News and Events for the Community

Chewing the Fat on Obesity

Exercise and healthy eating are critical in achieving optimal bodyweight. However, new research shows that for some, choosing whether or not to adopt these habits depends less on willpower and more on our relationships with ourselves. Jennifer Irwin, health studies professor at Western, will explore the important questions that need to be asked to get to the root of our bodyweight challenges.

Lecturer: Jennifer Irwin, Faculty of Health Sciences

Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and class begins at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Stevenson & Hunt, Central Branch, London Public Library, 251 Dundas Street

Registration: Please register for this session online.

Advertising: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

In today's consumer-driven culture, it seems the only place you can go to avoid advertising is...to sleep! This talk by Dante Pirouz, professor at Western's Richard Ivey School of Business, will explore how advertising and marketing affects our brains in both surprisingly useful and detrimental ways based on the latest research by consumer psychologists.

Lecturer: Dante Pirouz, Richard Ivey School of Business

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and class begins at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Stevenson & Hunt Room, Central Branch, London Public Library, 251 Dundas Street

Registration: Please register for this session online. 

How does music influence politics? During the Cold War, the U.S. government used music as a tool to promote democratic capitalism overseas. Emily Abrams Ansari, professor in Western's Don Wright Faculty of Music, will examine these efforts alongside other political appropriations of music during this period.

Lecturer: Emily Abrams Ansari, Don Wright Faculty of Music

Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and class begins at 7:00 p.m.

Location: London Music Club, 470 Colborne Street

Registration: Please register for this session online.