Alan’s Notebook
Illustration of people in doorways

Collaboration builds bridges and drives change

Next Chapter
Photo of Jordann Harman outdoors.

A parking lot chat changed Jordann Harman’s life 

Interview
Photo of Julian Birkinshaw, MBA’91, PhD’95

Julian Birkinshaw

Interview

The Issue of Aging

The caregiver’s journey

When the system is stretched, what can families do?

The Issue of Aging

Aging well

Smart, practical ways to make the most of your later years

The Issue of Aging

Aging isn’t a disease

It’s a process

The Issue of Aging

The company we keep

Staying social is as important as staying active in later life

The Issue of Aging

The weight we carry

Building muscle might be the best medicine for our bodies and brains as we age

The Issue of Aging

The brain we build

Taking care of your mind is a lifelong journey

Alumni Q&A
Illustration of Dr. Jennifer Gunter

Setting the record straight on women’s health, one truth at a time

Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Gunter

My Turn
Photo of Caroline Ehrhardt talking to Kalista Elliott at the Ontario University Athletics track and field championships in Windsor, Ont., on Feb. 22, 2025.

From competitor to coach​—finding purpose beyond the pit

Caroline Ehrhardt on the leap of a lifetime and the road that followed

People
Watercolour painting of students

Summer break(throughs)

Nota Bene
Photo of Jackson Findlay working in a lab.

Excellence on and off the field

Jackson Findlay

Reaching Out
Photo of Western students Aidan Cowell-Miller, Morgan Reevie and Ian Dafoe instruct Clifford Elijah on proper pole-vaulting technique.

Good medicine

Indigenous Track and Field Day

Scene
Photo of Western opera students performing in Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Paul Davenport Theatre

March 4, 2025, 7:16 PM

Nota Bene
Drone image of EF4-rated tornado destruction in Alonsa, Man. in 2018.

$20M investment establishes Canadian Severe Storms Lab

Nota Bene
Illustration about space containing, Dakota Cecil, Ian Chow, Simon Van Schuylenbergh and Maximilian Vovk.

Out-of-this-world win

Nota Bene
Photo of a large flock of starlings against a cloudless sky in Rome, Italy. The birds are gathered in a murmuration—a unique flight formation he describes as a mesmerizing dance.

Taking flight

Advancing justice in the digital age

Western Moments
Photo of Parshati Patel

Western Moments

Convocation

300 Words On…
Text that reads

300 Words on …

Political stress

Nota Bene
Illustration of stars over Western University campus at sunset.

Green goals, gold results

End Scene

Western’s electric car experiment

June 30, 1972