Alumni News

May 21, 2024

Over 50 years since Chile's military coup, a Western prof and Rosa Devés, PhD'78, are working to find victims who disappeared.

May 9, 2024

Vic Giguere, MMJC'22, is passionate about the world of consumer-packaged goods and now works at Kraft Heinz.

April 30, 2024

2024 Spirit of Western Award winner Kant Chong has an unwavering passion for his alma mater.

April 18, 2024

John Yun, MMus'12, is working alongside Grammy award-winning artist Alicia Keys on Broadway musical Hell's Kitchen.

April 17, 2024

Robyn Michaud, MEd‘09, balances long-distance running with teaching, fostering children and community service.

April 4, 2024

Tassneem Hamed, BSc’22, explores the power of merging science with art to explore the cosmos.

April 2, 2024

Mira Ratkaj, BSc'85, supports future Indigenous students experiencing financial barriers to a university education.

March 20, 2024

FrontLine Medical Technologies innovator Asha Parekh, PhD'15, shares insights at the Lynda Shaw Memorial Lecture.

March 18, 2024

George McAuley, BEd'98, looks back on his career journey being an educator, musician and high school football coach.

March 11, 2024

Tenomix secures over $2M in seed funding for cancer care robotics system.

March 7, 2024

Ziyana Kotadia, BA'23, and Aisha Imana elevate youth voices at UN Commission on the Status of Women.

March 7, 2024

Dr. Marie Jeanne Ferrari, BA'55, MD'59, was among just five women who received an MD in 1959.

February 20, 2024

Engineering a path: From inspiration to innovation with Donna Padavan, BESc'01, MESc'04, PhD'10.

February 16, 2024

Stephanie Marley, BA'99, is working to educate and empower fellow citizens in Jamaica's constitutional reform.

February 8, 2024

Anna Wang, MA’19, returns to Western to pursue law degree to help new immigrant families.

January 22, 2024

Vasiliki, BSc’02, and James, MScN’15, McInnes open their first-ever Odd Burger university outlet at Western.

January 8, 2024

Western Engineering is proud to announce that Jennifer Grant, BESc’94, MESc’95, BEd’96, an accomplished biochemical engineer, entrepreneur and the president of Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd., is the 2023 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal recipient.

January 5, 2024

Carol Off, BA'88, LLD'17, returns to Western to teach a course based on her newest book.

June 12, 2023

More than 8,000 graduates will be welcomed into the alumni community.

June 12, 2023

Alyssa Harvey weathered health challenges and learned powerful lessons on path to her degree.

April 17, 2023

We celebrate the contributions of alumni volunteers and thank them for sharing their valuable time with Western.

March 17, 2023

Roma Roth, BA'90, adapts another series by best-selling author Robyn Carr. "Sullivan's Crossing" is set in Nova Scotia and premieres March 19 on CTV.

February 8, 2023

Three new scholarships for Black students at Western have been named in honour of James Jenkins, Carmeta Thelma Hodges, BSc'65, and Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Jacobs, Arts alum.

January 16, 2023

Christine Elliott, LLB’78, will work with the faculty to provide guidance and professional mentorship to law students in areas including health care law and policy, advocacy, leadership and public service.

January 4, 2023

Shelley Ambrose, BA’83, LLD’22, Warren Kimel, BSc’72, Dr. Ivar Mendez, MD’86, PhD’94, Gary Segal, LLB’79, and Mac Van Wielingen, HBA’75, have been named.

December 22, 2022

From hailstones to holoportation, symphonies to space discoveries, this year saw countless compelling stories of outstanding achievements and breakthroughs by Western faculty, staff and students.

December 20, 2022

The new course called Russia’s War Against Ukraine is being offered in January through the department of political science, and is open to all students.

December 2, 2022

Western continues to make progress toward a decarbonized Operating & Endowment Fund, according to the newly released report.

November 30, 2022

Children have become less physically active in school, despite teachers recognizing the importance of daily movement.

November 22, 2022

On November 16, the Western alum presented the Clissold Lecture at the university, with the title ‘The Autocrats Are at the Gate!: And we are busy watching cat videos’, sounding the alarm on the undermining of democracy.