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Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Men with increased testosterone levels are more likely to choose prestige brands over practical ones, even if both products are of equivalent quality, according to a new study co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler. The luxury buys are a way to...

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

Doctors who give student-athletes the ‘all clear’ to return to play following a concussion may be under-estimating the lingering cognitive impairment that persists, Western researchers say. Kinesiology professor Matthew Heath said concussed athletes demonstrate a...

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

David McFadden, Canadian poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a fiction writer and travel writer who served as Western's Writer-in-Residence in 1983, died earlier this month from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. His work, often praised for...

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Taylor Norris and Broder Currie wanted to leave their mark on the Forest City. More than anything, the King’s University College students and young entrepreneurs wanted to give back to the community that helped set them on a path to success. Their start-up – Five One...

Cull taps into his inner ‘Animal’

Cull taps into his inner ‘Animal’

City of London Poet Laureate Tom Cull dodges self-help, David Foster Wallace and updating his MLA Handbook, all while needing to purchase some additional chairs for his author dinner party.

Study: Specialist referrals spike under scheme

Study: Specialist referrals spike under scheme

Policy-makers looking to trim fat off health-care budget costs by tinkering with payment schemes have a clearer picture of the impact – including the unintended consequences – of one such move made over a decade ago.

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Farah Mohamed, CEO of Malala Fund, an organization that works toward a world where every girl has the right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Wednesday afternoon session of Western’s 311th...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Don’t ask Erin Johnson to dial it down at the end of the day. In fact, why not turn up to 11 her ideas on how to kick out the jams on your reading, viewing and listening habits.

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases

Men with increased testosterone levels are more likely to choose prestige brands over practical ones, even if both products are of equivalent quality, according to a new study co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler. The luxury buys are a way to...

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon

Doctors who give student-athletes the ‘all clear’ to return to play following a concussion may be under-estimating the lingering cognitive impairment that persists, Western researchers say. Kinesiology professor Matthew Heath said concussed athletes demonstrate a...

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence

David McFadden, Canadian poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a fiction writer and travel writer who served as Western's Writer-in-Residence in 1983, died earlier this month from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. His work, often praised for...

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Team wears mental-health support on sleeves

Taylor Norris and Broder Currie wanted to leave their mark on the Forest City. More than anything, the King’s University College students and young entrepreneurs wanted to give back to the community that helped set them on a path to success. Their start-up – Five One...

Cull taps into his inner ‘Animal’

Cull taps into his inner ‘Animal’

City of London Poet Laureate Tom Cull dodges self-help, David Foster Wallace and updating his MLA Handbook, all while needing to purchase some additional chairs for his author dinner party.

Study: Specialist referrals spike under scheme

Study: Specialist referrals spike under scheme

Policy-makers looking to trim fat off health-care budget costs by tinkering with payment schemes have a clearer picture of the impact – including the unintended consequences – of one such move made over a decade ago.

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Mohamed: Get the world back on track

Farah Mohamed, CEO of Malala Fund, an organization that works toward a world where every girl has the right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Wednesday afternoon session of Western’s 311th...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Read. Watch. Listen. with Erin Johnson

Don’t ask Erin Johnson to dial it down at the end of the day. In fact, why not turn up to 11 her ideas on how to kick out the jams on your reading, viewing and listening habits.