This afternoon, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced the province’s third confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus. This individual is a Western student. Since returning to London, Ont., from Wuhan, China on Jan. 23, and before showing any symptoms, the student took...
Month: January 2020
Read. Watch. Listen. with Jennifer Mustapha
Embrace selections that ask you to peel back the layers when Huron University College professor Jennifer Mustapha takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Sukhera: How digital tech can reduce mental illness stigma
As a psychiatrist, I bear witness to a broken system. Mental-health care is chronically underfunded. If a parent has one child with diabetes and one with anxiety or depression and they seek help, the child with diabetes receives world-class care. The child with mental illness is given a sheet of paper and a 12- to 18-month wait.
Listening sessions set for Anti-Racism Working Group
The campus community will have an opportunity to offer input into the university’s anti-racism efforts as part of a series of listening sessions scheduled for next month.
Study gets up close with near-death experiences
Those who momentarily shuffled off this mortal coil returned with positive perceptions of what they discovered on the other side – a finding that encourages researchers to dig deeper into the ways people describe near-death experiences, according to a joint study between Western and the University of Liège (Belgium).
Legendary team starts season high atop rankings
If asked to identify a Western team ranked among the best in North America, you might not immediately think of the one featuring fast-clicking strategists with nicknames like ‘Shorthop’ and ‘BlazedNova’.
Museum London marks century of nursing education
A new Museum London exhibit highlights a century of nursing education in London. Throughout the exhibit, the common theme is that educating nursing professionals was – and is – about public health, bedside care and solid research.
Sensors set stage for happier patients post-op
A simple technology may offer more specific rehabilitation plans, smoother recoveries and clearer expectations about the future for thousands of knee-replacement patients nationwide.
Campaign urges students to take #Five2Vote
Give them #Five – that is all University Students’ Council (USC) officials are asking.
Faceoff brings university hockey tradition to Forks
More than a century of tradition will be on display this week as Western takes to the ice Thursday against the Guelph Gryphons for the inaugural Faceoff at the Forks under the Budweiser Gardens lights.
Alumnus touts ‘roller coaster’ at velodrome
For six years, Craig Saari, BA’01 (Kinesiology), BEd’02, has been president, coach, manager, troubleshooter and mobilizer at the Forest City Velodrome as part of a large team of volunteers/members who also love to cycle.
Researchers team up for freshwater fish focus
Biology professor Bryan Neff will be – ahem – fishing for answers with his latest project exploring the health of Canada’s 200-plus freshwater fish species in the face of increasing (mostly human-made) challenges.
Grant bolsters Western-led MSK network
Patients suffering the effects of musculoskeletal problems like arthritis, osteoporosis, back pain, and more may find relief closer than ever thanks to a federal multi-million dollar investment in a Western-led research network.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Jennifer Mustapha
Embrace selections that ask you to peel back the layers when Huron University College professor Jennifer Mustapha takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Sukhera: How digital tech can reduce mental illness stigma
As a psychiatrist, I bear witness to a broken system. Mental-health care is chronically underfunded. If a parent has one child with diabetes and one with anxiety or depression and they seek help, the child with diabetes receives world-class care. The child with mental illness is given a sheet of paper and a 12- to 18-month wait.
Listening sessions set for Anti-Racism Working Group
The campus community will have an opportunity to offer input into the university’s anti-racism efforts as part of a series of listening sessions scheduled for next month.
Study gets up close with near-death experiences
Those who momentarily shuffled off this mortal coil returned with positive perceptions of what they discovered on the other side – a finding that encourages researchers to dig deeper into the ways people describe near-death experiences, according to a joint study between Western and the University of Liège (Belgium).
Legendary team starts season high atop rankings
If asked to identify a Western team ranked among the best in North America, you might not immediately think of the one featuring fast-clicking strategists with nicknames like ‘Shorthop’ and ‘BlazedNova’.
Museum London marks century of nursing education
A new Museum London exhibit highlights a century of nursing education in London. Throughout the exhibit, the common theme is that educating nursing professionals was – and is – about public health, bedside care and solid research.
Sensors set stage for happier patients post-op
A simple technology may offer more specific rehabilitation plans, smoother recoveries and clearer expectations about the future for thousands of knee-replacement patients nationwide.
Campaign urges students to take #Five2Vote
Give them #Five – that is all University Students’ Council (USC) officials are asking.
Faceoff brings university hockey tradition to Forks
More than a century of tradition will be on display this week as Western takes to the ice Thursday against the Guelph Gryphons for the inaugural Faceoff at the Forks under the Budweiser Gardens lights.
Alumnus touts ‘roller coaster’ at velodrome
For six years, Craig Saari, BA’01 (Kinesiology), BEd’02, has been president, coach, manager, troubleshooter and mobilizer at the Forest City Velodrome as part of a large team of volunteers/members who also love to cycle.
Researchers team up for freshwater fish focus
Biology professor Bryan Neff will be – ahem – fishing for answers with his latest project exploring the health of Canada’s 200-plus freshwater fish species in the face of increasing (mostly human-made) challenges.
Grant bolsters Western-led MSK network
Patients suffering the effects of musculoskeletal problems like arthritis, osteoporosis, back pain, and more may find relief closer than ever thanks to a federal multi-million dollar investment in a Western-led research network.