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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Western News</title><description/><link>http://communications.uwo.ca</link><lastBuildDate>2013-05-06T19:10:02Z</lastBuildDate><generator>Cascade Server</generator><item><title>Campus, city police services continue to join forces</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/May/campus_city_police_services_continue_to_join_forces.html</link><description><![CDATA[Watch John Carson, Western's new director of Campus Community Police Service, meet with London Police Service chief Brad Duncan this week on campus to showcase the solid partnership between the two services.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-05-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Goodale elected fellow of prestigious Royal Society</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/May/goodale_elected_fellow_of_prestigious_royal_society.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western neuroscience researcher Melvyn A. Goodale has been elected to the prestigious Royal Society, joining the likes of Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-05-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Poloz named Governor of the bank of Canada</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/May/poloz_named_governor_of_the_bank_of_canada.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western alumnus Stephen S. Poloz has been named Governor of the Bank of Canada for a seven-year term, starting June 3, Directors of the Bank of Canada announced today. Poloz, MA’79 (Economics) and PhD’82 (Economics), will succeed Mark Carney, who is leaving the Bank of Canada on June 1.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-05-02T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western researchers meeting 'Grand Challenges'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/May/western_researchers_meeting_grand_challenges.html</link><description><![CDATA[With four entries in Round 5 of the Grand Challenges Canada Stars in Global Health competition, Western is showcasing innovative research, expected to significantly impact healthcare around the world. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-30T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western researchers meeting 'Grand Challenges'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/western_researchers_meeting_grand_challenges.html</link><description><![CDATA[With four entries in Round 5 of the Grand Challenges Canada Stars in Global Health competition, Western is showcasing innovative research, expected to significantly impact healthcare around the world. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-30T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western community mourns student's death</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/western_community_mourns_students_death.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western community is mourning the death of Wolfgang Vincenti Hagn, 38, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Thursday, April 18 from colon cancer. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-29T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Zhu, Perinpanayagam named among best biomedical papers</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/May/zhu_named_among_best_biomedical_papers.html</link><description><![CDATA[Chemical and Biochemical Engineering professor Jesse Zhu and Dentistry professor Hiran Perinpanayagam have been recognized by Biomedical Materials as having one of the best papers published within the last two years. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Join the Hellmuth Prize celebration</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/join_the_hellmuth_prize_celebration.html</link><description><![CDATA[Join the Western community in celebrating professors Paul Beamish and Adrian Owen, winners of the 2013 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 in Conron Hall, room 224, University College.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Dedicated to a mastery of the beat</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_dedicated_to_a_mastery_of_the_beat.html</link><description><![CDATA[For many people eight hours is a full work day, but it’s just the beginning to Erika Schroeder.]]></description><author>Justin Zadorsky</author><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Treasuring the accidental performer</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_treasuring_the_accidental_performer.html</link><description><![CDATA[A small room lined with autographed opera posters is almost filled up by a grand piano with an ornate tablecloth draped off its side. A woman’s voice ringing out takes up what little space is left. ]]></description><author>Rebecca Field</author><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Finding new ways to express his passion</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_finding_new_ways_to_express_his_passion.html</link><description><![CDATA[Jason Stanford stands with four students around a stack of electronic equipment twisting knobs and explaining their functions. A tangle of wires leads from the backs of two computer monitors to a microphone and a series of speakers that line the room. ]]></description><author>Tyler Buist</author><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Providing that 'a-ha' moment for many</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_providing_that_aha_moment_for_many.html</link><description><![CDATA[As she walks down the halls of Talbot College, Sherry Steele stops each person she passes to say hello and asks how they’re doing. “Stressed” is the universal answer from Music students, which draws a sympathetic smile and words of encouragement from a cheerful Steele.]]></description><author>Ryan Mallough</author><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Knowing the challenges from experience</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_knowing_the_challenges_from_experience.html</link><description><![CDATA[Everything in Sophie Roland's life says music. ]]></description><author>Mark Neil</author><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Zhu, Perinpanayagam named among best biomedical papers</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/zhu_named_among_best_biomedical_papers.html</link><description><![CDATA[Chemical and Biochemical Engineering professor Jesse Zhu and Dentistry professor Hiran Perinpanayagam have been recognized by Biomedical Materials as having one of the best papers published within the last two years. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspicious male approaching students on campus</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/suspicious_male_approaching_students_on_campus.html</link><description><![CDATA[Campus community members are being advised of a number of reports of a suspicious male suspect making inappropriate advances on female students while on campus recently. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers propose 'brand new' way of investigating cancer's spread</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/researchers_propose_brand_new_way_of_investigating_cancers_spread.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western researchers may have found another in-road into one day stopping the metastasis (spread) of breast cancer, by targeting the kisspeptin receptor protein (KISS1R), which binds kisspeptins - products of the KISS1 gene. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-25T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Tentative agreement reached with CUPE Local 2692 </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/tentative_agreement_reached_with_cupe_local_2692_.html</link><description><![CDATA[A new two-year tentative agreement was reached on Wednesday, April 24 between Western and CUPE Local 2692, representing approximately 570 food services assistants, food supervisors, cooks, chefs and food stores persons in Western’s Hospitality Services department.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-25T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western announces Robert Kennedy as next dean of Ivey Business School</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/western_announces_robert_kennedy_as_next_dean_of_ivey_business_school.html</link><description><![CDATA[Following a rigorous international search, Western University has announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Kennedy as the new dean of the Ivey Business School. His five-year term begins Oct. 1. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-25T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition puts students' research on the clock</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/May/competition_puts_students_research_on_the_clock.html</link><description><![CDATA[Their research may have taken years to form, but Western graduate students had a mere three minutes to distill the complexities and significance of their work at the second annual 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition puts students' research on the clock</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/competition_puts_students_research_on_the_clock.html</link><description><![CDATA[Their research may have taken years to form, but Western graduate students had a mere three minutes to distill the complexities and significance of their work at the second annual 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Giving dance its due review in research</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/giving_dance_its_due_review_in_research.html</link><description><![CDATA[When Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) opened in Paris in 1913, the ballet nearly caused a riot. Now, a century later, Don Wright Faculty of Music lecturer Miranda Wickett’s paper, Spring in Wartime: The Post-War Effects on Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps, is causing a similar stir amongst dance researchers. ]]></description><author>Janis Wallace</author><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Institute builds statistical mechanics foundations</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/campus_digest_institute_builds_statistical_mechanics_foundations.html</link><description><![CDATA[Each year, the Rotman Summer Institute brings graduate students together with exceptional faculty from around the world to focus on a topic of special interest. The institute will take place Sunday, July 14-Saturday, July 20, on the shores of Lake Huron.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>We Speak evolves into We Act</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/we_speak_evolves_into_we_act.html</link><description><![CDATA[We have spoken. So, what now? ]]></description><author>Jason Winders and Paul Mayne</author><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Carson steps into top campus police post</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/carson_steps_into_top_campus_police_post.html</link><description><![CDATA[For John Carson, it was, quite frankly, an easy decision to make. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>No one way to the top of the charts</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/no_one_way_to_the_top_of_the_charts.html</link><description><![CDATA[The times may be a-changin’, but the recipe for a Top 40 hit, however, has always remained the same, according to Popular Music Studies professor Robert Toft.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Unique assignment inspires Indspire to act</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/unique_assignment_inspires_indspire_to_act.html</link><description><![CDATA[Chantelle Richmond was looking to give her students a fun assignment to wrap up her second-year Indigenous Environment class. Little did she know it would take on a life of its own.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Education City conversation continues</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/education_city_conversation_continues.html</link><description><![CDATA[No doubt the lines of communication are open between the City of London, Western and Fanshawe College. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey shows high engagement, opportunity for improvements</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/survey_shows_high_engagement_opportunity_for_improvements.html</link><description><![CDATA[Results from the We Speak faculty and staff survey, conducted last fall, showed room for celebration, but also room for improvement.]]></description><author>Jason Winders and Paul Mayne</author><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers confirm pine bark extract could reduce cataract risk </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/researchers_confirm_pine_bark_extract_could_reduce_cataract_risk_.html</link><description><![CDATA[A winter after discovering Canada for France, Jacques Cartier’s exploration crew started suffering and dying from the dreadful scurvy disease in 1535. But thanks to an Iroquoian healer, they were miraculously cured by a tea made from pine bark. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-24T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Finding a better fit on a different stage</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_finding_a_better_fit_on_a_different_stage.html</link><description><![CDATA[“If Bob Dylan did it, I could do it.” Western Music professor Jay Hodgson knew a modest voice was not going to stop him from pursuing a career in music.]]></description><author>Dalal Kheder</author><pubDate>2013-04-23T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western targets funds on Clusters of Research Excellence</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/western_targets_funds_on_clusters_of_research_excellence.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western officials see a new initiative as a way of bringing the university's best minds together.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-23T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Mustangs' Trung named among OUA's Women of Influence</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/mustangs_trung_named_ouas_women_of_influence.html</link><description><![CDATA[HAMILTON – Western Mustangs swimmer Jennifer Trung has been named one of Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Women of Influence for 2013. The award, now in its 10th year, honours female student-athletes who have excelled in their chosen sports and fields of study. