Sept. 19, 2025
Kate Klassen (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Kate Klassen is one of 10 new Western students to receive a Schulich Leader Scholarship. Passionate about solving problems, Klassen is pursuing a dual degree in integrated science and business with aspirations to tackle the global waste crisis.
Photo of asteroid 2023 CX1 in the Netherlands. (Photo source: Gijs de Reijke)
Western Space researchers joined an international team in the first study to track an asteroid from space to its impact on Earth, offering key insights for planetary defence.
Also covered by: New Scientist
Archivist Amanda Jamieson with some of the correspondence between Jane and her husband Henry Johnson. (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications )
Letters between Irish immigrants Jane and Henry Johnson, preserved in Western’s Archives and Research Collections Centre, inspired a play written by award-winning author Emma Donoghue, LLD'13.
Prabu Nadaraja (Submitted photo)
Prabu Nadaraja, a PhD student in health information science, is studying how food content on social media shapes health, identity and belonging among Tamil immigrants.
The Impact Project
Explore how the Western community is collectively contributing to meaningful change in the world, today.
Kalley Armstrong (Photo source: Steven Anderson/Western Communications)
Kalley Armstrong: How to encourage Indigenous youth through sport.
Coming Up
Sept. 21 to 28 (various times)
Bioblitz London
Western Biodiversity Inventory has teamed up with Bioblitz London to offer free events that explore our local ecosystems. Open to everyone. Registration required.
Sept. 23 to 25 (2:30 to 4:30 p.m.)
2025 Goodman Lecture Series
Hear from three internationally renowned speakers as they discuss the state of democracy. Great Hall, Somerville House Rm. 3326. Register online.
Sept. 25 (10 a.m. to noon)
Allied Scholarship in Indigenous Research
Western Research brings together non-Indigenous scholars for a panel on their experiences in Indigenous research partnerships, highlighting lessons learned, responsibilities and ethical considerations. Wampum Learning Lodge. Register today.
Sept. 25 (5 to 8 p.m.)
AI Won’t Fix Our Social Problems
Join Shion Guha, author of Human-Centered Data Science: An Introduction, for a public talk launching The Glass Room exhibit at London Public Library. The lecture begins at 6 p.m., Central Library, 251 Dundas St.
Sept. 25 (12:10 to 12:50 p.m.)
Zumba
Energize your lunch with this Living Well @ Western Zumba class. All employees are welcome. Arts & Humanities Building, Rm. 2B15.
Sept. 26 to 28 (various times)
Homecoming 2025
Campus will be bustling as we welcome alumni home to celebrate Western's 76th Homecoming.
Working at Western
Lawson Hall (Photo source: Steven Anderson/Western Communications)
Indigenous allyship guides
Two new resources are available to help faculty and staff strengthen relationships with Indigenous Peoples, communities and organizations. Centering Indigenous Voices: Guide Towards Allyship in Indigenous Research and Braiding Truth Into Action: A Guide Towards Indigenous Allyship provide practical guidance for teaching, research and community engagement.
Photo of the Week
Canadian soprano and alum Laura Nielsen, BMus'15, Art Dip'16, returned to Western to kick off this year’s Fridays at 12:30 concert series on Sept. 12 with a program of “Art Songs and Operatic Arias” with pianist and music lecturer Marianna Chibotar-Rutkevich. (Photo source: Alexia Hlynialuk/Don Wright Faculty of Music)
Western in the News
In addition to the news above, your colleagues have been featured in the following media outlets.
Sebastián Vallejo Vera (Photo source: Faculty of Social Science)
The New York Times
What to know about the North American summit taking place without the U.S.
As leaders of Canada and Mexico met this week to discuss trade, political science professor Sebastián Vallejo Vera explains what the meeting aims to accomplish.
CNN
Biotech firm announces ‘pivotal step’ in effort to bring back the dodo
Scott MacDougall-Shackleton, co-founder and director of the Advanced Facility for Avian Research, discusses the genetics behind biotechnology firm Colossal Biosciences’ efforts to bring back the dodo bird.
The Daily Mail
Dementia experts reveal the heartbreaking trait new patients have in common
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Adrian Owen provided expert comments on the possible factors leading to a rise in cases of early-onset dementia.
