New energy, events and enthusiasm underscore Western’s plans for Pride Month this July. The university is celebrating all month with educational workshops, a party in the heart of campus and a pledge to recognize and affirm Western’s 2SLGBTQIA+ co …
Campus & Community
When the face of campus changed
Fifty years ago, when our department was established at Western, universities in this province were staffed essentially by male faculty. There were some women professors in very specific areas (such as Nursing and Language Studies), but in most cases, if there was a...
Where have all the women gone?
As seamless as the final execution of an exhibition may appear to the public, there is always a backstory lurking in the curator’s vault of experiences. After almost 30 years of organizing exhibitions, the combination of research, the works of art themselves, the...
Brescia to build $14-million academic pavilion
Brescia University College is investing in future women leaders with the construction of a new $14-million academic pavilion for Fall 2019, coinciding with the 100th anniversary celebration of the university’s founding. The 30,000-square-foot building will include...
Exploring Canada’s oldest hockey stick
A Western anthropologist has scored a major assist in verifying the age of the oldest hockey stick known to exist – a piece of Canadiana that dates to the 1770s.
Presidential Search Committee taking shape
Senators chose five representatives from more than a dozen candidates this week to represent the governing body on the universitywide Presidential Search Committee, tasked with finding a successor to President Amit Chakma. Senate members cast electronic votes in order...
5M downloads and counting
The global community has enjoyed Scholarship@Western research papers to the tune of five million downloads – a remarkable achievement for the university’s institutional electronic repository. “Five million downloads is pretty significant, especially in a decade. Its...
Student provides Indigenous leadership on police board
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith knows the grim statistics: Indigenous women are more likely to be victims of violence than any other group in Canada. This is something she hopes to address as the first Indigenous person to sit on London’s Police Services Board. “I am an...
Astronauts’ circulation woes can cue better health for all
A little more time on the treadmill may be just what the doctor ordered for Canada’s astronauts battling microgravity’s effects on circulation, according to one Western researcher. Kevin Shoemaker, Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences, said his...
The spin on spit
“My life is saliva,” said Dentistry and Biochemistry professor Walter Siqueira, one of the first and only dental clinician-scientists in Canada conducting salivary proteome research. Don’t believe him? His license plate reads SALIVA 1. Busy creating new salivary...
Hair samples provide window into refugee stress
For the first time, researchers have been able to correlate a group’s self-reported feelings of stress and trauma with biological evidence of that stress. A study co-authored by Western researchers analyzed the concentration of cortisol – the so-called stress hormone...
Gates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work
When Bill Gates heard what Donald Gerson, BSC’68 (Chemistry), was doing to develop affordable vaccines for high-need populations worldwide, the Microsoft co-founder/philanthropist didn’t hesitate to offer support.
Prime Minister returns to campus for Town Hall
Western once again played host to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Alumni Hall was the setting of a London Town Hall meeting Thursday night.
When the face of campus changed
Fifty years ago, when our department was established at Western, universities in this province were staffed essentially by male faculty. There were some women professors in very specific areas (such as Nursing and Language Studies), but in most cases, if there was a...
Where have all the women gone?
As seamless as the final execution of an exhibition may appear to the public, there is always a backstory lurking in the curator’s vault of experiences. After almost 30 years of organizing exhibitions, the combination of research, the works of art themselves, the...
Brescia to build $14-million academic pavilion
Brescia University College is investing in future women leaders with the construction of a new $14-million academic pavilion for Fall 2019, coinciding with the 100th anniversary celebration of the university’s founding. The 30,000-square-foot building will include...
Exploring Canada’s oldest hockey stick
A Western anthropologist has scored a major assist in verifying the age of the oldest hockey stick known to exist – a piece of Canadiana that dates to the 1770s.
Presidential Search Committee taking shape
Senators chose five representatives from more than a dozen candidates this week to represent the governing body on the universitywide Presidential Search Committee, tasked with finding a successor to President Amit Chakma. Senate members cast electronic votes in order...
5M downloads and counting
The global community has enjoyed Scholarship@Western research papers to the tune of five million downloads – a remarkable achievement for the university’s institutional electronic repository. “Five million downloads is pretty significant, especially in a decade. Its...
Student provides Indigenous leadership on police board
Vanessa Ambtman-Smith knows the grim statistics: Indigenous women are more likely to be victims of violence than any other group in Canada. This is something she hopes to address as the first Indigenous person to sit on London’s Police Services Board. “I am an...
Astronauts’ circulation woes can cue better health for all
A little more time on the treadmill may be just what the doctor ordered for Canada’s astronauts battling microgravity’s effects on circulation, according to one Western researcher. Kevin Shoemaker, Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences, said his...
The spin on spit
“My life is saliva,” said Dentistry and Biochemistry professor Walter Siqueira, one of the first and only dental clinician-scientists in Canada conducting salivary proteome research. Don’t believe him? His license plate reads SALIVA 1. Busy creating new salivary...
Hair samples provide window into refugee stress
For the first time, researchers have been able to correlate a group’s self-reported feelings of stress and trauma with biological evidence of that stress. A study co-authored by Western researchers analyzed the concentration of cortisol – the so-called stress hormone...
Gates funding fuels alumnus’ vaccine work
When Bill Gates heard what Donald Gerson, BSC’68 (Chemistry), was doing to develop affordable vaccines for high-need populations worldwide, the Microsoft co-founder/philanthropist didn’t hesitate to offer support.
Prime Minister returns to campus for Town Hall
Western once again played host to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Alumni Hall was the setting of a London Town Hall meeting Thursday night.