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-22T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Finding inspiration in collaboration</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_finding_inspiration_in_collaboration.html</link><description><![CDATA[A soft piano melody floats through the hallway of the Music Building, where Anita Krause-Wiebe sits in her studio. It’s a small room, but it has all the essentials – a baby grand piano, a shelf full of music books, two chairs – and her voice.]]></description><author>Madeline McNair</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Getting you - and your voice - in shape</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_getting_you_and_your_voice_in_shape.html</link><description><![CDATA[Want to be a singing superstar? Grab your running shoes, and get to a gym. Quick.]]></description><author>Natalie Paddon</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Playing an unintentional tune</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_playing_an_unintentional_tune.html</link><description><![CDATA[Whether it’s because Music professor Kim Lundberg is playing bits of his own composition on his piano, helping students with harmonies or compositions or chatting with colleagues, the door to his office is always open. ]]></description><author>Brendan McConnell </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Making music for himself not enough</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_making_music_for_himself_not_enough.html</link><description><![CDATA[With a shiny saxophone strapped around his neck, Donald George Laidlaw demonstrates conductor hand signals to his students. ]]></description><author>Blair McBride</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Playinig, studying the world around her</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_playinig_studying_the_world_around_her.html</link><description><![CDATA[Playing with other musicians and instruments in her spare time inspires Music Education professor Kari Veblen’s academic life. Every Wednesday, Veblen and a group of friends get together to share their love of music.]]></description><author>Tahirih Foroozan</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Racing to the stage against her own clock</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_racing_to_the_stage_against_her_own_clock.html</link><description><![CDATA[Irena Welhasch Baerg did not set milestones. She set a deadline.]]></description><author>Lola Fakinlede</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Rising above the crowd</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_rising_above_the_crowd.html</link><description><![CDATA[Not every great musician has what it takes to be a great music teacher. ]]></description><author>Idil Mussa</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Demanding the best from herself and her students</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_demanding_the_best_from_herself_and_her_students.html</link><description><![CDATA[“I don’t know what’s so interesting about me,” Tina Yanchus said. “My job here is to help each individual achieve their own goals.  I love teaching.”]]></description><author>Andrew Forbes</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Taking to the teaching stage</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_taking_to_the_teaching_stage.html</link><description><![CDATA[A blonde, middle-aged, former showgirl was the perfect role for actress Kristina Baron-Woods.]]></description><author>Alyssa Ashton</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Drawing on 'endless' inspiration for work</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_drawing_on_endless_inspiration_for_work.html</link><description><![CDATA[Omar Daniel describes the pieces he composes as ‘like looking into an endless well.’ ]]></description><author>Katiusha Cuntrera</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Connecting his passions through music</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_connecting_his_passions_through_music.html</link><description><![CDATA[As a boy, John O. Hess was expected to sing in the church choir his mother directed. His family also sang before meals and sang on car trips.]]></description><author>Ben Forrest</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>When volunteer work goes to the dogs</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/when_volunteer_work_goes_to_the_dogs.html</link><description><![CDATA[Growing up in Toronto, Francey Forster’s four-legged friends were always part of the family. So when she made her way to Western, it wasn’t surprising the second-year Social Science student would want to get a dog.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Golden example of a passion for brass </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_golden_example_of_a_passion_for_brass_.html</link><description><![CDATA[The loud, belting sound of brass fills a classroom at Jack Chambers Public School and spills over into the hallway. The fingers of several players move up and down on clicking valves to recreate the fluttering melodies and plodding march of John Philip Sousa’s Transit of Venus. ]]></description><author>Brent Boles</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Leading his own six-string renaissance</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_leading_his_own_sixstring_renaissance.html</link><description><![CDATA[Howling wind and cold rain stream through a broken window in a small greenroom, but Robert Kubica is focused on only two things – his hands and the guitar they hold. Kubica is backstage trying to warm up for a performance, and the weather conditions are not helping much. It’s a December night that Kubica, 48, can now recall with humour.]]></description><author>Emily Leighton</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Filling in the blanks with dance</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_filling_in_the_blanks_with_dance.html</link><description><![CDATA[Miranda Wickett is convinced she was born to dance.]]></description><author>Kate McKenna</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Answering the universe's call to the stage</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_answering_the_universes_call_to_the_stage.html</link><description><![CDATA[“The worst crime I can commit is to bore my audience.”]]></description><author>Nick Boisvert </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Viewing himself as more than a teacher</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_viewing_himself_as_more_than_a_teacher.html</link><description><![CDATA[James Grier has a passion for music you can feel. The shelves of his small Talbot College office are lined with CDs and books as an aging boom box sits on a corner shelf waiting to be used. He does not own an MP3 player. ]]></description><author>Alexa Zulak </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Fulfilling potential through opera</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_fulfilling_potential_through_opera.html</link><description><![CDATA[You hear Theodore Baerg before you ever see him. ]]></description><author>Rubab Abid </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Understanding why we love that 'punk rock thing'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_understanding_why_we_love_that_punk_rock_thing.html</link><description><![CDATA[Norma Coates’ first powerful childhood memory is a quick glimpse of the Beatles performing at Shea Stadium in 1965 on her TV. ]]></description><author>Katrina Clarke </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Technical solutions to an off-key world</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_technical_solutions_to_an_offkey_world.html</link><description><![CDATA[Don Stephenson sums himself up in seven words: “I like pianos and I like people.”]]></description><author>Kristina Virro </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Flexing vocal beauty, strength on stage</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_flexing_vocal_beauty_strength_on_stage.html</link><description><![CDATA[In the quiet halls of the Don Wright Faculty of Music building, a female soprano voice reaches for the high notes. A piano accompanies the singer and each time it pauses, a second, stronger voice shows how it should be done. Then the other tries again. ]]></description><author>Amar Shah </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Bringing back the past by her own hands</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_bringing_back_the_past_by_her_own_hands.html</link><description><![CDATA[Dressed in black, 16 musicians of Western’s Early Music Studio fill von Kuster Hall with the slow strains of a Baroque era song. Seated behind the other string musicians, the group’s sole guitar player skillfully strums the baroque guitar she crafted with her own two hands. ]]></description><author>Jane van Koeverden </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Reviving a lost art from long ago</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_reviving_a_lost_art_from_long_ago.html</link><description><![CDATA[Wilma Van Berkel is on a mission to resurrect the lute.]]></description><author>Josef Jacobson</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Passing along her passion for performance</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_passing_along_her_passion_for_performance.html</link><description><![CDATA[A blonde, middle-aged, former showgirl was the perfect role for actress Kristina Baron-Woods.]]></description><author>Alyssa Ashton </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Physical reminders of music’s power</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_physical_reminders_of_musics_power.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fiona Wilkinson’s career as a flutist was just taking off when it almost ended one night on Vancouver Island in 1980.]]></description><author>Katie Starr </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Teaching, singing complete this artist</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_teaching_singing_complete_this_artist.html</link><description><![CDATA[Throughout his operatic career, baritone Todd Wieczorek has had his fair share of wardrobe malfunctions. But his most embarrassing experience was during a high school summer theatre production when he split his pants while doing what he calls a “spread eagle.”]]></description><author>Corinne Ton That</author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Music Issue: Realizing her dream in face of reality</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/music_issue_realizing_her_dream_in_face_of_reality.html</link><description><![CDATA[The setting sun on the villa was her stage, seating was in the backyard, and there were rugged mountains in the background of the Tuscan landscape. Kelsey Vicary was ready to step out on the stage in the role of Countess Almaviva last year in Le Nozze di Figaro. ]]></description><author>Kristin Duncan </author><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Provost: Budget remains on sound footing</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/provost_budget_remains_on_sound_footing.html</link><description><![CDATA[Despite uncertainty regarding provincial government operating grants and lower revenues, Western remains on solid financial footing, said Janice Deakin, provost and vice-president (academic).]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Rollout of We Speak results begins</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/rollout_of_we_speak_results_begins.html</link><description><![CDATA[More than 3,000 of us have spoken. Now, it’s time to find out what we said as the first wave of results from the We Speak faculty and staff survey, conducted last fall, are set for release. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: When life gives you lemons, make money</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/campus_digest_when_life_gives_you_lemons_make_money.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ivey Business School HBA 1 students raised $108,013 in 48 hours for the United Way of London &amp; Middlesex’s Matched Savings and Microloan Program through the third annual Hunter Straker and Ivey Give Lemonaid  project. Last year, students raised more than $42,000.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-17T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Travel health notice: China</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/travel_health_notice_china.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western University is advising members of its community who are planning to travel to China to exercise caution after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed human cases of an avian influenza virus identified as influenza A(H7N9) in the People's Republic of China.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-16T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Ivey students turn lemons into a sweet donation</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/ivey_students_turn_lemons_into_a_sweet_donation.html</link><description><![CDATA[Despite bad weather and numerous challenges and twists, Ivey Business School HBA students raised $108,013 for the United Way – the highest total in the three years of the Hunter Straker and Ivey Give Lemonaid program.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>USC celebrates Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/usc_celebrates_excellence_in_undergraduate_teaching.html</link><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Irwin, Faculty of Health Sciences, M. J. Kidnie, Faculty of Arts &amp; Humanities, Anita Woods, Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry, and Mitsume Fukui, not pictured, Arts &amp; Humanities, were named as recipients of the University Students’ Council (USC) Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the 22nd annual USC Award Ceremony. This ceremony celebrates the achievements of top students and faculty.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Library fines see first hike in 12 years</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/campus_digest.html</link><description><![CDATA[On May 1, Western Libraries will raise the daily fine rates for regular loans from 50 cents to 75 cents and recall fines from $2 to $3. Not all daily fines rates will change; hourly and short loan fines will remain at $2. Western Libraries has not raised fines in more than 12 years. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Going 'Mad' for MIT alumna's 'Mean' memes</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/going_mad_for_mit_alumnas_mean_memes.html</link><description><![CDATA[They may be decades and cultures apart, but Mad Men and Mean Girls go hand in hand for Taylor Pearce.