June 2, 2023 Lawson Building (Photo source: Western Communications) Western is a leader once again in a global ranking of universities working toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Times Higher Education 2023 Impact Rankings gave Western a score of 95.8 out of 100 and ranked us ninth in the world. Minhal Farrukh, student staff member at WTS, shows off new mobile learning experience. (Photo source: Western Technology Services) Western has selected its new learning management system to power the next generation of OWL: Brightspace by D2L will bring an enhanced teaching and learning experience. The new OWL is expected to take flight in spring 2024. Cars at EV charging stations on campus (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) Seventy-four new electric vehicle charging stations – including two powerful rapid chargers – will be installed across campus as part of a $1.45-million upgrade funded by Western and Natural Resources Canada. Nursing professor Abe Oudshoorn (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) Using a permanent supportive housing building in London as a case study, nursing professor Abe Oudshoorn and a team of researchers examine how Canada’s most vulnerable can be permanently housed. The Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre (Photo source: Ivey Communications) For the fourth consecutive year, the Financial Times has ranked Ivey Business School as the best executive education provider in Canada. (From left) Students Alexandra Welten, Veronica Grad, Natalia Lewandowski and Xavier Borsato (Photo source: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry) Since 1998, Discovery Week has placed more than 3,700 students in regional communities, allowing them to get first-hand experience of life and medical practice in southwestern Ontario. Working at WesternForest behind the International and Graduate Affairs Building (Photo source: Laura Mantz/ Office of Sustainability) Green campus tours World’s Challenge Challenge Summer construction Photo of the WeekThe Angry Goose Food Truck is back for the summer! Enjoy delicious gourmet street eats at Food Truck Alley every Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Photo source: Housing and Ancillary Services) Coming UpProduce available at Western’s farmers’ market (Photo source: Housing and Ancillary Services) Wednesdays (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) June 5 (6 to 7:15 p.m.) June 8 (5:30 to 7:30 p.m.) June 9 (12:10 to 12:50 p.m.) Western in the NewsJanet Martin, professor, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry (Photo source: Western Communications) The Globe and Mail The New York Times TVO The Agenda CTV Windsor CommentaryParticipants in Pride March on Oct. 7, 2018 as a part of Kerala Queer Pride Program in the southern Indian state of Kerala (Photo source: Wikimedia Commons) “Queer and trans people have long been getting married in India even without legal recognition...However, marriage in the Indian context enables the inequalities of the caste system to persist,” says Sohini Chatterjee, PhD candidate and Vanier Scholar in gender, sexuality and women’s studies. |