CBC | Western graduates look to the future

CBC
June 18, 2023

Graduates are excited to finally have their diploma but would like to find jobs in their respective industries.

Thousands of graduating student poured out of Alumni Hall on Western University campus on Friday after convocation celebrations concluded, seeking friends and family for pictures and heartfelt congratulations.

Featuring Western graduate student alumni Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, PhD, Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Hector Hernandez-Landero, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Purvish Acharya, MEng, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Alejandra Naranjo, MEng, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; and Andrew Bowman, MSc, Microbiology and Immunology.

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LONDON FREE PRESS | Western volunteers use unique method to restore Medway Creek bank

THE LONDON FREE PRESS
April 26, 2023

Western students, faculty members and conservation authority officials planted 100 native trees and 200 native shrubs along the bank of the creek near the university campus.

The project, funded by Western’s Thinking Globally, Acting Locally program, will improve the resiliency of the Medway Creek watershed to climate change, said Brendon Samuels, a doctoral student in biology and one of the project leads.

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CBC: This Ontario high school teacher mailed handwritten letters to each of her 80 students. Here's why.

CBC
January 14, 2022

Iman Al-Areibi teaches at H.B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ont.

An Ontario high school teacher wanted her students to know someone cared about them during this challenging start to the year, so this month, she mailed a handwritten letter to each of them.

Featuring the work of Iman Al-Areibi, Master of Professional Education (MPEd) Alum, Faculty of Education, Western University.

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL: Joy SpearChief-Morris, MA Graduate, Political Science (Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction)

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
May 29, 2021

Indigenous and Black communities have a shared past of injustice. They deserve a shared future of justice

Featuring the work of Joy SpearChief-Morris, MA Graduate, Political Science (Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction), Western University

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THE LONDON FREE PRESS: Western University students' lip-reading masks a huge help for hearing-impaired

THE LONDON FREE PRESS
July 7, 2020

Western University students' lip-reading masks a huge help for hearing-impaired

Western University graduate students Matthew Urichuk and Taylor Bardell were grocery shopping when they first noticed how difficult it was to understand each other while wearing face masks.

The two PhD students in communications sciences and disorders wondered if it was tough for them to communicate, what must it be like for people who are hearing impaired?

Featuring the work of Matthew Urichuk and Taylor Bardell, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

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STRATFORD BEACON HERALD: Western PhD student studying LGBTQ+ sense of belonging in Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County

STRATFORD BEACON HERALD
January 5, 2020

Western PhD student studying LGBTQ+ sense of belonging in Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County

St Marys native, Dayne Prest, hopes her research can ultimately help local governments and organizations provide the resources and support the LGBTQ+ community needs and wants to feel more at home in Perth County.

Featuring the work of Dayna Prest, PhD candidate, Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Western University.

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CBC: Brescia, King's, Huron university colleges to offer free tuition to former Crown wards

CBC
February 9, 2020

Three Western University affiliated colleges are among five post-secondary institutions in Ontario to offer tuition waivers for foster children who were Crown wards.

It's thanks to the work of a Western University PhD candidate in political science, whose own journey through the foster care system in Ontario made her see, from the inside, the barriers such children face.

Featuring the work of Jane Kovarikova, PhD candidate, Political Science, Faculty of Social Science, Western University.

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CBC: Understanding the psychology of everyday life

CBC
February 7, 2020

Understanding the psychology of everyday life

Have you ever wanted to understand more about the psychology of everyday life? Well, a group of clinical psychology students at Western University aim to make that happen with a series of free lectures throughout the month of February.

Featuring the work of Lindsay Gabel and Ola Mohamed Ali, PhD candidates, Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Western University.

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A story of survival and strength

Emmanuel Ndashimye, PhD Candidate in Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Under the cover of night, the van carrying Emmanuel Ndashimye and his family approached the Rwanda-Uganda border. Alongside his mother and four siblings, he lay flat on the floor, hidden from sight and silently praying as the vehicle stopped at the checkpoint.

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CBC: Geology (Planetary Science and Exploration) Master's and PhD Students

CBC
July 18, 2019

How Apollo 11 inspires these PhD students to chase careers in aerospace

Fifty years after the eagle landed, Apollo 11 is still inspiring young minds to dream of the stars, and now, they’re making a career of it.

Featuring the work of Cassandra Marian, Sarah Simpson, Jennifer Newman, Leah Sacks, and Christy Caudill, PhD and Master's candidates in Geology (Planetary Science and Exploration), Western University.

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