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Engineering students look to Reduce Barriers</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/engineering_students_look_to_reduce_barriers.html</link><description><![CDATA[A team of Western Engineering students has eyes on a smoother road for those with accessibility barriers. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Students capture a scientific revolution for multimedia series</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/students_capture_a_scientific_revolution.html</link><description><![CDATA[New Media students have produced a seven-part multimedia series on citizen science to be published this month by online magazines The Tyee and rabble.ca.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>2013 Western Green Awards</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/2013_western_green_awards.html</link><description><![CDATA[Huron University College student Gideon Bell has made it his mission to bring a greater focus on the environment at the affiliate college. As environmental commissioner of Huron’s students’ council and leader of its Green Team, Bell has teamed up with EnviroWestern for a tree-planting event in September, spent two summers growing a beautiful reading garden and organized several fundraising and fact-finding events to support environmental sustainability.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western researchers acquit tins in expedition's fate</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/franklin_mystery_remains.html</link><description><![CDATA[While we may never know exactly what happened to the 129 men who were part of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition in 1845, Western researchers have at least debunked some of the potential causes of death – that being lead poisoning.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Program eyes mental health transition help</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/a_stronger_safety_net.html</link><description><![CDATA[The transition from hospital to community can be challenging for those diagnosed with a mental illness. Research shows the first days and weeks following psychiatric discharge are particularly high-risk periods for relapse, with 43 per cent of suicides occurring within the first month post-discharge, and another 40 per cent of patients being readmitted to hospital during that same time.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Trainor, Trung take top athletic honours</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/trainor_trung_take_top_athletic_honours.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western rugby player Conor Trainor and swimmer Jennifer Trung saw their athletic careers honoured at the 2012-13 Western Mustangs Athletic Awards Banquet last week at the London Convention Centre. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Students to help Guatemalan children check out books for first time </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/students_to_help_guatemalan_children_check_out_books_for_first_time_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Elementary school students in Guatemala will be able to borrow books from the library for the first time, thanks in part to the work of Western students. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>'Seed Your Startup' to award $5,000 to London entrepreneur</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/seed_your_startup_to_award_5000_to_london_entrepreneur.html</link><description><![CDATA[Faculty, students and community members are invited to attend the annual ‘Seed Your Startup’ business pitch competition hosted by The Student Success Centre and BizInc.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Brescia reappoints Hanycz as principal </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/brescia_reappoints_hanycz_as_principal_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Colleen Hanycz has been reappointed to a second term as Brescia University College’s principal, the Council of Trustees recently announced. Hanycz’s four-year renewal will begin July 1.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>BMO donates $2 million to the Ivey Business School</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/bmo_donates_2_million_to_the_ivey_business_school.html</link><description><![CDATA[The alumni of the Ivey Business School are once again supporting their alma mater, as Gilles Ouellette (HBA’69, MBA’70), president and chief executive officer (private client group) for BMO Financial Group, presented a $2 million gift to the school in support of its new building.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western grad looks to 'break the cycle'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/western_grad_looks_to_break_the_cycle.html</link><description><![CDATA[Cameron Arksey (BA’11) thinks it’s time to ‘break the cycle’ when it comes to the issue of violence against women. And the Western graduate is behind a grassroots effort to get the message out to all in-residence and off-campus university and college students not only in London, but around the country.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Quan-Haase: Why we have embraced a revolution in spreading ideas</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/quanhaase_why_we_have_embraced_a_revolution_in_spreading_ideas.html</link><description><![CDATA[So, what are TED talks? ]]></description><author>Anabel Quan-Haase </author><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Read All Over reviews, April 2013</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/read_all_over_reviews_april_2013.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Kane Faucher</author><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Positive shift in work-life balance up to employees</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/researcher_positive_shift_in_worklife_balance_up_to_employees.html</link><description><![CDATA[Do you find yourself taking work home with you? Are you constantly checking your work email while lounging at home? Are you having trouble finding that perfect work-life balance? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you’re not alone. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Long-run considerations at heart of antibiotic warning</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/longrun_considerations_at_heart_of_antibiotic_warning.html</link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to a recent Ontario Medical Association (OMA) recommendation to ban the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, it’s a matter of considering what will cost more in the long run, according to a Western researcher. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Allure of new class hopefully irresistible to some</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/allure_of_new_class_hopefully_irresistible_to_some.html</link><description><![CDATA[Christine Roulston hopes teaching sex, seduction and romance – as manifested in French novels – will teach students a little more about French history and culture. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Alumnus brings a little 'humour' to the novel</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/alumnus_brings_a_little_humour_to_the_novel.html</link><description><![CDATA[It’s not your typical tale of time travel. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Raising the Bars: Professor recounts teaching inside the prison system</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/raising_the_bars_professor_recounts_teaching_inside_the_prison_system.html</link><description><![CDATA[Most professors don’t aspire to work in a maximum security prison. Most secondary teachers don’t either. Admittedly, it was a little weird, but the prospect held a certain unique appeal. ]]></description><author>Scott Wier</author><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Ivey evolves its name, logo</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/campus_digest_ivey_evolves_its_name_logo.html</link><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Ivey Business School announced an evolution of the name and look of the iconic business school brand.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>New course expands Holocaust into literature</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/new_course_expands_holocaust_into_literature.html</link><description><![CDATA[Teaching the Holocaust doesn’t boil down to a history lecture alone. A literature class is a necessary supplement to the subject, according to Alain Goldschläger, director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Western.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Student embraces 'hardest thing I'd done in my life'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/student_embraces_hardest_thing_id_done_in_my_life.html</link><description><![CDATA[Music student Sarah Bell wanted to teach, until she spent some time living beside a sweatshop in Bangladesh. ]]></description><author>Janis Wallace</author><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Letters may be jumbled, but findings getting clearer</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/letters_may_be_jumbled_but_findings_getting_clearer.html</link><description><![CDATA[When reading this sentence, you are identifying the letters that form the words. You are also coding the position of those letters to be able to distinguish between words like ‘form’ and ‘from’. But, then again, it’s also interesting that you can stilil raed words when the lettres are jmbuled up and not in thier corerct psotiions. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Cechetto presented with 2013 Western Humanitarian Award</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/cechetto_presented_with_2013_western_humanitarian_award.html</link><description><![CDATA[For his selfless work in rebuilding Rwanda's shattered health-care system, Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry professor David Cechetto has been presented with Western's 2013 Humanitarian Award. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Tuition framework caps hikes at 3 per cent </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/tuition_framework_caps_hikes_at_3_per_cent_.html</link><description><![CDATA[While the provincial government announced last week it would cap tuition hikes over the next four years at 3 per cent, all sides agree there’s work to be done still. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-04T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Bartlett named volleyball head coach</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/bartlett_named_volleyball_head_coach.html</link><description><![CDATA[Melissa Bartlett has been named head coach of the Mustangs women's volleyball program. She takes over for David Edwards, who announced his retirement last month. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-03T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Engineering project opens eyes to patient communication</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/project_opens_eyes_to_patient_communication.html</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to a group of Western students, a significant healthcare deficiency could soon be solved - all with a blink of an eye.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition eyes innovative designs for accessibility</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/April/competition_eyes_innovative_designs_for_accessibility.html</link><description><![CDATA[Got a good IDeA for an innovative, cost-effective and practical solution to accessibility-related barriers in the community? Then it’s time to get in the game.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-04-01T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>TEDxWesternU speakers to share world-changing ideas</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/tedxwesternu_speakers_to_share_worldchanging_ideas.html</link><description><![CDATA[Diving with sharks. Creating 'skin' for buildings. Sailing with pirates on the fringes of capitalism. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>2013 Distinguished University Professorship</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/2013_distinguished_university_professorship.html</link><description><![CDATA[In the fields of medicine and law, Western’s latest Distinguished University Professorship (DUP) winners emulate the motivation behind why the award was created. In honouring faculty who have built a record of excellence in the areas of teaching, research and service over a substantial career at Western, this year’s recipients receive an award of $10,000 to support their scholarly activities and will deliver a public lecture at a future date. This year’s DUP winners are:]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Can a gold-plated micro-chip detect the growth of cancer?</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/campus_digest_can_a_goldplated_microchip_detect_the_growth_of_cancer.html</link><description><![CDATA[A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, led by scientists in London and Toronto, is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Engineering project opens eyes to patient communication</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/project_opens_eyes_to_patient_communication.html</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to a group of Western students, a significant healthcare deficiency could soon be solved - all with a blink of an eye.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Ivey grads turn off 'The Streets' into new venture</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/ivey_grads_turn_off_the_streets_into_new_venture.html</link><description><![CDATA[Alex Hyssen and Andrew Lenjosek gave up their careers on 'The Streets' – Bay and Wall – to pursue a shared vision of a healthier world. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Brescia reaching out by logging on</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/brescia_reaching_out_by_logging_on.html</link><description><![CDATA[Some 10,000 km away, Brescia University College is gaining esteem among young women in China, all thanks a tech-savvy outreach initiative. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>New scholar-in-residence program targets world's best </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/new_scholarinresidence_program_targets_worlds_best_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western hopes its newest program will have the pull to attract everyone from Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education winners to Nobel Laureates.