There was no reason to think the mummified remains were anything but a bird. Only now, 2,100 years since it was preserved and wrapped in linen to ensure its safe passage to the afterlife, micro-CT scans have figuratively peeled away its mysteries.
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mummy

Unwinding story of misidentified mummy

There was no reason to think the mummified remains were anything but a bird. Only now, 2,100 years since it was preserved and wrapped in linen to ensure its safe passage to the afterlife, micro-CT scans have figuratively peeled away its mysteries.

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Ivey Grad

Ivey grad cartwheels to success, happiness

The toughest part of cancer was not the idea of dying - it was finding himself in remission yet unable to do what he once could. You see, Jay Kiew was worried about not being able to ever see the world.

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Ideas

Flow of ideas reveals roots of mass media

No matter if making connections across the centuries, or just around the corner, Genevieve de Viveiros’ exploration of a 19th-Century French novelist has led to 21st-Century insights.

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hockey

‘Golden’ season for Vegas hockey exec, Western alumnus

Misha Donskov, MA’11 (Kinesiology), rolled the dice on a franchise that did not exist - no nickname, no uniform and, to most observers, no chance. But that gamble is paying off today.

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Hear here

'Hear, Here' dials up history around city

Public History project collects stories of London’s past, and delivers them in bite-size audio clips associated with historical and cultural sites around the city.

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Working at Western

Campus Recreation

Membership deal

Looking to step up your fitness level in 2018? Campus Recreation is here to help with deals on both six-month and 12-month memberships for Western staff and faculty. Offers available for purchase until June 23.

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Western Entrepreneurship

Accelerator accepting applications

Western’s Accelerator program provides an intense and immersive education for prospective entrepreneurs. Applications for the fall cohort are being accepted until June 14 and are welcomed from students, faculty and staff.

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Facilites Management

Keep it cool

With outdoor temps rising, Western’s Occupational Health & Safety team would like to remind you about the university’s Working in Hot Weather or Hot Workplace Environments policy.

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University Senate

Senate set to meet

University Senate wraps up the 2017-18 academic year with its final meeting until fall. Visit the Senate website for this week’s agenda.

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Social Highlights

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@SchulichMedDent Second year medical students received unanimous backing from the community & protective services committee in #Ldnont for their proposal to include #naloxone kits alongside defibrillators in the city.

Western in the Media

Rewiring millennials' minds to vote

The Agenda welcomes Laura Stephenson, chair of the undergraduate program in Political Science at Western, for her insight into the millennial vote.

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Evidence shows Starbucks' anti-bias training may backfire, says expert

Javeed Sukhera, assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, wants to see companies change along with their employees.

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Livestream

Livestream

Students offer up unique solutions to global issues

Tune in Thursday as teams from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, United States, Switzerland and Canada compete in the World’s Challenge Challenge.

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Endnotes

Robertson

Embracing a love of reading without end

Ever find that one amazing book you wish would never end? Kirsty Robertson has an idea about how to make that happen.

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