What does a traditional West African dish have to do with road salt spread across snowy Canadian streets every winter? The two subjects are equal passions for chemistry PhD candidate Robert Addai, who works in Western’s Material Science Addition lab …
Looking to tout its undergraduate research intensity, professor mentorship and the value of a liberal arts education, Huron University College is rolling out a major ad campaign showing the niche that is ‘the Huron experience.” Huron Principal Stephen McClatchie said...
Marlys Koschinsky, current dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor, has been named the new Scientific and Executive Director at Robarts Research Institute. Koschinsky, who received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia,...
Martin Short, celebrated Canadian actor and comedy legend, has been named keynote speaker for the 2015 Leaders in Innovation Dinner, hosted by Western’s Robarts Research Institute on Nov. 18, at the Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre in London....
Western announced today that the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) is making a challenge gift of $500,000 to support concussion research at Western.
Decades ago, if you suffered a sports-related concussion, you were likely advised to ‘walk it off.’ But that’s no longer the case, as research continues to reveal the seriousness of the injury. “It’s a mild brain injury. But there’s probably nothing true about saying...
Study explored to what extent parental well-being around the transition to parenthood can help to explain why so many couples end up having only one child, when the modal number of desired children is two.
Punishment and deterrence are often believed to be the most effective means of reducing youth crime and improving community safety, but Western psychologist Alan Leschied says the reality is much different. “What we’ve seen is low-risk offenders who are incarcerated...
It was only a two-door hardtop. But to Jack Cowin, Western’s 22nd Chancellor, it was a rocket ship to another world.
Western researchers look to take metastatic melanoma survival rates from a gloomy 5 per cent five years after diagnosis to almost 100 per cent, by simply looking where others haven’t. “We decided to do something weird. We focused on the things nobody knew anything...
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Vivian McAlister, along with a team of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)-led trauma surgeons, recently took a hefty research agenda into a semi-weightless environment.
Western’s Hospitality Services made a commitment two years ago that the university would be a Fair Trade Campus by September 2015. Mission accomplished. Although it meant changing the coffee being served in 15 different locations, including all residence dining areas,...
Carlee White, a Western PhD candidate, always wanted a career that would help make a positive impact on people’s lives. Her research on early embryo development and genomic imprinting has brought her one step closer to her goal of giving people a second chance at...
Looking to tout its undergraduate research intensity, professor mentorship and the value of a liberal arts education, Huron University College is rolling out a major ad campaign showing the niche that is ‘the Huron experience.” Huron Principal Stephen McClatchie said...
Marlys Koschinsky, current dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Windsor, has been named the new Scientific and Executive Director at Robarts Research Institute. Koschinsky, who received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia,...
Martin Short, celebrated Canadian actor and comedy legend, has been named keynote speaker for the 2015 Leaders in Innovation Dinner, hosted by Western’s Robarts Research Institute on Nov. 18, at the Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre in London....
Western announced today that the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) is making a challenge gift of $500,000 to support concussion research at Western.
Decades ago, if you suffered a sports-related concussion, you were likely advised to ‘walk it off.’ But that’s no longer the case, as research continues to reveal the seriousness of the injury. “It’s a mild brain injury. But there’s probably nothing true about saying...
Study explored to what extent parental well-being around the transition to parenthood can help to explain why so many couples end up having only one child, when the modal number of desired children is two.
Punishment and deterrence are often believed to be the most effective means of reducing youth crime and improving community safety, but Western psychologist Alan Leschied says the reality is much different. “What we’ve seen is low-risk offenders who are incarcerated...
It was only a two-door hardtop. But to Jack Cowin, Western’s 22nd Chancellor, it was a rocket ship to another world.
Western researchers look to take metastatic melanoma survival rates from a gloomy 5 per cent five years after diagnosis to almost 100 per cent, by simply looking where others haven’t. “We decided to do something weird. We focused on the things nobody knew anything...
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Vivian McAlister, along with a team of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)-led trauma surgeons, recently took a hefty research agenda into a semi-weightless environment.
Western’s Hospitality Services made a commitment two years ago that the university would be a Fair Trade Campus by September 2015. Mission accomplished. Although it meant changing the coffee being served in 15 different locations, including all residence dining areas,...
Carlee White, a Western PhD candidate, always wanted a career that would help make a positive impact on people’s lives. Her research on early embryo development and genomic imprinting has brought her one step closer to her goal of giving people a second chance at...