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-28T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>FIMS student remembered</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/fims_student_remembered.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western community is mourning the death of Chinyere (Chi-Chi) Okonkwoh, a Faculty of Information and Media Studies student, who died Sunday, March 10 at her home in Nigeria after a lengthy illness.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-27T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>MacGee tapped for Bank of Canada Governor's Award</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/macgee_tapped_for_bank_of_canada_governors_award.html</link><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA - Western Economics professor James MacGee has been awarded the 2013 Governor's Award by Bank of Canada.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-26T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Oxford Law dean to deliver Coxford Lecture</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/oxford_law_dean_to_deliver_coxford_lecture.html</link><description><![CDATA[Professor Timothy Endicott, dean of the Faculty of Law at Oxford University, will deliver the 5th annual Coxford Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28 in the Moot Court Room of the Faculty of Law. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-25T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Memorial service set for student</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/memorial_service_set_for_student.html</link><description><![CDATA[A memorial service celebrating the life of Noah Kishinevsky has been scheduled for noon Thursday, March 28 in the Main Lounge, Saugeen-Maitland Hall.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-25T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Concert spotlights Canadian writer/performer Pauline Johnson</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/concert_spotlights_canadian_writerperformer_pauline_johnson.html</link><description><![CDATA[Canadian writer and performer Pauline Johnson was a trailblazer. In honour of her accomplishments and marking 100 years since her death in March 1913, Western’s Les Choristes and director Jennifer Moir are performing a concert of Johnson’s poetry set to music by three young Canadian composers.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-22T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western will power down for World Earth Hour</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_will_power_down_for_world_earth_hour.html</link><description><![CDATA[This weekend, Western will join the world in turning turn out the lights this weekend.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth council puts fresh eyes – and ideas – on London</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/youth_council_puts_fresh_eyes__and_ideas__on_london.html</link><description><![CDATA[This time around, Matt Ross has a better idea of what to expect.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western mourns student</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_mourns_student.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western community is mourning the death of Noah Kishinevsky, 19, a first-year Faculty of Science student and resident of Saugeen Maitland Hall, who died Sunday, March 17.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Art project lets water discussion flow</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/art_project_lets_water_discussion_flow.html</link><description><![CDATA[If a picture paints a thousand words, Patrick Mahon hopes his ongoing project speaks volumes when it comes to the subject of water and its cultural and environmental importance.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Conciliator named in Western, CUPE Local 2692 negotiations</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/ministry_names_conciliator.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Ontario Ministry of Labour has named Greg Long as the conciliator to meet with representatives from Western and CUPE Local 2692 and assist with negotiations. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Ihnatowycz, Martin, Tsui tapped for honorary degrees</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/trio_tapped_for_honorary_degrees.html</link><description><![CDATA[The past dean of Harvard Medical School, a global leader in sustainable investing and a Killam Award-winning geneticist will receive honorary degrees from Western at the 2013 convocations for the Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry’s Doctor of Medicine (MD) program, the Richard Ivey School of Business’ Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and Western’s Hong Kong campus, respectively. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Study to explore community's homeless strategy</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/study_to_explore_homeless_strategy.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western professor Cheryl Forchuk to look at what impact the London Community Addiction Response Strategy has had on city's homeless.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Student death stuns university</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/student_death_stuns_university.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western community is mourning the death of Noah Kishinevsky, 19, a first-year student and resident of Saugeen-Maitland Hall, who was found dead on Monday night following a search by both police and community members.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>New pope renews hope for the church</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/new_pope_renews_hope_for_the_church.html</link><description><![CDATA[In the Catholic Church, no gesture is empty. Just ask Robert Ventresca. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western welcomes Bansal, Cao as new CRCs </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_welcomes_two_new_crcs.html</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Ivey School of Business professor Tima Bansal and Faculty of Science professor Jiguo Cao were recently named Canada Research Chairs. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>2012-13 Awards for Excellence in Teaching</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/201213_awards_for_excellence_in_teaching.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-21T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Grant fuels 'gold-plated' idea on cancer</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/grant_fuels_goldplated_idea_on_cancer.html</link><description><![CDATA[A multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by scientists in London and Toronto is developing a simple tool that could one day make it easier to choose the best available cancer treatments for individual patients and improve their chances for survival. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-20T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western celebrates World Water Day</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_celebrates_world_water_day.html</link><description><![CDATA[In celebration of World Water Day 2013 and the International Year of Water Cooperation, Western and EnviroWestern are hosting a special interdisciplinary event on Friday, March 22, featuring researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Arts &amp; Humanities.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-19T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>'Western Revealed' airs episode two tonight</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_revealed_airs_episode_two_tonight.html</link><description><![CDATA[French professor Henri Boyi is among the features on 'Western Revealed,' 8:30 p.m. tonight on Rogers Television (channel 13 in London).]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-19T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western community mourns student</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_community_mourns_student.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western is deeply saddened to report that Noah Kishinevsky, a first-year Science student and resident of Saugeen Maitland Hall residence, was found dead on Monday night following a search by both police and community members. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-19T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Information sought on missing student</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/information_sought_on_missing_student.html</link><description><![CDATA[Police are continuing to search for a missing male student, Noah Kishinevsky, 19, a resident of Saugeen Maitland Hall at Western.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-18T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Four undergrads tapped for planetary prize</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/four_undergrads_tapped_for_planetary_prize.html</link><description><![CDATA[Four Western Geology/Planetary Science undergraduate students were selected to participate in the NASA Undergraduate Planetary Science Research Conference, which will be held Sunday in Houston, Texas, prior to the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-15T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Study shows large farms making record investments</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/study_shows_large_farms_making_record_investments.html</link><description><![CDATA[In 2009, in the midst of a global economic recession total investments on Canadian farms exceeded $11.4 billion, up from $8.2 billion in 2001. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-15T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Electronic thesis project takes top honours</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/campus_digest_electronic_thesis_project_takes_top_honours.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars’ Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Time for a little campus spring cleaning</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/time_for_a_little_campus_spring_cleaning.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western will be hosting a Campus Clean Up Day on Thursday, April 4. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western, and event organizers say it will be a great way to show appreciation for the university’s beautiful campus. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>In memoriam: Wearring remembered as a towering example for all</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/in_memoriam_wearring_remembered_as_a_towering_example_for_all.html</link><description><![CDATA[George Wearring (1928-2013) was a Western professor who taught in the Department of Physical, Health and Recreation Education (now, after several iterations, the School of Kinesiology) from 1962-90. I want to reflect upon the man as I knew him, first as one of my undergraduate teachers and later as my colleague and friend.]]></description><author>Don Morrow</author><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>TLC students bring lessons home</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/tlc_students_bring_lessons_home.html</link><description><![CDATA[This year, 18 students participated in a new campus initiative, Travel, Learn, Contribute (TLC), visiting the Dominican Republic during Reading Week where they worked to improve one village school while also giving their time and efforts to a variety of local causes.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Grad student labour puts 'Works' on display</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/grad_student_labour_puts_works_on_display.html</link><description><![CDATA[You could say it is an interesting, if not welcome, change – temporarily shifting the attention away from London’s ever-fluctuating, seldom optimistic, unemployment rate to its rich history of labour. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Celebrating five decades of ‘just doing his job’</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/celebrating_five_decades_of_just_doing_his_job.html</link><description><![CDATA[Even after five decades in law enforcement, Elgin Austen can still be surprised.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Site preserving musical legacy strikes right chord</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/site_preserving_musical_legacy_strikes_right_chord.html</link><description><![CDATA[Generals Gathered, a metal band from Thunder Bay. Simply Saucer, a punk band from Hamilton. Fear of Dogma, a rock band from London. Odds are you haven’t heard of any of these bands, but Jonathan Martel is doing his best to get the word – or in this case, music – out to the masses.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Malawi project looks to build a new future</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/malawi_project_looks_to_build_a_new_future.html</link><description><![CDATA[A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>OBI funding to target neurodegeneration </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/obi_funding_to_target_neurodegeneration_.html</link><description><![CDATA[When Ruth McFeat heard the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) was investing $15 million to support research on neurodegeneration, the progressive loss of the structure and/or function of neurons, she couldn’t have been more thrilled. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-14T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Symposium to discuss you and your health </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/symposium_to_discuss_you_and_your_health_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Miracle six-minute exercise routines. All of these things promise quick results, but do they actually deliver? The 8th annual Exercise and Nutrition Symposium, slated for March 23, will help you decide for yourself. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Shaw lecture explores soap, students and stem cells</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/shaw_lecture_explores_soap_students_and_stem_cells.html</link><description><![CDATA[Kimberly Woodhouse, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University, will deliver Western’s 22nd annual Lynda Shaw Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in Spencer Engineering Building, Room 3109. