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Month: January 2018

Dimitrov tapped to support EU climate team

Dimitrov tapped to support EU climate team

Political Science professor Radoslav Dimitrov is playing an important role in reworking how the European Union is communicating its climate policies. A global environmental politics and climate diplomacy expert, Dimitrov was recently invited to become a member of the...

Minister of Science explores ‘amazing work’

Minister of Science explores ‘amazing work’

Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan stopped by Western Tuesday to learn about what she calls the “amazing work” being done across the university. Duncan spoke with researchers and...

Looking to take type 2 diabetes into remission

Looking to take type 2 diabetes into remission

Since launching two years ago, an innovative study, led by Western professor Irene Hramiak, aims to induce remission of type 2 diabetes and has captured the attention of hundreds of Londoners. For those with type 2 diabetes, like Greg Ackland and Jocelyne Chauvin, the...

Sedentary desk jockeys, stand up for your health

Sedentary desk jockeys, stand up for your health

Sit up, stand up, repeat often. Sedentary Canadians can put their prolonged chair-sitting days behind them with a few simple, strategic behavioural changes, says a new study by Western University researchers. “Even if we exercise regularly, most of us sit or recline...

In Memoriam: Dr. James McAuley

In Memoriam: Dr. James McAuley

James McAuley, a professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and researcher at Western's Bone & Joint Institute, died Dec. 28 following a battle against a brain tumour. The university's flag will be lowered today at 11 a.m....

Minister of Science explores ‘amazing work’

Minister of Science explores ‘amazing work’

Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan stopped by Western Tuesday to learn about what she calls the “amazing work” being done across the university. Duncan spoke with researchers and...

Looking to take type 2 diabetes into remission

Looking to take type 2 diabetes into remission

Since launching two years ago, an innovative study, led by Western professor Irene Hramiak, aims to induce remission of type 2 diabetes and has captured the attention of hundreds of Londoners. For those with type 2 diabetes, like Greg Ackland and Jocelyne Chauvin, the...

Sedentary desk jockeys, stand up for your health

Sedentary desk jockeys, stand up for your health

Sit up, stand up, repeat often. Sedentary Canadians can put their prolonged chair-sitting days behind them with a few simple, strategic behavioural changes, says a new study by Western University researchers. “Even if we exercise regularly, most of us sit or recline...

In Memoriam: Dr. James McAuley

In Memoriam: Dr. James McAuley

James McAuley, a professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and researcher at Western's Bone & Joint Institute, died Dec. 28 following a battle against a brain tumour. The university's flag will be lowered today at 11 a.m....