The Artlab Gallery doors may be closed, but its virtual walls are full of works celebrating students. Handle With Care is a digital exhibition showcasing the art of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Practicum Class of 2020 in the Department of Visual Arts. It i …
Month: April 2020
Online schooling shift raises children’s privacy issues
Schools globally have scrambled to adopt or expand use of technology to minimize learning disruptions related to COVID-19. Educational technology has long posed serious privacy and equality problems, and these problems are now reaching a boiling point.
Campus meets challenge to support students
The loss of physical proximity has not diminished the campus community’s connections with students. From one-on-one acts of simple kindness to sweeping university-wide programs, Western has continued to develop creative ways to connect with and support students during unprecedented times.
Engineering brings STEM studies home for kids
With schools closed and social interactions limited, it is undeniably a difficult time for parents and teachers as they try to engage kids in at-home learning activities.
Study: Bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’
Despite numerous social, employment, and lifestyle benefits, speaking more than one language does not improve your general mental ability, according to a new study conducted by Western’s Brain and Mind Institute.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Jonathan De Souza
Tiny sandwiches, tiny noodles, tiny cakes … and so much more when Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Jonathan De Souza takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Study eyes PTSD among public safety personnel
Researchers at Western and McMaster universities look to offer hope to public safety personnel suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of a life spent on the front lines of major crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Summer program opens research up to undergrads
A Western initiative to help undergraduates gain experience and secure summer employment during the COVID-19 crisis will drive forward a key strategic priority that will resonate for students and researchers long after the current pandemic has faded.
Pandemic offers real-time case study for students
Each day, Yun (Cherry) Lee watches as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. As one of Schulich Medicine and Dentistry’s 63 Master of Public Health students, she is paying close attention to how the country is managing the crisis.
Support youth mourning their missed milestones
Children might be sad or angry about these might-have-beens and never-dids that COVID-19 stole away – and parents simply need to understand that is a reasonable response to loss, says King’s University College professor Carrie Arnold.
Mustangs gallop into sports-data revolution
Sports have moved beyond the field, court and rink in a lot of ways as big data has become the big play in understanding player performance.
Helping students weather coronavirus storm fallout
In a rapid response to COVID-19, universities moved classes online and brought campus life to a sudden halt for thousands of final-year undergraduates. The fallout from this has the potential to exacerbate the existential despair that many young people may be experiencing or turn this into a traumatic loss.
Politicians, scientists need to cement strong connections
In order to make full use of our knowledge resources, we need researchers from all disciplines to engage with the policy-making process.
Online schooling shift raises children’s privacy issues
Schools globally have scrambled to adopt or expand use of technology to minimize learning disruptions related to COVID-19. Educational technology has long posed serious privacy and equality problems, and these problems are now reaching a boiling point.
Campus meets challenge to support students
The loss of physical proximity has not diminished the campus community’s connections with students. From one-on-one acts of simple kindness to sweeping university-wide programs, Western has continued to develop creative ways to connect with and support students during unprecedented times.
Engineering brings STEM studies home for kids
With schools closed and social interactions limited, it is undeniably a difficult time for parents and teachers as they try to engage kids in at-home learning activities.
Study: Bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’
Despite numerous social, employment, and lifestyle benefits, speaking more than one language does not improve your general mental ability, according to a new study conducted by Western’s Brain and Mind Institute.
Read. Watch. Listen. with Jonathan De Souza
Tiny sandwiches, tiny noodles, tiny cakes … and so much more when Don Wright Faculty of Music professor Jonathan De Souza takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Study eyes PTSD among public safety personnel
Researchers at Western and McMaster universities look to offer hope to public safety personnel suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of a life spent on the front lines of major crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Summer program opens research up to undergrads
A Western initiative to help undergraduates gain experience and secure summer employment during the COVID-19 crisis will drive forward a key strategic priority that will resonate for students and researchers long after the current pandemic has faded.
Pandemic offers real-time case study for students
Each day, Yun (Cherry) Lee watches as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. As one of Schulich Medicine and Dentistry’s 63 Master of Public Health students, she is paying close attention to how the country is managing the crisis.
Support youth mourning their missed milestones
Children might be sad or angry about these might-have-beens and never-dids that COVID-19 stole away – and parents simply need to understand that is a reasonable response to loss, says King’s University College professor Carrie Arnold.
Mustangs gallop into sports-data revolution
Sports have moved beyond the field, court and rink in a lot of ways as big data has become the big play in understanding player performance.
Helping students weather coronavirus storm fallout
In a rapid response to COVID-19, universities moved classes online and brought campus life to a sudden halt for thousands of final-year undergraduates. The fallout from this has the potential to exacerbate the existential despair that many young people may be experiencing or turn this into a traumatic loss.
Politicians, scientists need to cement strong connections
In order to make full use of our knowledge resources, we need researchers from all disciplines to engage with the policy-making process.