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-13T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Giuffre, Thomson named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/giuffre_thomson_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Badminton player Martin Giuffre and track athlete Brenna Thomson have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for March 11-17. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus flooding being monitored</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/campus_flooding_being_monitored__updated_615_am.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western community members are advised to continue to stay away from the river and Medway Creek on campus as waters are still running fast, high and cold.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western joins Hydro One's engineering partnership </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/western_joins_hydro_ones_engineering_partnership_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western recently announced a new partnership with Hydro One, Ryerson University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo to increase enrolment and career opportunities for female students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Electronic thesis project earns top honours</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/electronic_thesis_project_take_top_honours.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western's School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) has won the 2012-13 Ontario University Registrars' Association (OURA) Innovation Award for its electronic thesis project. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Course weds literature, marriage in global context</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/course_weds_literature_marriage_in_global_context.html</link><description><![CDATA[Taiwo Osinubi is taking his students on an unconventional tour around the world, but no luggage is necessary – only books and the subject of marriage.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Research attacks cancer's 'shields'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/research_attacks_cancers_shields.html</link><description><![CDATA[Drs. Wei-Ping Min and James Koropatnick are going to war against cancer.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Gender class makes curriculum cut; work remains</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/gender_class_makes_curriculum_cut_work_remains.html</link><description><![CDATA[What started as a conversation in a Western residence eight years ago will be an elective course in high schools across the province come this fall.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Take a digital walk down memory lane</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/take_a_digital_walk_down_memory_lane.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western Archives recently completed a project to digitize the Occidentalia (Western's yearbook), from the early 1920s through the 1980s.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>President shares thoughts on Alumni Association’s future</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/president_shares_thoughts_on_alumni_associations_future.html</link><description><![CDATA[On the one day of the year he asks alumni to set aside time to share the Western story with others, Alumni Association president Robert Collins set aside time to share his thoughts on the state of the alumni association with Western News editor Jason Winders.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Alumna fiddles around with Canadian tradition</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/alumna_fiddles_around_with_canadian_tradition.html</link><description><![CDATA[The soundtrack for Celina Di Cecca's homecoming is lively.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Fellowship takes search for answers global</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/fellowship_takes_search_for_answers_global.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western professor Stephen Lomber is only the second Canadian to earn the Cattell Fund fellowship in the last two decades.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Ivey wins multiple awards at case competition</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/ivey_wins_multiple_awards_at_case_competition.html</link><description><![CDATA[Faculty members from the Richard Ivey School of Business have been awarded top honours in three of 14 categories in the 2013 European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD) case-writing competition.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Cope named Ivey Business Leader of the Year</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/cope_named_ivey_business_leader_of_the_year.html</link><description><![CDATA[George Cope, HBA '84, president/CEO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, has been named the 2013 Ivey Business Leader Award. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Abelev, Barry named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/abelev_barry_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Wrestlers Ilya Abelev and Brianne Barry have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for March 4-10. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-05T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Forum to centre on human trafficking</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/forum_to_centre_on_human_trafficking.html</link><description><![CDATA[Issues surrounding human trafficking will come to light during a Western-sponsored forum on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 and 6. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-04T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports put postsecondary teaching in spotlight</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/reports_put_postsecondary_teaching_in_spotlight.html</link><description><![CDATA[Two recent research reports issued by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario have put postsecondary teaching effectiveness.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-04T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Minac wins top mathematical honour</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/minac_wins_top_mathematical_honour.html</link><description><![CDATA[Mathematics professor Jan Minac has been awarded the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS).]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-04T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Police seek suspect in Thursday incident</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/police_seek_suspect_in_thursday_incident.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western community members are advised at around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, a female student walking on University Drive was approached by a man who tried to coerce her into his unmarked car while claiming he was a member of Western's Foot Patrol Service.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-03-01T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Student hopes to draw together writing community</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/March/student_hopes_to_draw_together_writing_community.html</link><description><![CDATA[Here to unite writers in the Western community, Alex Carrillo-Hayley is the university's first Student Writer-in-Residence - believed to be the first in North America. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Read All Over reviews</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/read_all_over_reviews.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Examining a pope in full</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/examining_a_pope_in_full.html</link><description><![CDATA[In many ways, historical accounts have failed Pope Pius XII.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Student hopes to draw together writing community</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/student_hopes_to_draw_together_writing_community.html</link><description><![CDATA[Here to unite writers in the Western community, Alex Carrillo-Hayley is the university's first Student Writer-in-Residence - believed to be the first in North America. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Carney: Don't check core values at the door</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/carney_dont_check_core_values_at_the_door.html</link><description><![CDATA[Much needed, regained trust in the world’s banking institutions will come at a high moral price, said Canada’s bank governor Mark Carney as he delivered the seventh annual Thomas d’Aquino Lecture on Leadership at the new Ivey building Tuesday afternoon. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Be the change: Western teams take a 'Break'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/be_the_change_western_teams_take_a_break.html</link><description><![CDATA[From New Orleans to Winni­peg, the Belize to Costa Rica, even right here in London, Western’s volunteer teams trav­eled around the corner or across the globe for Alternative Spring Break 2013, asb.uwo.ca. What follows below are two memories from two team members reflecting on the week that was. Relive the week by reading all the entries – as well as seeing all the photos – at atwestern.typepad.com/asb2013/. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Law professor helps redefine 'gift' in giving</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/campus_digest_law_professor_helps_redefine_gift_in_giving.html</link><description><![CDATA[The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has endorsed a tax reform proposal advocated by Western Law professor Adam Parachin, who appeared before the Standing Committee as an expert witness in January 2012. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Advanced tech takes flight to track migratory birds </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/advanced_tech_takes_flight_to_track_migratory_birds_.html</link><description><![CDATA[What exactly happens when migratory birds travel from Point A to Point B, and all the stops and starts along the way?  Those are questions a new $3.4 million project led by Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) hopes to answer.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Chancellor to bring Brescia message to women across country</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/chancellor_to_bring_brescia_message_to_women_across_country.html</link><description><![CDATA[More than six decades have passed since her graduation from Brescia University College, yet Joan Francolini has been, and still remains, an integral part of its community.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>New site points to help for victims </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/new_site_points_to_help_for_victims_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western has launched a new website dedicated to bringing everything together in one location for victims of sexual assault within the university community. The site, live today, hopes to provide easy answers to victims asking ‘What now?’]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel to debate fate of Olympic wrestling (live stream)</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/panel_to_debate_fate_of_olympic_wrestling_live_stream.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western Mustangs, in conjunction with the Canadian Olympic Committee and Wrestling Canada, will host a panel discussion on the status and future of Olympic Wrestling 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27 in the Spencer Engineering Building, room 1059. The discussion will also be live streamed at the Streaming Sports Network. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-27T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Normal operations Wednesday (UPDATED 6 a.m.)</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/normal_operations_wednesday_updated_6_am.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western is running on a normal schedule today, meaning all classes and activities remain as scheduled. Please check Western's weather page, uwo.ca/weather.html, for updates, if necessary. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-27T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Six pianos, six players, one stage</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/six_pianos_six_players_one_stage.html</link><description><![CDATA[Don’t miss the chance to hear the one and only performance of the Six Pianos Ensemble at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 in the Paul Davenport Theatre. Admission is free.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-26T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Ehrhardt, Harnden named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/ehrhardt_harnden_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Track and field athlete Caroline Ehrhardt and hockey player Zach Harnden have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Feb. 25 to March 3.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-26T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Ivey welcomes Liberal leadership candidates </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/ivey_welcomes_liberal_leadership_candidates_.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Richard Ivey School of Business and the HBA Policy Club present three interactive question-and-answer sessions with federal Liberal leadership candidates Marc Garneau, George Takach and Karen McCrimmon.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-25T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Weather update: Normal operations Wednesday (Updated 6:57 a.m.)</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/weather_update_normal_operations_today.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western is running on a normal schedule today, meaning all activities remain as scheduled. Please check Western's weather page, uwo.ca/weather.html, throughout the day for further updates.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-20T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Trio tapped for planetary prize</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/trio_tapped_for_planetary_prize.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western Geology/Planetary Science graduate students Tanya Harrison, Cassandra Marion and Annemarie Pickersgill have been named among 15 international winners of the sixth Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Career Development Award. