News Archive
Alumna embraces new ‘Power’ player role
February 22, 2018
Vassy Kapelos, BA’04 (Political Science), credits her Western Experience with rounding her out as a person. “It set me up socially and with the skills I needed to expand my life." Kapelos begins as host of CBC’s flagship daily political program, Power & Politics, in March.
Read the full articleAlumnus earns Olympic gold in 2-man bobsleigh
February 20, 2018
Alex Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), and Justin Kripps captured gold in Pyeongchang for Canada’s third-ever Olympic medal in men’s 2-Man Bobsleigh.
Read the full article‘Launch’ catapults grad’s career
February 13, 2018
Sarah Botelho, BA’16, a singer-songwriter who goes by the stage name Poesy, beat out four up-and-coming artists, winning the right to release a new song on CTV’s The Launch. Her song, Soldier of Love, was written and produced by Academy Award nominated hit-maker Stephan Moccio, BMus’94.
Read the full articleIvey grad turns wanderlust into career
February 5, 2018
Chris Clark, HBA’96, took his love for travelling and founded Terraficionados Travel Society and Journeymakers, a luxury adventure travel business which tailors trips for other like-minded travelers.
Read the full articleTeam Canada doc scores lifetime goal
February 2, 2018
Western alumna Leanne Peters, BSc’02, MD’06, is in Pyeongchang, South Korea as the team doctor for the Team Canada Women’s Hockey team.
Read the full articleAlumni among Order of Canada winners
February 1, 2018
Four Western alumna and a King’s University College professor have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours which recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication to the community and service to the nation.
Read the full articleCold-case prof wins humanitarian award
February 1, 2018
Michael Arntfield, BA'05, MA'07, PhD'11, an Arts & Humanities professor and former police officer, is the recipient of this year’s Western Humanitarian Award. Since 2010, he has worked with Western students to research unsolved historical homicides.
Read the full articleRising-star composer signs with top publisher
January 30, 2018
Sarah Quartel, BMus’05, BEd’06, is the newest composer signed to a contract with the prestigious music division of Oxford University Press.
Read the full articleBuilding research park momentum in Sarnia
January 30, 2018
Katherine Albion, PhD’08 (Engineering), is the new Executive Director of the Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park.
Read the full articleEngineering entrepreneurial success
January 30, 2018
Anthony Vysniauskas, BESc’74, MESc’76, talks with students in the Faculty of Engineering during a recent visit to campus.
Read the full articleGates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work
January 16, 2018
In October 2017, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $29.4 million to PnuVax to continue its work on a revolutionary low-cost pneumonia vaccine. Donald Gerson, BSC’68 (Chemistry), co-founded the company, and today serves as its President and CEO.
Read the full articleFacing dementia with strength and resilience
January 15, 2018
Anthony Carapinha, BSW’17, was fully intent on working with London’s homeless population for his fourth-year practicum. But when he heard about a placement offered at the Alzheimer Society London and Middlesex, something clicked, and he recognized it as a unique learning opportunity.
Read the full articleGrad finds success with vegan cheese company
January 15, 2018
While a love for animals prompted Margaret Coons, BA’12 (Huron University College), to become a vegetarian, it was a family passion for entrepreneurship that led her to found the artisanal cheese company Nuts for Cheese.
Read the full articleWestern's 'Newsmakers of the Year'
December 20, 2017
Eleven alumni are included in Western News 8th annual Newsmakers of the Year list.
Read the full articleAlumni answer the kindness call
December 19, 2017
For the second year in a row, alumni from around the world wrote notes of encouragement to students living in their old residence rooms during the stressful holiday exam season.
Read the full articleIvey alumni changing the (hockey) game
December 18, 2017
Armed with an Ivey business degree, these alumni are changing hockey for the better.
Read the full articleAlumnae top Most Powerful Women list
December 18, 2017
Thirteen Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.
Read the full articleAlumnus' book explores Halifax Explosion
December 6, 2017
Ken Cuthbertson, MA’75 (Journalism), has returned to the stories of his youth in his newest book, The Halifax Explosion: Canada’s Worst Disaster.
Read the full articleWestern celebrates national championships
December 1, 2017
The Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought with an exclamation mark, knocking off the defending champion and No. 1 nationally ranked Laval Rouge et Or 39-17 in the Canadian university football championship game November 25.
Read the full articleFinding self, community in new venture
November 28, 2017
Music alumna Carolyn Holdsworth, BMus’01, MMus’03, took her talent for the arts in a new direction and created Me & C, a London-based shirt company that features images of iconic locations throughout the city.
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