Alumni News

November 18, 2022

Five alumni and three Western students are among the trailblazers named as recipients of Business London’s Twenty in their 20s awards. 

November 17, 2022

Dr. Peter John Fowler, MD’64, visionary sports medicine pioneer, and co-founder of the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, passed away on November 16. He was 84. 

November 14, 2022

Trent Kitsch, MBA'07, will impart insights he learned to build, and ultimately sell Saxx in 2016, and from co-founding Doja Cannabis Company, which was sold to Canopy Growth in 2018 for $630 million. The Kelowna native will also speak as co-founder of Kitsch Wines, a family business he started with his wife Ria.

November 11, 2022

Canada’s Most Powerful Women are selected each year by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN), an advocacy organization that promotes professional women across the country.

November 4, 2022

In 2022, the number of nursing students in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing's compressed timeframe program grew to 232, a dramatic increase from 100 in 2020, and 135 in 2021.

October 30, 2022

Born in Nigeria, Tumi Olaoye came to Canada with her family when she was 11. Now in her fourth year of a biology specialization at Western, she has immersed herself in campus life as a leader on both the University Students’ Council and the African Students’ Association.

October 28, 2022

William (Bill) Hodgins, BA’54, an English graduate who became a preeminent figure in interior design, has bestowed $10 million to support students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the largest gift of its kind to the faculty.

October 27, 2022

After two decades as an RN working in long-term care, Tristan Squire-Smith has seen it all. He shares tales and tips on living and working in long-term care in his book.

October 26, 2022

The first-ever QS World University Rankings on sustainability placed Western 17th out of 700 universities for social and environmental impact.

October 24, 2022

Brianne Bruijns, Jaky Kueper, and Chloe Lau have received the gold medal, awarded for academic excellence at the graduate level. Since 1873, the awards have recognized outstanding students across Canada.

October 20, 2022

Jaky Kueper's research uses everyday data to advance the use of artificial intelligence in primary health-care research and practice.

October 17, 2022

Changes to UC Hill, new safety initiatives and new entrepreneurship building are among the ongoing projects across Western's campus. Several priority projects were completed this summer, and more to be wrapped up this fall.

October 4, 2022

Temi will work with her team and leaders across campus to support the university’s strategic plan, Towards Western at 150 – and to start meeting with alumni.

October 3, 2022

Supported by BrainsCAN, the Optical Neuroimaging Research Group is set to break new ground on an alternative brain imaging technique that uses light rather than magnetic fields to image the brain.

September 26, 2022

When author Erica McKeen, BA’17, BA’19, MA’20, arrives at Western this week, she’ll retrace steps she walked as a student, as well as those she imagined for the protagonist in her debut novel Tear.

September 22, 2022

Taught by professor Cody Groat, the Introduction to Indigenous Studies course challenges the narratives of victimization and trauma and focuses on resilience and resistance to state systems.

September 15, 2022

The new Western Academy for Advanced Research brings together Western faculty and international scholars to address complex challenges and engage with the public, government and private sectors. During its inaugural year two themes will be explored: the mathematics of neural networks and climate resilient infrastructure and buildings.

September 13, 2022

The department of gender, sexuality and women’s studies has launched a new minor in Black Studies. The courses offer a variety of perspectives in Black history, culture and heritage and supports students in learning more about the Black Canadian experience.

September 8, 2022

The countdown to the 2022 USPORTS Vanier Cup is on with the release of early bird tickets and the naming of retired London Police chief Murray Faulkner as honorary chair of the organizing committee.

September 7, 2022

This month, Western celebrates the Deshkan Ziibiing (Antler/Thames River) with Riverfest 2022. The festival recognizes the historical and cultural significance of the river and aims to engage the community.

September 1, 2022

There’s excitement in the air as we prepare to welcome students back to campus for the 2022-23 academic year. Most courses and campus activities will be back in-person, with COVID-19 health and safety measures in place to help ensure a consistent on-campus learning experience.

August 29, 2022

Canada’s functional coffee category is being led by Josh Barr, MBA’17 and Amar Gupta, MBA’17. Four years ago, they launched brüst; a cold brew that brings together caffeine and protein to create the perfect healthy energy beverage.

August 16, 2022

London was the site of The Amazing Race Canada Tuesday evening, and Western was front and centre for the latest leg of the race. From research into mindfulness, to appearances from school mascot JW, the Western Mustangs cheerleading team, and the Western Mustang Band, the school’s research innovation and spirit were on full display.

August 13, 2022

What germinated as an idea last fall is now in full bloom with the creation of a pollinator garden at the Environmental Sciences Western Field Station located north of campus on Wonderland Road.

August 4, 2022

On July 27, a small group of students from the Western Space gathered to witness and take part in what they believe to be the first international holoport demonstration: when a hologram of a person or object is transmitted instantaneously to another location.

August 4, 2022

New grad Shefali Panicker has turned into a TikTok star, thanks to her passion for music and the ability to sing in more than nine languages. Videos of her unique mashups of different songs in different languages have been seen around the world after going viral in 2020.

August 2, 2022

The Western Engineering Rocketry Team blasted off to success during its first appearance at the Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico last month. Western students’ homemade rocket reached the top speed at Mach 0.927 and was made out of a homemade carbon fibre body and fins with an off-the-shelf motor.

August 2, 2022

James McInnes, BSc’02, has taken his love of vegan food to the next level with a planned 50,000-sq.-ft. vegan food manufacturing plant in London, Ont. He is the co-founder and CEO of Odd Burger, Canada’s first-ever fast-food vegan restaurant, and the world’s first publicly traded vegan fast-food chain.

July 19, 2022

Hisham Hafez is taking his innovative ‘waste-to-energy’ process from the lab to market as the senior director in charge of renewable natural gas projects at Greenfield Global.

July 15, 2022

A collaborative project between Western Engineering and Michigan Tech University was successful in building a 3D-printed, functional surgical fracture table at a fraction of what it would normally cost.