Although she had always wanted to try her hand at comics, Visual Arts student Brenda Fuhrman struggled to find confidence in storytelling. However, as a daily London Transit rider, she soon found her inspiration sitting all around her.
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March 6, 2018

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Wheels of inspiration

Although she had always wanted to try her hand at comics, Visual Arts student Brenda Fuhrman struggled to find confidence in storytelling. However, as a daily London Transit rider, she soon found her inspiration sitting all around her.

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Western News

smoking

Western eyes smoke-free campus within year

A university community call to clear the air is being heeded as Western officials announced last week their plans to snuff out smoking across campus by July 2019.

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United Way

United Way giving translates into community healing

Your story isn’t over yet; That message on a simple plaque is the first thing visitors see when they enter Rebecca Machado’s office at Daya Counselling Centre.

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John Hatch

New book celebrates legacy of artist Paterson Ewen

It was after Paterson Ewen arrived in London that he began creating his famous landscapes on routered plywood, indelibly changing the artistic landscape of Canada.

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three people

If loving you is dend-wrong

Brain biochemistry is no laughing matter. Neuroscientist Viki Tellios talks cerebellum signaling to Gradcast radio.

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Working at Western

Founder's Day Coffee Break

7-Mar

Wear your purple and join fellow staff, faculty, alumni and students at the annual Founder's Day Community Coffee Break at The Spoke (UCC) where we'll celebrate Western’s founding 140 years ago! Enjoy free coffee and donuts, plus live music by Rick McGhie.

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Learning and Development

Mental Health First Aid Canada

Learn how to help someone showing signs of a mental-health problem or experiencing a mental-health crisis. Learning and Development is offering a 14-hour mental-health course for faculty and staff who interact with youth ages 12-24 starting on March 21.

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Western Music

Sounds of Finland

Treat yourself to a free concert at von Kuster Hall on Friday, March 9 at 12:30 p.m. Performing is a folk fusion ensemble whose repertoire celebrates Finnish culture, past and present.

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artLAB

95% Invisible: The Art of Storage

On average, more than 95% of objects held by museums and in private collections are in storage rather than on display. "95% Invisible: The Art of Storage" will take visitors behind the scenes, exploring how objects are cared for, maintained, and occasionally warehoused in "deep storage," never to be seen again.

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Social Highlights

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It doesn't not look like Fall outside today ... Thanks to @cellymcdizzle for this reminder of what things looked like before #winterhappened. Welcome back, Mustangs! #westernu #westernuniversity #backtocampus #welcomeback #discoveron #explorecanada #ldnont #londonontario #regram

Twitter

While The are over, the hard work is just beginning. Many athletes are arriving home to begin training for the next games with little to no funding. Three MBA students are working to fix this problem:

Western in the Media

Are the labels 'right' and 'left' still useful shorthand for political belief?

Listen to Political Science professor Laura Stephenson discuss how meaningful the labels left and right may still be — and what terms we may adopt to replace them.

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A Curling Collapse Amid Olympic Success: The Canada Letter

Kinesiology professor Laura Misener answers questions about the Great Olympic Curling Collapse.

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Horwath heads on pre-election tour amid chaotic political scene

Political Science professor Cristine de Clercy comments on NDP's Andrea Horwath's pre-election tour.

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Virtual Olympics might boost young audience

Michael Heine, the Director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies, talks about the possibility of a virtual Olympics.

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Commentary

Doctor and patient

Overhaul residency program for doctors

On March 1, thousands of medical students across the country participated in match day, an annual tradition that evokes uncertainty, stress and fear in the hearts of future doctors.

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with Stephen Cribar

Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention; what one movie or television show has caught your eye; and what album/song, podcast or radio show are you lending an ear to.

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