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Study explores ‘imposter syndrome’ in physicians

Study explores ‘imposter syndrome’ in physicians

Even the most seasoned and successful physicians experience ‘imposter syndrome’ – that nagging feeling of self-doubt in so many of us – during times of personal struggle or when confronted by an error, according to a new study from the Centre for Education Research...

Compliance role keeps researchers on track

Compliance role keeps researchers on track

To ensure Western’s research environment promotes integrity, accountability and public trust, a new role assessing any compliance gaps and risks could soon lead to the creation of the university’s first research compliance office. Grace Kelly, Western’s new Research...

University key to keeping immigrant brain power

University key to keeping immigrant brain power

Like Canada, London is seeing a large influx of highly educated immigrants. But if the Forest City has any hope of retaining its foreign-born population, Western needs to be a big piece of the effort, according to one Western researcher. Data collected for the 2016...

Moderate delays safe in treating colon cancer

Moderate delays safe in treating colon cancer

Despite longer treatment wait times from diagnosis to surgery for patients with colon cancer – some even exceeding the 28-day recommendation by an additional two months – there seems to be no adverse impact on survival rates, according to a Western-led study. Along...

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Dr. Adam Kassam didn’t set out to be an advocate. But a commitment to diversity, and a firm belief in speaking up, drove the Chief Resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to his computer...

Garden still planting history across campus

Garden still planting history across campus

It is hard to believe, but Western’s Friends of the Gardens (FOG) is 23 years old next year. It began when I, newly retired from my job at Western, decided to live near some type of public garden in order to do volunteer gardening. I didn’t want to move away from my...

Archives, alumni bring London’s past to page

Archives, alumni bring London’s past to page

From the Vault: A Photo History of London, curated and published by Western alumni, features 1,000-plus black-and-white photographs from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives at Western Archives.

Experiential learning gets provincial boost

Experiential learning gets provincial boost

Experiential learning at Western is getting a welcome boost from the provincial government, support officials said will strengthen an already strategic priority on campus. In response to a proposal developed by Western administrators, the Ontario Ministry of Education...

Quinn tapped to lead RSC College

Quinn tapped to lead RSC College

Just two years after Joanna Quinn was named to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the Western Political Science professor will move into the organization’s top post. Quinn was recently named President-Elect of the...

Chasing a portrait of the past

Chasing a portrait of the past

When former Western staffer Alan Noon started to wonder about the disappearance of an iconic London photographer, he had no idea the hunt for that story would last the better part of half a century.

Coffee leads to award-winning collaboration

Coffee leads to award-winning collaboration

At 10:30 a.m. on weekday mornings, Robarts Research Institute trainees come together for coffee and conversation. While it is an informal social opportunity, given the environment, science and collaboration often come up. And it was such a chance encounter over coffee...

Study explores ‘imposter syndrome’ in physicians

Study explores ‘imposter syndrome’ in physicians

Even the most seasoned and successful physicians experience ‘imposter syndrome’ – that nagging feeling of self-doubt in so many of us – during times of personal struggle or when confronted by an error, according to a new study from the Centre for Education Research...

Compliance role keeps researchers on track

Compliance role keeps researchers on track

To ensure Western’s research environment promotes integrity, accountability and public trust, a new role assessing any compliance gaps and risks could soon lead to the creation of the university’s first research compliance office. Grace Kelly, Western’s new Research...

University key to keeping immigrant brain power

University key to keeping immigrant brain power

Like Canada, London is seeing a large influx of highly educated immigrants. But if the Forest City has any hope of retaining its foreign-born population, Western needs to be a big piece of the effort, according to one Western researcher. Data collected for the 2016...

Moderate delays safe in treating colon cancer

Moderate delays safe in treating colon cancer

Despite longer treatment wait times from diagnosis to surgery for patients with colon cancer – some even exceeding the 28-day recommendation by an additional two months – there seems to be no adverse impact on survival rates, according to a Western-led study. Along...

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Dr. Adam Kassam didn’t set out to be an advocate. But a commitment to diversity, and a firm belief in speaking up, drove the Chief Resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to his computer...

Garden still planting history across campus

Garden still planting history across campus

It is hard to believe, but Western’s Friends of the Gardens (FOG) is 23 years old next year. It began when I, newly retired from my job at Western, decided to live near some type of public garden in order to do volunteer gardening. I didn’t want to move away from my...

Archives, alumni bring London’s past to page

Archives, alumni bring London’s past to page

From the Vault: A Photo History of London, curated and published by Western alumni, features 1,000-plus black-and-white photographs from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives at Western Archives.

Experiential learning gets provincial boost

Experiential learning gets provincial boost

Experiential learning at Western is getting a welcome boost from the provincial government, support officials said will strengthen an already strategic priority on campus. In response to a proposal developed by Western administrators, the Ontario Ministry of Education...

Quinn tapped to lead RSC College

Quinn tapped to lead RSC College

Just two years after Joanna Quinn was named to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the Western Political Science professor will move into the organization’s top post. Quinn was recently named President-Elect of the...

Chasing a portrait of the past

Chasing a portrait of the past

When former Western staffer Alan Noon started to wonder about the disappearance of an iconic London photographer, he had no idea the hunt for that story would last the better part of half a century.

Coffee leads to award-winning collaboration

Coffee leads to award-winning collaboration

At 10:30 a.m. on weekday mornings, Robarts Research Institute trainees come together for coffee and conversation. While it is an informal social opportunity, given the environment, science and collaboration often come up. And it was such a chance encounter over coffee...