Feb. 28, 2020

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Data shine light on sexual violence prevention efforts

This week, the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) released further data related to the 2018 Student Voices on Sexual Violence Survey that showed the scope of the problem on campuses and gave voice to student demands for better efforts toward addressing the issue.

Challenge winners offer solutions for safer water

Faculty of Health Sciences students, Amalka De Silva and Dwayne Francis, recently earned the top prize at Western’s World’s Challenge Challenge, a pitch competition that invites student teams to present their solutions to world issues.

Exhibition ‘zeros’ in on Fuller’s view of world

More than 50 years after futurist and architect Buckminster Fuller visited London, Visual Arts students have staged an exhibition that examines the man whose name is synonymous with the interlocking triangles of a geodesic dome.

Students, classes team up for climate change action

Diplomats and scientists representing 20 countries gathered at Western earlier this week to confront the challenges of climate change. And while the ‘diplomats’ were third-year Political Science students and the ‘scientists’ third-year Geography students, the importance of the mission was not lost on the participants.

Health & Wellness

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) information

Western continues to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 situation. For important updates, the campus community is encouraged to monitor Western’s COVID-19 website.

Community

Finding your Way lecture series

A lecture series on the psychology of everyday life.

Monday, March 2

Join Writer-in-Residence Jane Urquhart for a series of discussions about books that were meaningful to her at different stages in her life.

Free Range Professor

Think wide open fields of conversation with academics. We talk about their research, why it matters and what the world looks like through their eyes. This week's guest is David Smith, a Biology professor at Western.