and coordinated by Isola Ajiferuke, professor and assistant dean, research, FIMS. Working at Western(Image source: Western Communications) Canada Day holiday Photo of the WeekDrum Trio "Eagle Flight Singers" play at the Building Reconciliation Forum at the Faculty of Education Building. (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) Coming Up(Image source: Western Libraries) Throughout July (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) July 4 (12 noon) July 5 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) July 7 (1:30 p.m.) Western in the NewsAngela Roberts (Photo source: TVO) TVO The Agenda CBC London WIRED Toronto Star CommentaryProfessor Nicole Redvers (Submitted photo) In The Lancet, director of Indigenous planetary health, Nicole Redvers, discusses an important and long overdue global movement focused on health and wellbeing indicators from an Indigenous worldview. |