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Month: July 2018

Research looking for love in all the right data

Research looking for love in all the right data

Love lies broken in Lorne Campbell’s office. It has been deconstructed into thousands of data points on Excel sheets and transformed into code that coldly blinks from a computer screen. Campbell, a Psychology professor, is giving one of our oldest, …

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Men with increased testosterone levels are more likely to choose prestige brands over practical ones, even if both products are of equivalent quality, according to a new study co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler. The luxury buys are a way to...

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

Doctors who give student-athletes the ‘all clear’ to return to play following a concussion may be under-estimating the lingering cognitive impairment that persists, Western researchers say. Kinesiology professor Matthew Heath said concussed athletes demonstrate a...

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

David McFadden, Canadian poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a fiction writer and travel writer who served as Western's Writer-in-Residence in 1983, died earlier this month from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. His work, often praised for...

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Taylor Norris and Broder Currie wanted to leave their mark on the Forest City. More than anything, the King’s University College students and young entrepreneurs wanted to give back to the community that helped set them on a path to success. Their start-up – Five One...

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Men with increased testosterone levels are more likely to choose prestige brands over practical ones, even if both products are of equivalent quality, according to a new study co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler. The luxury buys are a way to...

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

Doctors who give student-athletes the ‘all clear’ to return to play following a concussion may be under-estimating the lingering cognitive impairment that persists, Western researchers say. Kinesiology professor Matthew Heath said concussed athletes demonstrate a...

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

David McFadden, Canadian poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a fiction writer and travel writer who served as Western's Writer-in-Residence in 1983, died earlier this month from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. His work, often praised for...

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Taylor Norris and Broder Currie wanted to leave their mark on the Forest City. More than anything, the King’s University College students and young entrepreneurs wanted to give back to the community that helped set them on a path to success. Their start-up – Five One...