If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow better when protected from the sun, to an extent. And w …
Brock Laschowski sums up his graduate career with a simple programming note. “When I explain to people what I did for my masters, I typically referred to it as a MythBusters episode,” said the Kinesiology graduate. Like the popular a Discovery Channel show, Laschowski...
For most, fruit flies are just a nuisance at a summer picnic. To Western’s Amanda Moehring, however, they offer the perfect model for shedding light on species formation. Most notably, they help her understand how species know with whom to, or not to, mate – a process...
Physiology and Pharmacology graduate student Catherine Nevin’s work centres on how to better predict which Fetal Growth Restriction newborns are at risk for cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, autism and schizophrenia.
Western and Lawson Health Research Institute researchers recently received a financial boost from the Government of Ontario as 20 projects are now being backed by the Ontario Research Fund (ORF).
Just as members of a flight crew follow a checklist procedure before takeoff to ensure passenger safety, surgeons are also taking up the torch of protocol when entering the operating room. While the World Health Organization recommended a general safe surgery...
Think of a city road map. All the places you could possibly want to go – your home, your office, maybe the local coffee shop – are connected by roads. If you take the same road every time from, say, your home to the office, your actions would be in line with how...
“Your generation has a responsibility to respect the land; my generation has a responsibility to help you,” David Cornhill, founding member of AltaGas, who has served as its chairman and CEO since its inception in 1994, told graduates at the Tuesday, June 16, morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“We all want to be different, but we crave the same things – a roof, food, safety and freedom of expression,” Pierre Lassonde, esteemed engineer, financier and entrepreneur, told graduates at the Friday, June 12, afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
In an increasingly scientific world, where technology touches everyday life, the lack of women working in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – will only be more problematic. So, Western Psychology student Hayley Samson has decided to deal...
It doesn’t seem that complicated to Andrea March, MES’11. “The most important thing I try to do is try to be conscious and ask questions as a consumer,” she said. “When I buy things, I look at labels. I try to understand where my food comes from. I try to support...
Ian Connell, a Medical Biophysics PhD candidate, is just as at home on the open water as he is in the imaging lab. “I like the competitive nature of rowing and academics,” Connell said. “Being a grad student at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry has given me the...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...
Brock Laschowski sums up his graduate career with a simple programming note. “When I explain to people what I did for my masters, I typically referred to it as a MythBusters episode,” said the Kinesiology graduate. Like the popular a Discovery Channel show, Laschowski...
For most, fruit flies are just a nuisance at a summer picnic. To Western’s Amanda Moehring, however, they offer the perfect model for shedding light on species formation. Most notably, they help her understand how species know with whom to, or not to, mate – a process...
Physiology and Pharmacology graduate student Catherine Nevin’s work centres on how to better predict which Fetal Growth Restriction newborns are at risk for cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, autism and schizophrenia.
Western and Lawson Health Research Institute researchers recently received a financial boost from the Government of Ontario as 20 projects are now being backed by the Ontario Research Fund (ORF).
Just as members of a flight crew follow a checklist procedure before takeoff to ensure passenger safety, surgeons are also taking up the torch of protocol when entering the operating room. While the World Health Organization recommended a general safe surgery...
Think of a city road map. All the places you could possibly want to go – your home, your office, maybe the local coffee shop – are connected by roads. If you take the same road every time from, say, your home to the office, your actions would be in line with how...
“Your generation has a responsibility to respect the land; my generation has a responsibility to help you,” David Cornhill, founding member of AltaGas, who has served as its chairman and CEO since its inception in 1994, told graduates at the Tuesday, June 16, morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“We all want to be different, but we crave the same things – a roof, food, safety and freedom of expression,” Pierre Lassonde, esteemed engineer, financier and entrepreneur, told graduates at the Friday, June 12, afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
In an increasingly scientific world, where technology touches everyday life, the lack of women working in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – will only be more problematic. So, Western Psychology student Hayley Samson has decided to deal...
It doesn’t seem that complicated to Andrea March, MES’11. “The most important thing I try to do is try to be conscious and ask questions as a consumer,” she said. “When I buy things, I look at labels. I try to understand where my food comes from. I try to support...
Ian Connell, a Medical Biophysics PhD candidate, is just as at home on the open water as he is in the imaging lab. “I like the competitive nature of rowing and academics,” Connell said. “Being a grad student at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry has given me the...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...