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Learning to live again, (Featured Stories)

In March 2010, Kelly (Pettit) Rowcliffe, BA'93, was told she had breast cancer. Just six weeks later, her husband, Dave Rowcliffe, LLB'91, was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer.

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Coach Meg: Using brain biology to manage our minds, (Featured Stories)

Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life, a new book by wellness coach Margaret Moore, BSc'78, MBA'83, looks at creating psychic order.

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The Campaign for Western, (Featured Stories)

Western is embarking on an ambitious fundraising campaign to enrich the Western Experience.

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The river runs deep, (Featured Stories)

The great rivers of the world are magnificent features slashing across whole continents: The Nile. The Amazon. And now the Rio Hamza in Brazil, named for the Western geophysics alumnus who found it...

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'Every day is Saturday', (Featured Stories)

Toronto Blue Jays president & CEO Paul Beeston, BA'67, LLB'94, on winning, losing and loving the game.

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Never say never, (Featured Stories)

He was told he didn't have the grades to get into Western, had no chance of winning his first election and was declared politically dead just months ago. So why is Tim Hudak, BA'90, still standing tall?

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The Cirque Life, (Featured Stories)

He brought Coca-Cola to the Soviet Union one year before its collapse. And now Craig Cohon, BA’85, has brought Russians Cirque du Soleil.

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The will to win, (Featured Stories)

Silken Laumann, BA'89, reflects on her bronze medal win 20 years ago at the 1992 Olympics, known as one of the greatest comebacks in Canadian sports history.

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A formal education, (Featured Stories)

The Acoustic Opera is David Anderson's, BMus'08, and Blake Fleischaker's, BA'07, 'formal' approach to bullying prevention.

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Abu Dhabi's solar star, (Featured Stories)

Sami Khoreibi, BA’07, is the founding partner and CEO of Enviromena Power Systems, the largest solar developer in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Coffee crusader, (Featured Stories)

Her passion for coffee began percolating at Western, but much more than campus coffee breaks inspired Vava Angwenyi, BSc'03, to start her own coffee company.

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Deep discoveries, (Featured Stories)

Maia Hoeberechts, BSc’99, PhD’10, was born of adventure. So it comes as no surprise the NEPTUNE Canada computer scientist now sits on the front line protecting Canada’s western shores.

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In pursuit of truth, (Featured Stories)

Megan Chuchmach's, BA'07 (MIT) work can be seen on 20/20, Good Morning America, World News with Diane Sawyer and Nightline.

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The social solution, (Featured Stories)

Facebook Canada's managing director Jordan Banks, BA'90, contends ‘The Next Big Thing’ won't be a ‘thing’ at all, but instead a solution to a large and profound problem.

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Lui lets loose on Hollywood, (Featured Stories)

Elaine ‘Lainey’ Lui, BA’96, has made celebrity gossip a full-time job.

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Lights, Cameron, action, (Featured Stories)

A star in his own right, Toronto International Film Festival's artistic director Cameron Bailey, BA'87, first fell in love with film at Western.

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How purple turned to gold, (Featured Stories)

Rob Carpenter, BSc’94, MSc’96, PhD’04, and Craig Finnigan, BA’92, BSc’98, MSc’00, lead Kaminak Gold - to the Klondike.

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A career touchdown, (Featured Stories)

Kevin Abrams, BA'94, has worked in the front office of the NFL’s New York Giants since 1999, the last 11 years as assistant GM.

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Precious cargo, (Featured Stories)

Capt Conor Murphy, BMOS’07, flies the PM's Airbus on missions around the world, and carried Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, on their trip to Canada.

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Connecting cultures, (Featured Stories)

A documentary by Eliaichi Kimaro, BA'95, sheds new light on common perceptions of culture.

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