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Month: July 2019

Students tune up for signature symposium

Students tune up for signature symposium

Graduate students from across North America will hit all the right notes on campus as Western plays host to the annual Graduate Symposium on Music, Aug.16-17. It is an annual event that takes flight thanks to the commitment of students, who have run it fro …

Alumnus wants virtual world to be senior reality

Alumnus wants virtual world to be senior reality

Western alumnus Daniel Kharlas is building on his earliest gaming success by expanding virtual reality’s role in society, especially focused on seniors. It is a plan, he says, that can make a positive difference in the lives of many.

Study finds keys to music in exercise

Study finds keys to music in exercise

Music can be that key to getting people moving – and selecting the proper style of music for people to move to can lead to a more beneficial and fulfilling workout, according to a recent Western study.

Purple dye banned because of cancer risk

Purple dye banned because of cancer risk

Engineering students will still be purple and proud during O-Week – but their celebrations won’t include a popular body dye after Western recently banned the use of the product linked to cancer by Health Canada.

Mathematician seeks solutions in symmetry

Mathematician seeks solutions in symmetry

Western professor Jan Minac, a newly named fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society, says good mathematical theory is like fine art – and just as valuable.

Training gives control back to the caregivers

Training gives control back to the caregivers

Delivering proper care to thousands living with dementia means personal-support workers must understand more than patients’ medical histories – they need to know the people behind them.

Researchers write ABCs of language disorder

Researchers write ABCs of language disorder

While we expect to see scientists publishing in journals aimed at peers, a pair of Western researchers recently targeted a younger audience for their work – a lot younger.

Famed French author finds new life online

Famed French author finds new life online

Geneviève de Viveiros never expected 21st-Century tools to lend such important insights into a 19th-Century mind. Then again, who knew a popular video website that gave the world Justin Bieber, Gangnam Style and Grumpy Cat could also augment our understanding into French novelist Émile Zola?

Selections setting off for open spaces

Selections setting off for open spaces

Set off for big skies, open waters and a hip hop-meets-hoedown jam session when Biology professor Benjamin Rubin takes his turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Selections that swing for the fences

Selections that swing for the fences

It’s root, root for the home team, if they don’t win it’s a shame when Collections and Content Strategies librarian Elizabeth Mantz takes her turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Western welcomes admissions counselors

Western welcomes admissions counselors

This week, the Western campus plays host to more than 1,500 members of the International Association of College Admission Counseling for their annual education conference.

Alumnus wants virtual world to be senior reality

Alumnus wants virtual world to be senior reality

Western alumnus Daniel Kharlas is building on his earliest gaming success by expanding virtual reality’s role in society, especially focused on seniors. It is a plan, he says, that can make a positive difference in the lives of many.

Study finds keys to music in exercise

Study finds keys to music in exercise

Music can be that key to getting people moving – and selecting the proper style of music for people to move to can lead to a more beneficial and fulfilling workout, according to a recent Western study.

Purple dye banned because of cancer risk

Purple dye banned because of cancer risk

Engineering students will still be purple and proud during O-Week – but their celebrations won’t include a popular body dye after Western recently banned the use of the product linked to cancer by Health Canada.

Mathematician seeks solutions in symmetry

Mathematician seeks solutions in symmetry

Western professor Jan Minac, a newly named fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society, says good mathematical theory is like fine art – and just as valuable.

Training gives control back to the caregivers

Training gives control back to the caregivers

Delivering proper care to thousands living with dementia means personal-support workers must understand more than patients’ medical histories – they need to know the people behind them.

Researchers write ABCs of language disorder

Researchers write ABCs of language disorder

While we expect to see scientists publishing in journals aimed at peers, a pair of Western researchers recently targeted a younger audience for their work – a lot younger.

Famed French author finds new life online

Famed French author finds new life online

Geneviève de Viveiros never expected 21st-Century tools to lend such important insights into a 19th-Century mind. Then again, who knew a popular video website that gave the world Justin Bieber, Gangnam Style and Grumpy Cat could also augment our understanding into French novelist Émile Zola?

Selections setting off for open spaces

Selections setting off for open spaces

Set off for big skies, open waters and a hip hop-meets-hoedown jam session when Biology professor Benjamin Rubin takes his turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Selections that swing for the fences

Selections that swing for the fences

It’s root, root for the home team, if they don’t win it’s a shame when Collections and Content Strategies librarian Elizabeth Mantz takes her turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Western welcomes admissions counselors

Western welcomes admissions counselors

This week, the Western campus plays host to more than 1,500 members of the International Association of College Admission Counseling for their annual education conference.