It was November 2020 and Scott Shawyer, BA’94, BESc’96, was twelve hours into another day of Zoom calls. COVID-19 had compressed his world to a screen. He was working around the clock, trying to raise money for his company, and life – by every mea …
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New health research funding brings $16.3M to Western scholars
Canadian Institutes of Health Research grants fuel research across four Western faculties
Expert explainer: Strategies to improve childhood vaccination uptake
Western University PhD candidate Meron Mengistu says solutions depend on context
Undergraduate students explore Canada’s declining population through migration research
Western’s Undergraduate Summer Research Internships program provides hands-on experience in Canada and abroad
Long-term safety of nuclear waste storage examined in Western field research
Chemistry student studying corrosion resistance in samples from Canada’s proposed deep geological repository
New $9.8M investment in Western research supports sovereignty, identity and community
Federal grants support 74 diverse projects across almost all faculties
Alumni couple invest in precision cancer care, trainees
Advanced imaging system, theranostics research at Western, St. Joseph’s Health Care London boosted by Marlene McGrath and Graham Porter’s $1.3M gift
Hawai‘i serves as model for Western researchers studying Moon’s volcanic history
Western planetary scientists conduct field research as part of NASA mission
Western occupational therapy students reduce wait times for children seeking support
Student-led clinic helps children access fine motor assessments sooner
50 years later: Western at the 1976 Olympic Summer Games
As Canada hosted its first Summer Olympics, Western athletes broke barriers, chased dreams and built legacies
The hidden world that can make you feel seen: how cataloguing creates community
Researcher B.M. Watson’s catalogue reform work is shaped by personal experience
Are workplaces safer? Harassment and violence persist, Western survey finds
Second national study shows signs of progress, strategy needed for long-term change
Research collaborations aid Goodwill in diverting waste
Western researchers are turning textile waste into materials to enrich soil and using AI to sort donations