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-19T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Sweden's Umea University names Creed to visiting post </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/swedens_umea_university_names_creed_to_visiting_post_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been selected by Sweden’s Umeå University as one of the institution’s Female Guest Professorships. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-19T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Mustangs win second consecutive wrestling championship</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/mustangs_win_second_consecutive_wrestling_championship.html</link><description><![CDATA[For the second straight year, the Western Mustangs men’s wrestling team has won the OUA Championship, claiming the title Saturday evening in St. Catharines. The Mustangs took first place with 73 points, eclipsing McMaster (67 points) and the host Brock (63 points) for the championship. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-19T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Abelev, Gosling named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/abelev_gosling_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Wrestler Ilya Abelev and hockey player Katelyn Gosling have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Feb. 18-24. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-19T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>ITS message on telephone upgrade (UPDATED 10:15 a.m.)</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/its_message_on_telephone_system_upgrade.html</link><description><![CDATA[Work continues on a manual reset to a number of campus phones, a result of a telephone system upgrade conducted by ITS over the weekend. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Francolini named first-ever chancellor for Brescia </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/francolini_named_firstever_chancellor_for_brescia_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Joan Francolini has been appointed chancellor for Brescia University College by the Council of Trustees of Brescia. She will commence the inaugural four-year term in this honorary position on July 1.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Professor helps redefine 'gift' in giving</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/professor_helps_redefine_gift_in_giving.html</link><description><![CDATA[The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has endorsed a tax reform proposal advocated by Western Law professor Adam Parachin, who appeared before the Standing Committee as an expert witness in January 2012. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western, IBM solving complex problems for local industry</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/western_ibm_solving_complex_problems_for_local_industry.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western and IBM are hosting a four-day Industry Problem Brainstorming Workshop on Tuesday, Feb. 19, where teams from Western will put their heads together to solve complex problems for local industry. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Blind brain receives 'visual' cues to identify shape</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/blind_brain_receives_visual_cues_to_identify_shape.html</link><description><![CDATA[A significant number of blind humans, not unlike bats and dolphins, can localize silent objects in their environment simply by making clicking sounds with their mouth and listening to the returning echoes. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Briens named Lignoworks scientific diretor </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/briens_named_lignoworks_scientific_diretor_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western Chemical Engineering professor Cedric Briens has been named scientific director of Lignoworks, an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) research network that strives to provide alternatives to fossil fuel feedstocks by creating technology platforms for lignin-based chemicals and materials.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Dropouts weren't prepared in first place</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/study_dropouts_werent_prepared_in_first_place.html</link><description><![CDATA[While some folks may look at university/college dropouts as simply lazy slackers, a Western study boils the bailout down to simple ability. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Aquatic ecosystems get NSERC boost</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/aquatic_ecosystems_get_nserc_boost.html</link><description><![CDATA[A $4.4 million funding boost from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems (CNAES) will play a key role in ensuring well-informed decisions are made when it comes to this country’s wetlands, lakes and rivers. And two Western researchers have been tapped to provide project leadership. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Student behind the story speaks out</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/student_behind_the_story_speaks_out.html</link><description><![CDATA[Within days, Kierston Drier's letter went viral.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Time has come for Potter exploration in the classroom</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/time_has_come_for_potter_exploration_in_the_classroom.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gabrielle Ceraldi is sure it is a perfect fit for today's generation of Western students. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Several named Women of Excellence</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/several_named_women_of_excellence.html</link><description><![CDATA[There is a strong Western feel to this year's YMCA of Western Ontario's Women of Excellence award winners, announced Tuesday at London's Central YMCA on Waterloo Street.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Online guru offers hints on where to start</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/online_guru_offers_hints_on_where_to_start.html</link><description><![CDATA[Kim Holland would love to see more Western faculty members log on to teaching online courses, something he's been doing since the late 1990s.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Writers in residence to give creative writing voice</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/writers_in_residence_to_give_creative_writing_voice.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western literary community added two new members this week, both expected to bring a world of insight across campus. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>'Western Revealed' takes London inside The Gates</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/western_revealed_takes_london_inside_the_gates.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's covering a story almost 135 years old, and coming to a television near you soon. 'Western Revealed,' a new program about Western and its people, debuts next week on Rogers TV.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Study calls dialysis treatment into question</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/study_calls_dialysis_treatment_into_question.html</link><description><![CDATA[For patients needing dialysis treatment, less isn't always more. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Goldszmidt earns top teaching award</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/goldszmidt_earns_top_teaching_award.html</link><description><![CDATA[Mark Goldszmidt has always felt you could simply go about your day-to-day teaching at Western, or you could want to make things better. He chose the latter.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Trio of alumni named to top provincial posts</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/trio_of_alumni_named_to_top_provincial_posts.html</link><description><![CDATA[Three Western alumni have been named to top cabinet posts in Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's new cabinet. Wynne, the first female premier of Ontario, replaces the outgoing Dalton McGuinty.]]></description><author>David Scott</author><pubDate>2013-02-14T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Simonovic honoured for hydrologic engineering work</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/simonovic_honoured_for_hydrologic_engineering_work.html</link><description><![CDATA[Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Slobodan Simonovic,  director of engineering studies with Western's Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, has been selected by the Environmental Water Resources Institute to receive the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2013 Ven Te Chow Award for his achievements in the field of hydrologic engineering. ]]></description><author>Agnes Chick</author><pubDate>2013-02-13T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Sproule, Wise named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/sproule_wise_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Swimmers Emma Sproule and Robert Wise have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Feb. 11-17. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-11T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Charpentier, Robinson earn Strategic Project Grants</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/charpentier_robinson_earn_strategic_project_grants.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western researchers Paul Charpentier and Clare Robinson have been named among 83 scientific teams at universities across the country receiving Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Strategic Project Grants.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-11T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Normal operations today</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/normal_operations.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western is running on a normal schedule today, meaning all classes and other activities remain as scheduled. Please check Western's weather page, uwo.ca/weather.html, throughout the day for further updates. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-08T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Goldszmidt awarded 3M National Teaching Fellowship</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/goldszmidt_awarded_3m_national_teaching_fellowship.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western professor Dr. Mark Goldszmidt, Department of Medicine and acting director for the Centre for Education Research &amp; Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry, has been awarded the prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship recognizing his dedication to teaching, learning and educational leadership. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Nominations open for Western Green Awards</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/campus_digest_nominations_open_for_western_green_awards.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Making the case for - and out of - this Ivey alumna </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/making_the_case_for__and_out_of__this_ivey_alumna_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Some creative use of social media by her real estate company has sparked an interest from Sherry Chris’ alma mater. The 2001 graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business Executive MBA program, and current president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in New Jersey, will be the focus of a new case study developed by Western’s business school. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western's stars align in latest QS rankings</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/westerns_stars_align_in_latest_qs_rankings.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western has been awarded Five Stars by the QS Stars audit, authored by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), publishers of the QS World University Rankings. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Engineers notch first toboggan triumph</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/engineers_notch_first_toboggan_triumph.html</link><description><![CDATA[The year is definitely off to a good start for the Western Engineering Toboggan Team.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental sustainability strategy hopes to embody the Western Experience </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/environmental_sustainability_strategy_hopes_to_embody_the_western_experience_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gitta Kulczycki knows tomorrow won’t be much different from today. In fact, she stresses it will take a whole lot of tomorrows to get to where Western wants to be on environmental sustainability. But that’s no excuse for not getting started.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Celebrating a century of reaching young people</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/celebrating_a_century_of_reaching_young_people.html</link><description><![CDATA[For a century now, it has facilitated and promoted mentorship in the London community, changing lives in the process. And it’s something the Western community has, and continues, to foster. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Driven to bring them back alive and well</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/driven_to_bring_them_back_alive_and_well.html</link><description><![CDATA[Known worldwide for his research around critical care medicine, Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry professor Dr. Raymond Kao has been named the Group Captain G. Edward Hall Chair in Military Critical Care Research at Lawson Health Research Institute, the research arm of London Health Sciences Centre. The chair, a Canadian first, is named after Western’s former Dean of Medicine and longest-serving president. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>New prostate cancer test could change treatment </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/new_prostate_cancer_test_could_change_treatment_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Schulich School of Medicine &amp; Dentistry junior faculty member Hon Leong has developed a new blood test which could detect the potential for prostate cancer earlier.