As Western welcomes back approximately 33,000 students to London as the 2018 fall term next week, drivers using roads on campus are being asked to take note of traffic disruptions and to expect delays. With thousands of new students attending events throug …
Four Western scholars, and one alumna, have been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). They have been elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the RSC is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences.
Chocolate cake every day sounds like wonderful idea. But, over time, its sweetness is apt to become tiresome, cause a toothache and ultimately be more trouble than it’s worth. This ‘chocolate cake’ metaphor is one way to depict the similar rise and fall of the...
Heavy lifting is all in a day’s work for teacher-turned-athlete Danielle Holdsworth. The competitive weightlifter is preparing for a new school year as a Grades 5/6 teacher and librarian at Orchard Park Public School in London, Ont., and she will have some pretty...
As Brescia University College prepares to welcome students for the new school year, the school has opened its doors to a new student and community resource space, Christina’s Closet. The initiative, spearheaded by Brescia’s International Co-ordinator Christina Lord,...
On Nov. 19, Susan and David Axelrod will join scientists, researchers and community members for the 2018 Leaders in Innovation Dinner hosted by Robarts Research Institute. This year’s dinner celebrates research excellence in the field of epilepsy.
The Western community is mourning the death of graduate student Hessam Yousefi, an international student from Iran. He was a Master's student in Engineering Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and had also served at Western as a teaching assistant...
Today, Music History professor Emily Abrams Ansari, author of The Sound of a Superpower: Musical Americanism and the Cold War, answers questions on her ‘bookishness’ and writing in Bookmarks.
As the federal government moves towards consultations on a benefit that would allow survivors of domestic violence to take paid leave from work, Barb MacQuarrie sees a paradigm shift she knows is crucial to supporting survivors.
A team of investigators from across Canada, including a trio of Western researchers, have raised serious doubt about the popular belief that lead poisoning played a role in the death of members of the famed Franklin Expedition. The study, Franklin expedition lead exposure: New insights from high resolution confocal x-ray fluorescence imaging of skeletal microstructure, was published today in PLOS ONE.
Are ROLA and WREM just alphabet soup to you? Need to leverage internal funding to land that next external grant? Want to better understand the finer points of writing a grant, contract or an ethics application? Enter the first-ever Research Western Conference.
In 2020, the campus will celebrate 100 years of nursing education at Western.
Tens of thousands of ALS patients and their caregivers could see their lives improve thanks to a $2.5-million gift from the Temerty Foundation.
Four Western scholars, and one alumna, have been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). They have been elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the RSC is the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the arts, humanities and sciences.
Chocolate cake every day sounds like wonderful idea. But, over time, its sweetness is apt to become tiresome, cause a toothache and ultimately be more trouble than it’s worth. This ‘chocolate cake’ metaphor is one way to depict the similar rise and fall of the...
Heavy lifting is all in a day’s work for teacher-turned-athlete Danielle Holdsworth. The competitive weightlifter is preparing for a new school year as a Grades 5/6 teacher and librarian at Orchard Park Public School in London, Ont., and she will have some pretty...
As Brescia University College prepares to welcome students for the new school year, the school has opened its doors to a new student and community resource space, Christina’s Closet. The initiative, spearheaded by Brescia’s International Co-ordinator Christina Lord,...
On Nov. 19, Susan and David Axelrod will join scientists, researchers and community members for the 2018 Leaders in Innovation Dinner hosted by Robarts Research Institute. This year’s dinner celebrates research excellence in the field of epilepsy.
The Western community is mourning the death of graduate student Hessam Yousefi, an international student from Iran. He was a Master's student in Engineering Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and had also served at Western as a teaching assistant...
Today, Music History professor Emily Abrams Ansari, author of The Sound of a Superpower: Musical Americanism and the Cold War, answers questions on her ‘bookishness’ and writing in Bookmarks.
As the federal government moves towards consultations on a benefit that would allow survivors of domestic violence to take paid leave from work, Barb MacQuarrie sees a paradigm shift she knows is crucial to supporting survivors.
A team of investigators from across Canada, including a trio of Western researchers, have raised serious doubt about the popular belief that lead poisoning played a role in the death of members of the famed Franklin Expedition. The study, Franklin expedition lead exposure: New insights from high resolution confocal x-ray fluorescence imaging of skeletal microstructure, was published today in PLOS ONE.
Are ROLA and WREM just alphabet soup to you? Need to leverage internal funding to land that next external grant? Want to better understand the finer points of writing a grant, contract or an ethics application? Enter the first-ever Research Western Conference.
In 2020, the campus will celebrate 100 years of nursing education at Western.
Tens of thousands of ALS patients and their caregivers could see their lives improve thanks to a $2.5-million gift from the Temerty Foundation.