January 26, 2024
The Move, Ads and Changes (MAC) team of Western Technology Services (from left) Ricky Price, Kifle Mekuria, Paul Hill, Heather Woods, Robert Vanderminnen, Sarah Hodgson, Dallas Heywood, Chris Hromlak and Levi Otten (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
A team of nine from Western Technology Services, along with seven individual recipients, are being recognized with the 2023 Western Award of Excellence. This award is the university’s top honour for staff and academic administrative leaders.
(From left) Vasiliki and James McInnes, co-founders of Odd Burger; Matthew Davison, dean of Science; Colin Porter, director of Hospitality Services; and Katie McInnes, Odd Burger director of Operations (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Plant-based eatery Odd Burger, brainchild of Western graduates James and Vasiliki McInnes, has opened its first-ever outlet at a post-secondary institution at the UCC Food Hub on campus.
Michael Dove (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Western public historian Michael Dove is exploring the rich history and cultural impact of the O-Pee-Chee confectionary company, best known for its trading card sets.
Image of a colon biopsy (Photo source: tonaquatic/iStock)
Western and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio have been awarded a $6.5 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to build a consortium to develop clinical trial outcome tools for patients with Crohn’s disease living with a permanent ileostomy.
Student learning commons in Weldon (Photo source: Western Libraries)
Weldon was named “Best of Year" in the “library” category by Interior Design Magazine. The award recognizes the most impactful contributions to design from around the world.
TedxWesternU 2024 unveils global speakers, stories
Zola Ncube (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
From the lessons she learned in rural Zimbabwe to the power of taking the path less travelled, Western researcher Zola Ncube hopes her story will inspire TedxWesternU attendees to pay attention when life tells them to slow down.
Working at Western
Western campus (Photo source: Western Communications)
Nominations open for Western Green Awards
Help raise awareness of sustainability at Western by recognizing a student, staff or faculty member who has made a positive contribution on campus. Nominations are open until Friday, Feb. 9.
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Photo of the Week
(From left) Kieran Stone, 2023 U SPORTS bronze medallist in the Men's 200m Freestyle, Mustangs head coach Paul Midgley, and reigning Mustangs Female Athlete of the Year Shona Branton are headed to Luxembourg this weekend to compete in the 2024 EuroMeet as part of Swimming Ontario. (Photo source: Western Mustangs)
Coming Up
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January 31 (12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)
Green bin information session
Have questions about the new Green Bin program? Join Western Sustainability and the City of London for a collaborative information session and learn about programs on and off campus. Weldon Library, Community Room. Register to attend.
February 1 (12:10 to 12:50 p.m.)
Zumba with Living Well @ Western
Join certified Zumba instructor Darlene Willie for a lunch time Zumba class. Arts & Humanities Building, Room 2B15.
February 2 (11 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
Sociology of Vibe: Ordinary Blackness & Carceral Intimacies
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Speakers' Series presents Corey J. Miles, professor of sociology and Africana studies at Tulane University. Miles’ research interests are at the nexus of Black performative culture and the carceral organization of the American landscape. Join online.
Western in the News
Oleksa Drachewych (Photo source: Western Communications)
CBC Ideas
Five years that profoundly shaped the world - The year 1919: Dividing the spoils
As part of a series of panel discussions recorded at the Stratford Festival looking at five specific years of great upheaval, History professor Oleksa Drachewych explains how new borders and spheres of influence established in the year 1919 shaped the world today.
New Scientist
The tightest knot ever made is a tied-up chain 54 atoms long
Chemistry professor Richard Puddephatt and colleagues have broken a Guinness World Record by creating the world’s tightest and smallest knot using a tiny molecular chain of gold, carbon and phosphorus. He explains how this serendipitous knot came to be.
CBC About That
U.S. election primaries: Even more chaotic than usual?
The 2024 U.S. presidential primaries are underway with all their usual complexities. Political Science professor and chair Matthew Lebo helps explain some of the added twists this year.
The Globe and Mail
The unique joy of grandparent-grandchild relationships
Sociology professor Rachel Margolis shares her research in a story about the evolving bond between grandparents and grandchildren and how these relationships are more than just familial ties - they're a source of mutual joy and growth.
Commentary
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In this Conversation piece, education professor Emma Duerden and neuroscience PhD candidate Michaela Kent discuss how lockdowns and lack of support networks left youth more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media, exacerbating adolescent mental health challenges.