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Nominations open for Western Green Awards</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/nominations_open_for_western_green_awards.html</link><description><![CDATA[Nominations are now being sought for the Western Green Awards to recognize contributions to sustainability on campus. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-06T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>University requests conciliation</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/university_requests_conciliation.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western has requested the assistance of a conciliator from the Ontario Ministry of Labour to help with negotiations between the University and CUPE Local 2692, representing approximately 574 food services assistants, food supervisors, cooks, chefs and food storespersons in Western’s Hospitality Services department. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-05T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>May, Ouellette named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/may_ouellette_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Volleyball player Garrett May and wrestler Valerie Ouellette have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Feb. 4-10. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-04T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Funeral services set for Dr. James Roth</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/funeral_services_set_for_dr_jim_roth.html</link><description><![CDATA[Funeral services have been set for Dr. James Roth, chair/chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulich Medicine &amp; Dentistry, who died Friday, Feb. 1.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-01T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Career Week 2013 ready for takeoff</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/career_week_2013_ready_for_takeoff.html</link><description><![CDATA[The process of exploring what you want to do, and discovering how you can get there, can be overwhelming. So let The Student Success Centre at Western Centre be your tour guide on your journey of career exploration at Career Week 2013, Feb. 4-8. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-02-01T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Program looks to build a safer implant</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/program_looks_to_build_a_safer_implant.html</link><description><![CDATA[While more than 120,000 Canadians have pacemakers – and an estimated 25,000 new ones are implanted each year – these patients are unknowingly putting themselves at risk of a lower standard of care down the road. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Capone: Research push will take commitment</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/capone_research_push_will_take_commitment.html</link><description><![CDATA[It won't be an easy climb to the top of the research heap for Western, said John Capone, Western vice-president (research). But it's something he feels the university needs to do.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Modern mummification sheds light on Ramses II</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/modern_mummification_sheds_light_on_ramses_ii.html</link><description><![CDATA[Some millennia ago, Yes might have been the object of worship in ancient Egypt. Today, Yes – a modern, domestic house cat – is helping shed light on the practice of mummification and the lives of ancients, such as Ramses II, the most celebrated pharaoh of Egypt. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western, London Hydro team up on Watts Lab</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/western_london_hydro_team_up_on_watts_lab.html</link><description><![CDATA[Harnessing solar power from the moon sounds like, well, an over-the-moon sort of likelihood. But for Rajiv Varma, work begins when the sun sets.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking a global look at academic freedom</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/taking_a_global_look_at_academic_freedom.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western President Amit Chakma asserted the importance and fragility of academic freedom around the world at a reception held at Western Law Jan. 22, celebrating professor Anna Dolidze, Western’s first Scholar at Risk. ]]></description><author>Susanna Eayrs</author><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>English Language Centre celebrates opening</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/english_language_centre_celebrates_opening.html</link><description><![CDATA[Not only will it help diversify Western’s campus, it will help international students settle in, providing English language instruction alongside integrated means of cultural acclimatization. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Cover song boots student into prime time</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/cover_song_boots_student_into_prime_time.html</link><description><![CDATA[You could say it was an Israeli soccer commercial that kicked off an international music career for Gareth Bush. You’d be surprised to hear the fourth-year King’s University College Criminology student is hoping a local fan base will pick up as a result.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>UWOpera brings Mozart close to home</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/uwopera_brings_mozart_close_to_home.html</link><description><![CDATA[Over the years, Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte' has been interpreted in many ways, but this is clearly UWOpera's own Western version of one of the master's most famous operas. ]]></description><author>Janis Wallace</author><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Canadian cartoonist inspired by history</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/canadian_cartoonist_inspired_by_history.html</link><description><![CDATA[In the early 1970s, Canadian cartoonist and former Western employee Gordon Johnston of London created the comic 'It Happened At Western,' a campus history spinoff of his national comic success 'It Happened in Canada,' launched in 1967 to mark the country’s centennial and published in more than 60 newspapers at its peak.]]></description><author>David Scott</author><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Postdoc bringing faces of Egypt from the past</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/postdoc_bringing_faces_from_the_past.html</link><description><![CDATA[For Anthropology postdoctoral fellow Andrew Wade, it was a face-to-face meeting like no other.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>External VP search to begin shortly</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/external_vp_search_to_begin_shortly.html</link><description><![CDATA[Kevin Goldthorp, Western's vice-president (external relations), is leaving Western to become senior vice-president, advancement, and foundation president at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. His final day at the university will be Friday, Feb. 1. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-31T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Seminar series brings cancer support to community</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/seminar_series_brings_cancer_support_to_community.html</link><description><![CDATA[Cancer Care Talks launches this week with hopes of providing London with information and strategies for living well with – and beyond – cancer. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Staff &amp; Leaders' Conference registration now open</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/February/staff__leaders_conference_registration_nears.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western staff can take a few days to Refresh this Reading Week, Feb. 18-22. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Henderson, Thomson named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/henderson_thomson_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Basketball player Quinn Henderson and track athlete Brenna Thomson have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Jan. 28-Feb. 3.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Team discovers potential blood test for autistic patients </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/team_discovers_potential_blood_test_for_autistic_patients_.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Results of a recent clinical study by researchers from Western and the University of Arkansas reveal the presence of a unique blood marker, which may further the understanding of possible gut linked environmental contributors to autism.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-28T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Recreation centre returns to normal operations</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/recreation_centre_remains_closed.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western Student Recreation Centre is now open and fully operational following an earlier closure due to a burst water pipe that flooded part of the facility.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-25T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Brennan: Spin cycle - Armstrong, doping and the lies he told</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/brennan_spin_cycle__armstrong_doping_and_the_lies_he_told.html</link><description><![CDATA[As a philosopher whose main area of research is ethics, and as a cyclist, I’m saddened, angered and intellectually puzzled by Lance Armstrong’s behaviour and recent confession. ]]></description><author>Samantha Brennan</author><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Project eyes smoother pathway for immigrants</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/project_eyes_smoother_pathway_for_immigrants.html</link><description><![CDATA[When most people think immigration, they picture Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal as destinations for the more than 250,000 newcomers arriving each year to Canada. That would be correct. But a Western-led immigration study, however, hopes to open the door for newcomers to settle in medium and small communities across the country as well.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/campus_digest_uwopera_brings_mozart_to_stage.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridge fight eventually spans choppy waters</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/bridge_fight_eventually_spans_choppy_waters.html</link><description><![CDATA[Roy Norton never expected the troubled waters he would encounter pushing for a second bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit across the Detroit River. At Western Law Monday, he stressed how building that second span is a precondition to ensuring the manufacturing vitality of Canada and the United States for years to come.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Leafs light lamp for Mustangs goalie</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/leafs_light_lamp_for_mustangs_goalie.html</link><description><![CDATA[Not only did it come as a surprise to Josh Unice, he didn't believe it when he heard it.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>'Purpology' explores lives of high-performing students</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/purpology_explores_lives_of_highperforming_students.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's not exactly a lesson you can pick up in class. Here to help the Western community become better acquainted with, well, itself, is purpology.com – a new blog published by students from the university's Scholar's Electives and Western Scholars programs.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Return to campus is music to professor’s ear</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/return_to_campus_is_music_to_professors_ear.html</link><description><![CDATA[Call it the circle of life at Western for Aaron Hodgson. A graduate of the Don Wright Faculty of Music (BMus'04), the 28-year-old now finds himself back at the university – this time in front of the class.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Video series lets others hear attorney's story </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/video_series_lets_others_hear_attorneys_story_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Lorin MacDonald simply wants you to listen. MacDonald (JD'09), has been updating attitudes about hearing impairment and accessibility for all forms of disability in legal circles and the community.]]></description><author>Wayne Newton</author><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Mayor: Western, city futures tied together</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/mayor_western_city_futures_tied_together.html</link><description><![CDATA[London's future is on a global stage on which Western plays a vital role, according to Mayor Joe Fontana, who delivered his third State of the City Address Tuesday morning.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Questions still surround law articling changes </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/questions_still_surround_law_articling_changes_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Law students, take note: Beneficial, yet potentially costly changes are on your professional horizon.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-24T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Perfect landing for United Way campaign</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/perfect_landing_for_united_way_campaign.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western celebrated the close of its 2012 United Way campaign Wednesday by revealing it had raised $746,101.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-23T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Competition puts business plans to the test</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/competition_puts_business_plans_to_the_test.html</link><description><![CDATA[Nine entrepreneurial teams from top graduate schools in North America will compete for $20,000 and a chance to move on to the next level at the 15th annual IBK Capital Ivey Business Plan Competition. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-23T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Green Challenge project nabs Top 20 spot</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/green_challenge_project_nabs_top_20_spot.html</link><description><![CDATA[A team comprised of Western students Matthew Gan, Joshua Leung, Shelley Liu and Yiaki Zhao, all of the Richard Ivey School of Business, have been named among the Top 20 team submissions in Walmart Canada's second annual Green Student Challenge. