May 22, 2018

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'Without passion, teaching is like a body without a soul'

Finance professor Shahbaz Sheikh of the DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies recently received the 2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Social Science.

Researcher: Activism changing museums for better

For years, Canadian Indigenous communities were allowed little say in how their cultural representations - artifacts and paintings, for example - were displayed in the country’s museums.

Ivey professor honoured for innovative teaching

Ivey Business School professor Tima Bansal was recently recognized by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program for her innovative teaching in the area of sustainability.

Science of storytelling finds leadership at Western

Douglas Keddy, Associate Director (Research, Promotion and Profile), was recently named President of the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada.

United Way

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Don Wright Faculty of Music

Canadian Operatic Arts Academy: Opera Scenes

Come hear a performance of various opera scenes shared by members of the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy (COAA) on Friday, May 25 at 7:30p.m. in Talbot College. Free admission.

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Our newest MDs celebrated on campus last week with family and friends. Congratulations to the Medicine Class of 2018!

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Gordon Oz Osinski‏ @drcrater A important concept in our understanding of planetary surfaces is landscape inversion whereby rocks deposited in topographic lows end up being higher elevation at the present day - the Green River paleochannels are an excellent example! #PS9605 

How abusive relationships take root

Nadine Wathen, a researcher at Western's Center for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children, comments on how abusive relationships start.

London writer wins fiction award

English PhD candidate David Huebert has been shortlisted for the 2017 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for his novel ‘Peninsula Sinking.’

Don’t shake in sheets; laugh yourself to sleep

No matter if you read him in the Beforelife or the afterlife, find out why the best line Western Law professor Randal Graham ever wrote won’t appear in any of his books.