October 23, 2018

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Seeking cannabis clarity

With recreational use of cannabis now legal in Canada, Western issued a statement explaining the use of cannabis on campus.

The FIXX is in

Need your burger FIXX? There’s a new burger offering at Centre Spot in the University Community Centre. From menu development to sourcing ingredients and supplies, The FIXX was a concept developed in-house.

The ‘Philly welcome’ and other hockey tales

It was a nice Honda Accord with more than 300,000 clicks. But it was paid for. And it might never have been a story if not for being parked, with its Quebec licence plate, unattended in the City of Brotherly Love.

Western’s Special Olympics legacy grows

Western is ‘carrying the torch’ that Special Olympics pioneer Frank Hayden lit so many years ago as it celebrated a $1.5-million donation for research into how sports benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Senate Update

Senate briefs: Broughdale, UWOFA, Freedom of Expression

Large street parties, UWOFA’s contract talks with the university and Western’s draft Freedom of Expression policy garnered attention at last Friday’s Senate meeting.

Town Hall

Provost to hold town-hall planning meetings

Two town-hall meetings have been scheduled to allow the university community an opportunity to understand and ask questions about the current status of Western’s planning process, including a preliminary budget overview for the coming years.

Western Libraries

The History and Future of the Book: An Academic Panel

A thoughtful conversation about how to increase equity and inclusiveness within scholarship as research becomes more open.

Autumn Convocation

October 24 - 26

Western proudly graduates more than 10,000 students annually. Follow along on our live feed to watch Western graduates cross the stage.

Instagram

Final Score: 46-13! @WesternMustangs end the regular season #undefeated! #westernhoco #PurpleReign #gostangs #runwithus‬

Twitter

@westernuEng Congratulations to Professor @SP_Simonovic, who has won the Award for International Collaboration between China and Canada at the 60th anniversary celebration of the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research in Beijing, China.

Sleep study finds we need 7 to 8 hours, but many aren’t clocking in enough

The idea that seven to eight hours is an optimal amount is "not terribly surprising to people,” says co-author Dr. Adrian Owen, a professor of cognitive neuroscience and imaging at Western. But, he says, "What might be surprising is almost nobody is doing that.”

Researchers find best amount of rest in world’s largest sleep study

Neuroscientists from the Brain and Mind Institute at Western say that they’ve wrapped up what they’re touting as the world’s largest sleep study and found 7 to 8 hours of nightly rest is the perfect amount of sleep for almost any adult.

with Terry Rice

When the world whirls faster every day, it helps to embrace the spin. Terry Rice, Western’s executive director of Marketing Communications, pays homage to smart change, great food and brilliant music in this latest chapter of Read. Watch. Listen.