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Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

Brain, body linked to cardiovascular health

The slow, precise demands of research can be frustrating - but there are times the work becomes personal, and then it takes on a greater urgency. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva, is researching the benefits of exercise for older adults with high blood pressure or...

Study: Surgery, counselling may reduce deaths

Study: Surgery, counselling may reduce deaths

A new study shows that both surgery and in-hospital addictions counselling can significantly reduce mortality in injection drug users with serious heart valve infections.

Dresses speak for Indigenous women

Dresses speak for Indigenous women

It’s likely you’ve seen a red dress hanging somewhere on Western’s main campus. On trees. Lampposts. Signs. It’s part of the REDress Project to acknowledge the need for justice for Indigenous women.

Program promotes mental health, resilience

Program promotes mental health, resilience

A new mental wellness initiative at Brescia University College is giving students the tools to ‘live life to the full’ during their time at university.

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

Fighting to win the war against epilepsy

You can’t describe Sophie Cowin without more than a mention of the epilepsy that relentlessly threatens her life. But you also can’t define the 17-year-old solely by her seizures.

Mustangs off to the Vanier Cup

Mustangs off to the Vanier Cup

After a back-and-forth battle to open the game, a solid second half from the Western Mustangs earned them a 47-24 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies and the 2018 Mitchell Bowl.

Senate OKs freedom of expression policy

Senate OKs freedom of expression policy

A second draft of Western’s proposed freedom of expression policy, dated Oct. 23, received unanimous approval from Senate Friday. The policy now goes to the Board of Governors on Nov. 29.

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Muslim ban still resonates with academics

Matthew Leavitt was in San Diego, Calif., attending the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience – the world’s largest organization for researchers studying the brain – when he realized the palpable, negative effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

President’s breakfast celebrates diversity

President’s breakfast celebrates diversity

A snowy morning, unfamiliar to some in the room, didn’t stop more than 250 international students from gathering for the sixth annual President’s Breakfast for International & Exchange Students. The event capped off International Week, a week-long celebration of...

‘Hockey mom’ keeps up with CanLit

‘Hockey mom’ keeps up with CanLit

Bookmarks spotlights the personalities and published books of faculty, staff and alumni. Author Angie Abdou, MA’92 (English), whose new book Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom is a ‘Western Reads’ selection this year, has also written novels The Bone Cage...