April 10, 2026
Marc Lalonde, manager of The Grad Club and one of the recipients of the 2025 Western Award of Excellence (Photo source: Rachel Lincoln Photography)
Seven individuals and one interdepartmental team earned a 2025 Western Award of Excellence – the university’s highest honour for staff.
(L to R) University of Bristol School of Law head Catherine Kelly and Faculty of Law dean Mohamed Khimji (Photo source: University of Bristol)
Western has partnered with the University of Bristol to create a new pathway for top U.K. law graduates, offering an accelerated degree at the Faculty of Law and opening doors to Canadian legal careers.
Dr. Alexandra McDonald, MD’22 (Photo source: Megan Morris/Schulich Medicine & Dentistry)
Fourth-year paediatric resident Dr. Alexandra McDonald is applying a problem-solving mindset, shaped by her mathematics background, to patient care at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry.
Engineering students (L to R) Pedram Ghiassi, Hamza Aldraimli, Aliaksei Kabak, James Keane and Malak Al-Hanafi with their capstone project, a fully autonomous robotic lawn mower (Photo source: Jacob Arts/Western Engineering)
Western engineering students presented capstone projects at Design Day 2026, demonstrating practical solutions in health care, accessibility, sustainability and advanced technology.
The Impact Project
Explore how the Western community is collectively contributing to meaningful change in the world, today.
Marlene Bagatto (Photo source: Steven Anderson/Western Communications)
Marlene Bagatto: How to support children who have early hearing loss.
Coming Up
April 11 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Earth Month explorers
Learn to identify different rocks and explore hands-on displays at the Richard W. Hutchinson Geoscience Collaborative Suite. North Campus Building, Rm. 120.
April 13 (12:10 to 12:50 p.m.)
Circuit weight training
Participate in a 40-minute Living Well @ Western strength-based training class led by activity instructor Emily Downs. Register today. Arts & Humanities Building, Rm. 2B15.
April 15 (noon to 1 p.m.)
Eating plan for stress
Discover practical strategies to support mental and physical well-being through nutrition in this session with Laura Nguyen of TELUS Health. Register online.
April 15 (6 to 7 p.m.)
Powwow fitness class
Led by Lisa Hill from Moccasin Flow, this full-body workout boosts heart rate with steps, Zumba moves and the rhythm of the Big Drum. Everyone is welcome. Wampum Learning Lodge.
Working at Western
Middlesex College (Photo source: Western Communications)
Volunteer for spring convocation
Be part of the celebration and help make convocation unforgettable for Western’s newest graduates. Members of the Western community are invited to volunteer in a variety of meaningful roles during ceremonies June 8 to 12. Learn more and sign up.
Free Store donations
Kick-off spring cleaning and support campus sustainability by donating gently used household items and academic supplies to Western’s Free Store during weekly drop-offs on Mondays and Wednesdays. Learn more.
Video of the Week
At Western, collaboration and discovery are driving a new era of health care. By combining expertise across disciplines with powerful tools like AI and big data, our researchers are advancing breakthroughs to improve patient care and outcomes worldwide. Watch the video to see how we’re all in on optimizing health for all. (Video source: YouTube)
Western in the News
Gordon Osinski (Photo source: BBC)
CBC Quirks and Quarks
Rockin’ our way to the moon: the geological insights Artemis astronauts may gain
Earth sciences professor Gordon Osinski, who is part of the Artemis II science team, was quoted in national and international media including BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and Canadian Geographic, on the significance of the lunar mission and his role in training the crew to gather observations from the Moon.
Canadian Geographic
Greg Thorn: The mycologist on how two chance discoveries reveal how little we know about fungi
In this in-depth Q&A, biology professor Greg Thorn explains what the discovery of a unique fungus, initially found in Ontario and later in Finland, tells us about the influence of fungi on the natural world.
CNN’s the Whole Story
Your brain after two weeks without an iPhone
CNN’s Bill Weir visited education professor Emma Duerden’s lab on campus to better understand what happens in the brain after a digital detox.
