Biology graduate student William Van Hemessen is spending his summer hunting in the wilds of southern Ontario, on the lookout for macrofungi. Perhaps the most recognizable form of fungi to humans, macrofungi, such as mushrooms, toadstools and puffballs …
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NFLer, Mustangs help ‘jump start’ community
Super Bowl champion and current Detroit Lions tight end Luke Willson ‘jump...
Western awarded funding for cannabis education
The Faculty of Education has received $99,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to inform educators about the health and safety risks associated with cannabis use, prevent problematic substance use and promote healthy choices for Canadian youth.
Salamander Foundation backs advances in environmental engineering
Western Engineering will continue to lead the charge in mitigating the effects of pollution on the environment and public health with today’s announcement of a $1-million donation from The Salamander Foundation.
University honours a quarter century of their service
Western honoured its long-serving employees (both full- and part-time) at recent celebrations for faculty and staff who have been working at the university for 25 years or more.
Study: School cliques don’t always click
Psychology professor Lynne Zarbatany, along with colleagues, are exploring how peer groups of children shape the behaviour and personality of each individual member of the group.
Landscape Services gets charge from new tools
This summer, Landscape Services takes its first foray into battery-powered equipment. Two grass trimmers, a push mower and two leaf blowers have been added to the team’s tool crib.
Researcher unboxing Canada’s climate history
A decade has passed since Alan MacEachern found himself in the basement of Environment Canada’s headquarters, amidst aisles upon aisles of historical weather reports.
Otago Challenge win fueled by electric cars
A team of students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge.
Putting a region in the context of family history
His latest book – a “family history with a context” – places the lives of the author’s parents, John Hair and Alice Runnalls, at the centre of the narrative that explores the history and culture of Southwestern Ontario.
Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training
More than 1,200 Starbucks in Canada will close this afternoon to provide its staff with implicit bias training, two weeks after all of the coffee company’s outlets in the United States did the same thing.
Determination drives adult learners
Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.
School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health
Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...
NFLer, Mustangs help ‘jump start’ community
Super Bowl champion and current Detroit Lions tight end Luke Willson ‘jump...
Western awarded funding for cannabis education
The Faculty of Education has received $99,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to inform educators about the health and safety risks associated with cannabis use, prevent problematic substance use and promote healthy choices for Canadian youth.
Salamander Foundation backs advances in environmental engineering
Western Engineering will continue to lead the charge in mitigating the effects of pollution on the environment and public health with today’s announcement of a $1-million donation from The Salamander Foundation.
University honours a quarter century of their service
Western honoured its long-serving employees (both full- and part-time) at recent celebrations for faculty and staff who have been working at the university for 25 years or more.
Study: School cliques don’t always click
Psychology professor Lynne Zarbatany, along with colleagues, are exploring how peer groups of children shape the behaviour and personality of each individual member of the group.
Landscape Services gets charge from new tools
This summer, Landscape Services takes its first foray into battery-powered equipment. Two grass trimmers, a push mower and two leaf blowers have been added to the team’s tool crib.
Researcher unboxing Canada’s climate history
A decade has passed since Alan MacEachern found himself in the basement of Environment Canada’s headquarters, amidst aisles upon aisles of historical weather reports.
Otago Challenge win fueled by electric cars
A team of students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge.
Putting a region in the context of family history
His latest book – a “family history with a context” – places the lives of the author’s parents, John Hair and Alice Runnalls, at the centre of the narrative that explores the history and culture of Southwestern Ontario.
Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training
More than 1,200 Starbucks in Canada will close this afternoon to provide its staff with implicit bias training, two weeks after all of the coffee company’s outlets in the United States did the same thing.
Determination drives adult learners
Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.
School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health
Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...