https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZR7gSB6KNM&feature=youtu.be When award-winning filmmaker David Mewa walked into Mustang Lounge to produce Western Stories and Songs – an evening of performances and interviews for Homecoming 2020 – his mind wand …
Month: September 2020
Curling researchers dig deep into sweep science
A pair of Western engineers – both curling competitors – has helped explain the science behind an international sweeping debate dubbed Broomgate.
Western mourns loss of Health Sciences student
The Western community is mourning the death of Sydney Legasy, 21, a third-year health sciences student, who died in London on Sept. 22.
Residential schools and reconciliation: community urged to wear orange
Wearing orange on Sept. 30 is a way to recognize the impact of Canada’s residential schools on Indigenous peoples – the survivors, and those who did not return.
Improved process sought for kidney donors, recipients
Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have recommended processes that are less cumbersome for kidney recipients and donors alike.
New international partnership launches Western into space
A landmark partnership announced Wednesday by Western Space presents engineering professor Jayshri Sabarinathan with the launch of an out-of-this-world project.
Work-from-homes can ‘stand up’ to COVID
A Western-led study aims to get more people moving as they work from home during COVID-19.
Explainer: How clinical trials test COVID-19 vaccines
Provided that a COVID-19 vaccine successfully navigates Phase 3 clinical trials and is subjected to continuing safety monitoring after it is licensed, we have good grounds to believe that the vaccine both works and is safe.
Western ranks first in global undergrad competition
From discovering the drivers of business sustainability to examining the genetics of ovarian cancer, Western’s undergraduates are winning global recognition.
Partnerships pegged for SSHRC funding
The strength of partnerships – including work to improve refugee settlement services hampered by the pandemic – was key to unlocking funding support for five London-led research projects.
New COVID cases prompt swift action from Western
Western has learned that positive cases among its students now total 28, prompting the school to halt many non-academic activities on campus.
Four named inaugural Canadian nursing Fellows
Four Western nursing faculty have been named to the inaugural class of Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing – a program that recognizes and celebrates the most accomplished nurses in Canada.
Stroke can be first presenting symptom of younger patients with COVID-19
Western-led research found that two per cent of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 will suffer a stroke.
Curling researchers dig deep into sweep science
A pair of Western engineers – both curling competitors – has helped explain the science behind an international sweeping debate dubbed Broomgate.
Western mourns loss of Health Sciences student
The Western community is mourning the death of Sydney Legasy, 21, a third-year health sciences student, who died in London on Sept. 22.
Residential schools and reconciliation: community urged to wear orange
Wearing orange on Sept. 30 is a way to recognize the impact of Canada’s residential schools on Indigenous peoples – the survivors, and those who did not return.
Improved process sought for kidney donors, recipients
Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have recommended processes that are less cumbersome for kidney recipients and donors alike.
New international partnership launches Western into space
A landmark partnership announced Wednesday by Western Space presents engineering professor Jayshri Sabarinathan with the launch of an out-of-this-world project.
Work-from-homes can ‘stand up’ to COVID
A Western-led study aims to get more people moving as they work from home during COVID-19.
Explainer: How clinical trials test COVID-19 vaccines
Provided that a COVID-19 vaccine successfully navigates Phase 3 clinical trials and is subjected to continuing safety monitoring after it is licensed, we have good grounds to believe that the vaccine both works and is safe.
Western ranks first in global undergrad competition
From discovering the drivers of business sustainability to examining the genetics of ovarian cancer, Western’s undergraduates are winning global recognition.
Partnerships pegged for SSHRC funding
The strength of partnerships – including work to improve refugee settlement services hampered by the pandemic – was key to unlocking funding support for five London-led research projects.
New COVID cases prompt swift action from Western
Western has learned that positive cases among its students now total 28, prompting the school to halt many non-academic activities on campus.
Four named inaugural Canadian nursing Fellows
Four Western nursing faculty have been named to the inaugural class of Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing – a program that recognizes and celebrates the most accomplished nurses in Canada.
Stroke can be first presenting symptom of younger patients with COVID-19
Western-led research found that two per cent of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 will suffer a stroke.