Early research shows cannabis use during pregnancy may affect fetal development
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Western student promotes ‘shop local’ with AI platform
TikTok-style online marketplace offers customized shopping for consumers
Taking stock: Pandemic supply costs surpass $1M
Inside the logistics teams that steered Western through strained supply chain and mounting costs
Western to require proof of vaccination for campus community
Campus-wide policy gets support from public health unit
Expert insights: From outlier to Olympic sport
How skateboarding made it to the Tokyo Games
Virtual life lessons
Ivey students gain more than business knowledge from African learning course
Film, music depict post-pandemic reopening
Recent works convey hope, optimism with support from Western, London community
Expert insights: Helping children by treating specific symptoms of autism or ADHD
The benefits of providing treatments to children with autism or ADHD, even without a diagnosis.
The ‘whys’ of weed behind the wheel
Young drivers survey first step to preventing youth from driving under cannabis influence
Giving Western leaders the tools to succeed
Programs support leadership development of academics and administrators
New tool helps ‘tune’ cochlear implants to improve hearing
Researchers have designed a mathematical tool to help program cochlear implants with precision for each patient’s unique anatomy.
‘Sounding it out’ not so easy for children with dyslexia
Western cognitive neuroscientists using MRI discovered a biological deficit for some early readers that impairs the ability to sound words out.
Mentorship program enriches medical school experience for LGBTQ+ students
The program matches LGBTQ+-identifying faculty members and resident physicians as mentors to medical students.
Improving anti-prejudice programs focus of new Western research
A team led by postdoctoral researcher Jordan Mansell has received a Grand Challenges for Human Flourishing award to study how emotions influence prejudice.
Students volunteer for UN Women Project on Commissions of Inquiry
The 10 students applied gender-sensitive analysis to United Nations reports on Syria, Yemen, Burundi and South Sudan.
900,000 COVID-19 tests moved through Schulich Medicine & Dentistry’s PaLM labs
The Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PaLM) clinical labs support seven public health units, including hospitals and long-term care facilities, from Owen Sound to Windsor
Ivey students lead initiatives to help children in Canada, Bermuda and India
Vishal Vijay, HBA’22 candidate, created Social Educating, a free online tutoring program
Western scientists address corrosion issues
Corrosion continues to cause major health and infrastructure problems worldwide. To bring attention to the issues, the World Corrosion Organization acknowledges April 24, 2021 as Corrosion Awareness Day.
Family stability at risk when interracial parents cohabit, not marry
While multiracial children born to cohabiting parents are more likely than their single-race counterparts to experience family instability, that increased risk does not exist for multiracial children born to married parents, according to new research.
Taking a systems-thinking approach to anti-Black racism
A report authored by Western alumni examines anti-Black racism through a public health lens.