Four Western PhD candidates have been named among recipients of the 2023-2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. Each will receive $50,000 annually for three years. Vanier Scholars are awarded for demonstrating unique leadership skills and a high …
Research
‘Freelator’ scores student entrepreneurs a victory
A mobility aid that offers seniors a safe, comfortable way to exercise took top honours at the annual Business 2257 Feasibility Study Competition. First Law Mobility – comprised of Ivey Business School students Saksham Chaudrhy, Teddy Kassa, Ryley Mehta, Melissa...
Green Awards turn attention to sustainability
This year’s winners of the Western Green Awards are all about reduce, reuse and recycle when it comes to environmental sustainability.
Study calls attention to cyclist-motorist collisions
While deaths from cyclist-motorist collisions are relatively rare, nearly half of them can be attributed to driver fault and following too closely, according to Western researchers. “The most important takeaway is 43 per cent of cyclists that were killed were hit from...
Western receives $11M to reduce greenhouse gases
University efforts to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions received a multi-million-dollar boost thanks to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Western officials announced this week The $11.6-million...
Exploring how yoga healed a broken country
Dunna, a Colombian non-profit organization, is healing its country - one yoga class at a time. For the past 10 years, the organization has taught yoga to victims of the Colombian Conflict – a 60-year civil war that ended only two years ago – to help them cope with...
Study: Amputee brain rewires to embrace artificial limb
One-handed people who use a prosthesis regularly are more likely to be brain-wired ‘to visualize’ their artificial limb as a part of their body, a new study shows.
Fashion offers new window into ancient Roman society
Most of our knowledge of ancient Roman history comes from male historians writing about the lives and contributions of Roman men – emperors, gladiators, engineers, artists and politicians. Women have been treated as mere historical footnotes – until now.
Funding to boost personalized medicine
Dr. Richard Kim has high hopes. Not only does he want to see genetic testing become a routine part of prescribing certain medications, he hopes Western and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will soon be a “health-care innovation hub,” where this practice is...
Taking students deeper into a foreign language
A little conversation goes a long way. Just ask Meredith McGregor.
Entrepreneurial team wins with surgical precision
Make it another innovation-and-commercialization win for PhD candidate Patrick McCunn and Alex Moszcynski, PhD’17. After taking one of the top spots in last year’s Proteus Innovation Competition with their plans to commercialize a cloud-based data collection app, the...
Federal budget signals commitment to science
Western researchers are better positioned to undertake cutting-edge work, thanks to the largest investment ever in fundamental science research, tabled late last month as part of the 2018 federal budget.
Rising stars solving health, science puzzles
The core of discovery is research. And the core of good research is a dedicated, inquisitive team of scientists committed to solving some of the key questions of their discipline. Western is proud to highlight the work of teams newly granted Early Researcher Awards...
‘Freelator’ scores student entrepreneurs a victory
A mobility aid that offers seniors a safe, comfortable way to exercise took top honours at the annual Business 2257 Feasibility Study Competition. First Law Mobility – comprised of Ivey Business School students Saksham Chaudrhy, Teddy Kassa, Ryley Mehta, Melissa...
Green Awards turn attention to sustainability
This year’s winners of the Western Green Awards are all about reduce, reuse and recycle when it comes to environmental sustainability.
Study calls attention to cyclist-motorist collisions
While deaths from cyclist-motorist collisions are relatively rare, nearly half of them can be attributed to driver fault and following too closely, according to Western researchers. “The most important takeaway is 43 per cent of cyclists that were killed were hit from...
Western receives $11M to reduce greenhouse gases
University efforts to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions received a multi-million-dollar boost thanks to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, Western officials announced this week The $11.6-million...
Exploring how yoga healed a broken country
Dunna, a Colombian non-profit organization, is healing its country - one yoga class at a time. For the past 10 years, the organization has taught yoga to victims of the Colombian Conflict – a 60-year civil war that ended only two years ago – to help them cope with...
Study: Amputee brain rewires to embrace artificial limb
One-handed people who use a prosthesis regularly are more likely to be brain-wired ‘to visualize’ their artificial limb as a part of their body, a new study shows.
Fashion offers new window into ancient Roman society
Most of our knowledge of ancient Roman history comes from male historians writing about the lives and contributions of Roman men – emperors, gladiators, engineers, artists and politicians. Women have been treated as mere historical footnotes – until now.
Funding to boost personalized medicine
Dr. Richard Kim has high hopes. Not only does he want to see genetic testing become a routine part of prescribing certain medications, he hopes Western and London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will soon be a “health-care innovation hub,” where this practice is...
Taking students deeper into a foreign language
A little conversation goes a long way. Just ask Meredith McGregor.
Entrepreneurial team wins with surgical precision
Make it another innovation-and-commercialization win for PhD candidate Patrick McCunn and Alex Moszcynski, PhD’17. After taking one of the top spots in last year’s Proteus Innovation Competition with their plans to commercialize a cloud-based data collection app, the...
Federal budget signals commitment to science
Western researchers are better positioned to undertake cutting-edge work, thanks to the largest investment ever in fundamental science research, tabled late last month as part of the 2018 federal budget.
Rising stars solving health, science puzzles
The core of discovery is research. And the core of good research is a dedicated, inquisitive team of scientists committed to solving some of the key questions of their discipline. Western is proud to highlight the work of teams newly granted Early Researcher Awards...