Anthropology professor Greg Beckett explores the concept of crisis as a way of life in Haiti in a new book, There Is No More Haiti: Between Life and Death in Port-au-Prince, published last mon …
Month: March 2019
Western sending clear message about admission fraud
Prospective Western students will now receive crystal-clear messages of the consequences of falsifying application details or documents.
Change allows for fuller picture of Nursing applicants
Applicants to the Labatt Family School of Nursing will be able to present a fuller picture of themselves to reviewers thanks to the addition of a cutting-edged personality assessment to standard entry criteria.
Solution sought to ‘sticky’ staph situation
David Heinrichs faces a potentially deadly adversary found on the skin of almost 30 per cent of the population – and the battle just got a whole lot stickier.
Study: Students ignoring online feedback
While a majority of students tend to ignore online feedback from professors, it matters the least to those who need it the most. However, inspiration for a solution might be as simple as a trip to the local grocery store, according to researchers from Western and Queen’s University Belfast.
Researcher eyes treatment alternative for depression
Individuals suffering from depression may have renewed hope for an effective treatment with fewer side effects and no stigma attached thanks to a Western-led study and national clinical trial.
Investments shine new light on campus
A multi-million-dollar overhaul of Western’s exterior lighting – along roadways and paths, in parking lots and beside buildings – will brighten up and improve safety across the campus, university officials announced today.
Soundtrack for low-key reality and post-apocalyptic futures
Enjoy your journey from a female-led bio-cyberpunk future to the family kitchen to the New Wave era of British beats when 3M National Teaching Fellow Wendy Pearson takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Western mourns death of Medical Sciences student
The Western community is mourning the death of Sara Ali, 21, a fourth-year Bachelor of Medical Sciences student, who died Monday, March 4, in London.
Wiki project adds Western knowledge to mix
From the prosaic to the arcane, Wikipedia offers a world of factual tidbits, images and data about millions of people, places and things. Now a group of volunteers is looking to add Western-rich content to a number of entries in the crowd-sourced public database.
Elite researchers share in CFI-JELF funding
Generating a better understanding on everything from meteorites, autism and heart disease drug, to asthma and air pollutants, Western researchers are sharing in more than $1 million in funding from the federal Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
Partnership aligns area imaging expertise
A new multi-million dollar partnership in local medical imaging technology will be an opportunity to bring research findings to patient bedsides more rapidly and readily than ever before, according to university and hospital officials.
Axworthy calls for university engagement
Lloyd Axworthy, chair of the World Refugee Council and one of Canada’s leading voices on global migration and refugee protection, spoke at Western’s Conron Hall Monday afternoon, part of the Scholars at Risk Lecture series.
Western sending clear message about admission fraud
Prospective Western students will now receive crystal-clear messages of the consequences of falsifying application details or documents.
Change allows for fuller picture of Nursing applicants
Applicants to the Labatt Family School of Nursing will be able to present a fuller picture of themselves to reviewers thanks to the addition of a cutting-edged personality assessment to standard entry criteria.
Solution sought to ‘sticky’ staph situation
David Heinrichs faces a potentially deadly adversary found on the skin of almost 30 per cent of the population – and the battle just got a whole lot stickier.
Study: Students ignoring online feedback
While a majority of students tend to ignore online feedback from professors, it matters the least to those who need it the most. However, inspiration for a solution might be as simple as a trip to the local grocery store, according to researchers from Western and Queen’s University Belfast.
Researcher eyes treatment alternative for depression
Individuals suffering from depression may have renewed hope for an effective treatment with fewer side effects and no stigma attached thanks to a Western-led study and national clinical trial.
Investments shine new light on campus
A multi-million-dollar overhaul of Western’s exterior lighting – along roadways and paths, in parking lots and beside buildings – will brighten up and improve safety across the campus, university officials announced today.
Soundtrack for low-key reality and post-apocalyptic futures
Enjoy your journey from a female-led bio-cyberpunk future to the family kitchen to the New Wave era of British beats when 3M National Teaching Fellow Wendy Pearson takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Western mourns death of Medical Sciences student
The Western community is mourning the death of Sara Ali, 21, a fourth-year Bachelor of Medical Sciences student, who died Monday, March 4, in London.
Wiki project adds Western knowledge to mix
From the prosaic to the arcane, Wikipedia offers a world of factual tidbits, images and data about millions of people, places and things. Now a group of volunteers is looking to add Western-rich content to a number of entries in the crowd-sourced public database.
Elite researchers share in CFI-JELF funding
Generating a better understanding on everything from meteorites, autism and heart disease drug, to asthma and air pollutants, Western researchers are sharing in more than $1 million in funding from the federal Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
Partnership aligns area imaging expertise
A new multi-million dollar partnership in local medical imaging technology will be an opportunity to bring research findings to patient bedsides more rapidly and readily than ever before, according to university and hospital officials.
Axworthy calls for university engagement
Lloyd Axworthy, chair of the World Refugee Council and one of Canada’s leading voices on global migration and refugee protection, spoke at Western’s Conron Hall Monday afternoon, part of the Scholars at Risk Lecture series.