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Wastewater solutions eyed for Ghana ag

Wastewater solutions eyed for Ghana ag

Ghana’s water supply is devastatingly vulnerable to the point where, one Western researcher believes, the country’s 25 million people could soon be at risk – “an alarming thing we should all be concerned about.” Environmental Engineering graduate student Ahmed...

IEEE recognizes Castle with Kaufmann Award

IEEE recognizes Castle with Kaufmann Award

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Emeritus Peter Castle has been awarded the 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Kaufmann Award “for development of applied electrostatic devices and processes in industry, agriculture, and...

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

If you think adding something as innocuous as an extra half-inch to a nail would not make any difference when building a house, Greg Kopp wants you to think again. “It’s a surprising little difference. You go from a two-inch nail to a two-and-a-half-inch nail and it...

Ricks: Small words are powerful

Ricks: Small words are powerful

Prepositions and conjunctions – seemingly small and humble words – play a significant role in language and communication, said renowned literary critic and editor Christopher Ricks.

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Since graduate school, Eva Turley has been interested in how and why cells move in our bodies. This curiosity led to her discovering, characterizing and cloning RHAMM, a protein that regulates cell movement and stem cell differentiation, during the early 1980s. Fast...

Fed investment backs new facilities, collaboration

Fed investment backs new facilities, collaboration

A pair of Western facilities currently under construction received a $45-million shot in the arm earlier today thanks to the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, a $2-billion federal investment fund seeking to create state-of-the-art facilities on Canadian campuses.

Teamwork brews up success for press

Teamwork brews up success for press

If anyone were to tout the benefits of opening yourself up to new voices, it would be Alan Kalbfleisch. Last summer, at the halfway point of earning his master’s degree in Engineering, Kalbfleisch satisfied his interest in learning more about business by taking the...

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

An unprecedented federal research funding push will position Western to radically transform humankind’s understanding of brain disorders. On Tuesday, Western’s BrainsCAN: Brain Health For Life initiative received a $66-million investment from the Canada First Research...

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Eight Western professors have been named among the nation’s top scholars in the arts, humanities and sciences by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), including six newly named Fellows and two New Scholars. James Grier, Paul Potter, Gregor Reid, David Shoesmith, Xueliang...

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Western professor Andy Sun has been named a Fellow the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) for his distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. The CAE, an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in...

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang and Room author Emma Donoghue, LLD'13, were named among the 8th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, along with several other artists, academics, entrepreneurs and champions of worthy causes. Presented by...

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

This fall, four high-achieving students will begin their undergraduate degrees at Western as recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, a prestigious award given to 50 select students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) at...

Wastewater solutions eyed for Ghana ag

Wastewater solutions eyed for Ghana ag

Ghana’s water supply is devastatingly vulnerable to the point where, one Western researcher believes, the country’s 25 million people could soon be at risk – “an alarming thing we should all be concerned about.” Environmental Engineering graduate student Ahmed...

IEEE recognizes Castle with Kaufmann Award

IEEE recognizes Castle with Kaufmann Award

Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Emeritus Peter Castle has been awarded the 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Kaufmann Award “for development of applied electrostatic devices and processes in industry, agriculture, and...

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

If you think adding something as innocuous as an extra half-inch to a nail would not make any difference when building a house, Greg Kopp wants you to think again. “It’s a surprising little difference. You go from a two-inch nail to a two-and-a-half-inch nail and it...

Ricks: Small words are powerful

Ricks: Small words are powerful

Prepositions and conjunctions – seemingly small and humble words – play a significant role in language and communication, said renowned literary critic and editor Christopher Ricks.

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Protein exploration earns Vanguard Award

Since graduate school, Eva Turley has been interested in how and why cells move in our bodies. This curiosity led to her discovering, characterizing and cloning RHAMM, a protein that regulates cell movement and stem cell differentiation, during the early 1980s. Fast...

Fed investment backs new facilities, collaboration

Fed investment backs new facilities, collaboration

A pair of Western facilities currently under construction received a $45-million shot in the arm earlier today thanks to the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, a $2-billion federal investment fund seeking to create state-of-the-art facilities on Canadian campuses.

Teamwork brews up success for press

Teamwork brews up success for press

If anyone were to tout the benefits of opening yourself up to new voices, it would be Alan Kalbfleisch. Last summer, at the halfway point of earning his master’s degree in Engineering, Kalbfleisch satisfied his interest in learning more about business by taking the...

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

An unprecedented federal research funding push will position Western to radically transform humankind’s understanding of brain disorders. On Tuesday, Western’s BrainsCAN: Brain Health For Life initiative received a $66-million investment from the Canada First Research...

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Eight Western professors have been named among the nation’s top scholars in the arts, humanities and sciences by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), including six newly named Fellows and two New Scholars. James Grier, Paul Potter, Gregor Reid, David Shoesmith, Xueliang...

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Andy Sun named CAE Fellow

Western professor Andy Sun has been named a Fellow the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) for his distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. The CAE, an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in...

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Jiang, Donoghue earn Top Immigrant honours

Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Jin Jiang and Room author Emma Donoghue, LLD'13, were named among the 8th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, along with several other artists, academics, entrepreneurs and champions of worthy causes. Presented by...

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

Schulich Leader Scholarships awarded to future Western students

This fall, four high-achieving students will begin their undergraduate degrees at Western as recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, a prestigious award given to 50 select students pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) at...