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Congratulations
Professor Jessica Grahn
Jessica is one of five to be receiving the Early Researcher Award at Western. The funds awarded will assist in her research on how the brain processes music which could lead to treatments for movement and balance disorders. <more>
Are Parents Happier Today?
Two new studies presented by Rachel Margolis as co-author with Mikko Myrskyla at the Population Association of America's annual meeting, shows that parents' happiness changes over time. <more>
Graduation 2012
- June 12 at 10:00am - BA Honors, BSc Honors programs, Diplomas and Certificates
- June 13 at 10:00am - BMOS, Diploma in Accounting
- June 13 at 3:00pm - 3yr and 4 yr, excluding Honors and BMOS
For extra convocation tickets, please see your program advisor.
Hellmuth
Prize Winner
Professor John Meyer from Psychology has been awarded the 2012 Hellmuth Prize. This award is Western's highest research honour for achievement in research. Congratulations!! <more>
Research on The Transferability of Skills
Chris Robinson, Affiliate of the CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity, and author of the Centre’s newly released Policy Brief 4 entitled "The Transferability of Skills" (with Maxim Poletaev) discusses the transferability of skills across jobs and occupations. <more>
SSHRC Feature Story
Migration trends in Asia - Professor Danièle Bélanger's CRC in Population, Gender and Development research on Asian women emigrants, who represent a steadily growing proportion of all emigrants from Asian countries, is a feature story on the SSHRC website. <more>
John
Whalley Receives Top Research Award
Congratulations to Professor John Whalley (Economics) as the recipient of the 2012 Killam Prize. This distinguished research award is the fourth at Western since the awards' inception in 1981. Professor Whalley is the first Western Social Science faculty to receive this award. <Western News> <Globe & Mail>
Congratulations to our Award Winning Professors
♦ Distinguished University Professor - Jonathan Vance, History
♦ Faculty Scholar - Lorne Campbell, Psychology
♦ Faculty Scholar - Jason Gilliland, Geography
♦ Faculty Scholar - Lance Lochner, Economics
♦ Faculty Scholar - Joanna Quinn, Political Science
Congratulations
to our Leadership Award Winners!
The 2011 award winners were announced at a reception held in the Dean's Office on February 16. See the website for a list of winners and photos from the reception.
Wartime Historical Database
Wartime Canada is an online database, created by Professor Jonathan Vance, History Department, and Professor Graham Broad, King's. The website contains nostalgic material from First and Second World Wars. <more>
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