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-23T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Cold weather alert issued</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/cold_weather_alert_issued.html</link><description><![CDATA[A cold weather alert has been issued for London including Western's campus. This alert will remain in effect until Thursday, Jan. 24 when temperatures are expected to rise above -15 degrees C. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-22T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Dally, Leitch named Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/dally_leitch_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Basketball player Laura Dally and track athlete Scott Leitch have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Jan. 21-27.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-22T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Meteor expert joins investigation into infamous 'Windsor Hum'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/meteor_expert_joins_investigation_into_infamous_windsor_hum.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Government of Canada launched a new study today to identify the cause of the so-called 'Windsor Hum,' which will be conducted, in part, by renowned Western University astronomer Peter Brown. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-21T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>SERT stands ready around campus, around the clock</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/sert_stands_ready_around_campus_around_the_clock.html</link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to Western's Student Emergency Response Team (SERT), this group of 53 student volunteers are ready around the clock to respond to every type of call you could imagine. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Alumnus hopes listeners get the 'Message'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/alumnus_hopes_listeners_get_the_message.html</link><description><![CDATA[For Jordan Mandel, this was his final message at Western.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Alumni Art Collection spotlight</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/alumni_art_collection_spotlight.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author>Catherine Elliot Shaw</author><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Young leader making public health connections</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/young_leader_making_public_health_connections.html</link><description><![CDATA[At 40, Western alumnus Dr. Gabriel Leung heads of the School pf Public Health at the University of Hong Kong (UHK), where he has been a tenured professor since age 34. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Sportsnet blogger gets in the game</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/sportsnet_blogger_gets_in_the_game.html</link><description><![CDATA[All sports fans have an opinion, and Kyle Myers is no different.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Student health survey arriving soon</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/campus_digest_student_health_survey_arriving_soon.html</link><description><![CDATA[Next week, students will have an opportunity to open up (an email) and say 'ahh.']]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Mustangs QB named Laurier head coach</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/former_mustangs_qb_named_laurier_head_coach.html</link><description><![CDATA[While Michael Faulds faced some pressure situations as the Mustangs quarterback from 2005-09, the Edin Mills, Ont., native will soon see the game from a whole new perspective. The all-time leading passer in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) history has been named the head football coach of the Laurier Golden Hawks.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Family footwear find shows new side to Roman military</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/family_footwear_find_shows_new_side_to_roman_military.html</link><description><![CDATA[By looking at someone's shoes, you can tell a lot about the person wearing them. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>How Idle No More may build on its early success </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/how_idle_no_more_may_build_on_its_early_success_.html</link><description><![CDATA[The movement has been anything but idle for more than a month. But where do academics who study social movements see Idle No More going from here? ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Owen documentary now available in Canada</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/owen_documentary_now_available_in_canada.html</link><description><![CDATA[The BBC-TV program Panorama featured Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen last fall detailing his revolutionary efforts to communicate with severely brain-injured patients.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-17T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers identify new genetic mutation for ALS </title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/researchers_identify_new_genetic_mutation_for_als_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western researchers have identified a new genetic mutation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), opening the door to future targeted therapies. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Theatre Western nominated for magazine honours</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/theatre_western_nominated_for_magazine_honours.html</link><description><![CDATA[Theatre Western has been nominated for four Beat DISH Magazine Awards for the group’s productions of Jerome, The Historical Spectacle and Legally Blonde. The annual Beat DISH Awards celebrate the best in London theatre. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Stewart, Bone named Mustangs Athletes of the Week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/stewart_bone_named_mustangs_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Track and field athletes Robin Bone and Taylor Stewart have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the week for Jan. 14-20. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-15T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Legendary Canadian artists to lecture</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/legendary_canadian_artists_to_lecture.html</link><description><![CDATA[Legendary Canadian artists Jane and Tony Urquhart bring lessons from their travels to Western to help celebrate the McIntosh Gallery's 70th anniversary. Their lecture, Power and Place: Landscape in the Visual and Literary Arts, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 in Conron Hall, University College.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-11T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus Digest: Downtown campus dead for now</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/campus_digest_downtown_campus_dead_for_now.html</link><description><![CDATA[Western won't be expanding its downtown London footprint, at least any time soon. In December, the city's Investment and Economic Prosperity Committee made five recommendations aimed at stimulating the London economy – Western's plan for a downtown campus was not among the five.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Research clears concussion picture for hockey</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/research_clears_concussion_picture_for_hockey.html</link><description><![CDATA[While concussions may be an unfortunate part of some high-impact sports, an international study involving Western researchers suggests a significant underestimation in the number of concussions being reported in hockey. And those findings may change how we play the good ol' hockey game ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Debunking the IQ myth</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/debunking_the_iq_myth.html</link><description><![CDATA[You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>What top-flight researchers mean for the rest of us</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/what_topflight_researchers_mean_for_the_rest_of_us_.html</link><description><![CDATA[If 'superstars' are the currency of the academic world, who exactly are they, and what do they mean for the rest of us?]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Student-actor asks 'What Have We Done'</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/studentactor_asks_what_have_we_done.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fourth-year Western student Gucio Jim-Poweski knows all about bullying. He recalls, as a child in elementary school, being teased by fellow students.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>PMA celebrates three decades of relationships</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/pma_celebrates_three_decades_of_relationships.html</link><description><![CDATA[For the past three decades, it has been the voice of the university's managers, professional employees, librarians and police sergeants. Western's Professional &amp; Managerial Association (PMA) celebrated its 30th anniversary in December, marking a long collegial relationship with both university staff and administration. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western team among unit earning NATO honour</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/western_team_among_unit_earning_nato_honour.html</link><description><![CDATA[For the last six years, Western faculty members Ray Kao, Brian Church and Vivian McAlister have spent numerous months in Afghanistan providing advanced surgical and medical care to coalition, Afghan civilian and enemy casualties. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>University, student groups await final field decision</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/university_student_groups_await_final_decision_fields_project_.html</link><description><![CDATA[There may be no more playing dirty - or even waiting to play - for some Western athletes, if a new plan between student groups and the university wins approval later this month.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-10T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Unice, Vaughan named athletes of the week</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/unice_vaughan_named_athletes_of_the_week.html</link><description><![CDATA[Hockey player Josh Unice and basketball player Jenny Vaughan have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Jan. 7-13. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-08T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Flu fight heads into the New Year</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/flu_fight_heads_into_the_new_year.html</link><description><![CDATA[With classes returning in the heart of flu season, the Western community is turning its attention to prevention. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-07T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Engineering to unveil concrete toboggan</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/engineering_to_unveil_concrete_toboggan.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western Engineering Toboggan Team will unveil its entry for the 2013 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 in the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion (CMLP) Atrium. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2013-01-03T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western News Archive - January, 2013</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/index1.html</link><description><![CDATA[Monthly index]]></description><author>Communications Staff</author><pubDate>2013-01-01T05:03:03Z</pubDate></item><item><title>USC, SOGS, Western join on fields project</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/usc_sogs_western_join_on_artificial_turf_fields_project.html</link><description><![CDATA[Two artificial turf fields will be constructed on the site of the current sport fields on Huron Drive, across from the Labatt Health Sciences Building, at an estimated cost of $4.47 million.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2012-12-19T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada Post outlet shutting down</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/canada_post_outlet_shutting_down.html</link><description><![CDATA[With declining revenue and more online OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program) options for students, the Canada Post outlet in the lower level of the University Community Centre (UCC) will be shutting down, effective May 31, 2013.]]></description><author>Canada Post outlet shutting down</author><pubDate>2012-12-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovating sustainability at centre of NBS report</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/innovating_sustainability_at_centre_of_nbs_report.html</link><description><![CDATA[A new report released by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS), a research group based at the Richard Ivey School of Business, reveals the 39 practices businesses can use to foster innovation. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2012-12-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Funeral services set for student</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/funeral_services_set_for_student1.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Western community is mourning the death of Connor Murphy Woods, 21, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Friday, Dec. 14. ]]></description><author/><pubDate>2012-12-18T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Holiday hours start ringing in the New Year</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/western_begins_holiday_hours_.html</link><description><![CDATA[A number of services on campus have rearranged their hours during the holiday period.]]></description><author/><pubDate>2012-12-17T06:00:00Z</pubDate></item><item><title>Western Libraries creating global space</title><link>http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/January/western_libraries_creating_global_space.html</link><description><![CDATA[At a time when the university is ramping up its international strategy and turning its gaze outward, it is also looking in - 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