Western is positioned to lead the fight against neurodegenerative diseases with $24 million in support from the federal New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). Led by Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Ravi Menon, a te …
Research
Students bring Great War to life through one family’s letters
Michelle Hamilton was looking for a way to commemorate the centennial of the First World War. What she and her students found was an intimate portrait of a prominent local family. After sifting through and transcribing thousands of pages – from nearly 500 letters –...
Western branches out with tropical flora
Is this the University of Florida? Has global warming gone to the extreme? You may think so, upon spotting one of the dozen or so banana palm trees that have sprouted up around campus. Well, they didn’t just sprout up, said Western lead horticulturist Matt Robinson,...
CFI backs Western effort to build safer structures
Aging structures – like bridges, roads and pipelines – that supply basic services are crumbling around us, at a considerable cost to Canadians. According to Civil & Environmental Engineering professor Timothy Newson, it’s often not just age, but the shifting...
Sleep apnea cutting lives short, researcher argues
Physiology and Pharmacology professor John Ciriello’s research shows pregnant women suffering from sleep apnea may actually be putting their unborn children at risk for metabolic diseases as adults.
Transplant patients could benefit from unexpected source
A colourless, odourless and toxic gas to humans may hold a rather counter-intuitive key to extending the lives of kidney transplant recipients, Western researchers say.
Student-engineered ‘smart implant’ may save money, relieve pain
It’s painful, inconvenient and costly. But if detected early, implant loosening – the slight movement of a newly replaced hip – can be dealt with, without the need for a major follow-up surgery, according to a group of Western students. Roughly half a million patients...
Education professor keeping lessons of Fukushima alive
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The quake unleashed a tsunami that slammed into the country, disabling infrastructure and destroying everything in its path. Just days later, Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
A few minutes to change the world
Western postdoctoral scholars put their research on the clock during a 3 Minute Research (3MR) Competition, hosted as part of the 2015 Postdoctoral Research Forum May 7 in the Great Hall, Somerville House. The competition is a research communication exercise where...
Historian redeems Civil War era medical science
History has not been kind to the physicians of the U.S. Civil War. With a toll of more than 750,000 deaths between 1861-65, the Civil War’s casualties far outnumber those of any other war the United States has taken part in. And with roughly two thirds of the war’s...
Study: Mother’s education, family stability at heart of child’s success
Research from two Western professors is challenging the longstanding myth that a child’s success in life depends on his or her family structure. Instead, Western Sociology professor William Avison and Brescia University College professor Jamie Seabrook are pointing...
Bone and Joint initiative gets funding ‘leg up’
Researchers at Western’s Bone and Joint Institute received a major financial boost today as the interuniversity CONNECT training program was awarded $1.65 million in funding from NSERC through its Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) initiative.
Propel launches Summer Incubator program
Western student entrepreneurs won’t be lounging on the beach all summer long, thanks to efforts by Propel, the university’s campus business incubator. On Thursday, Propel – previously BizInc – launched the Propel Summer Incubator (PSI) program via a tradeshow format...
Students bring Great War to life through one family’s letters
Michelle Hamilton was looking for a way to commemorate the centennial of the First World War. What she and her students found was an intimate portrait of a prominent local family. After sifting through and transcribing thousands of pages – from nearly 500 letters –...
Western branches out with tropical flora
Is this the University of Florida? Has global warming gone to the extreme? You may think so, upon spotting one of the dozen or so banana palm trees that have sprouted up around campus. Well, they didn’t just sprout up, said Western lead horticulturist Matt Robinson,...
CFI backs Western effort to build safer structures
Aging structures – like bridges, roads and pipelines – that supply basic services are crumbling around us, at a considerable cost to Canadians. According to Civil & Environmental Engineering professor Timothy Newson, it’s often not just age, but the shifting...
Sleep apnea cutting lives short, researcher argues
Physiology and Pharmacology professor John Ciriello’s research shows pregnant women suffering from sleep apnea may actually be putting their unborn children at risk for metabolic diseases as adults.
Transplant patients could benefit from unexpected source
A colourless, odourless and toxic gas to humans may hold a rather counter-intuitive key to extending the lives of kidney transplant recipients, Western researchers say.
Student-engineered ‘smart implant’ may save money, relieve pain
It’s painful, inconvenient and costly. But if detected early, implant loosening – the slight movement of a newly replaced hip – can be dealt with, without the need for a major follow-up surgery, according to a group of Western students. Roughly half a million patients...
Education professor keeping lessons of Fukushima alive
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The quake unleashed a tsunami that slammed into the country, disabling infrastructure and destroying everything in its path. Just days later, Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
A few minutes to change the world
Western postdoctoral scholars put their research on the clock during a 3 Minute Research (3MR) Competition, hosted as part of the 2015 Postdoctoral Research Forum May 7 in the Great Hall, Somerville House. The competition is a research communication exercise where...
Historian redeems Civil War era medical science
History has not been kind to the physicians of the U.S. Civil War. With a toll of more than 750,000 deaths between 1861-65, the Civil War’s casualties far outnumber those of any other war the United States has taken part in. And with roughly two thirds of the war’s...
Study: Mother’s education, family stability at heart of child’s success
Research from two Western professors is challenging the longstanding myth that a child’s success in life depends on his or her family structure. Instead, Western Sociology professor William Avison and Brescia University College professor Jamie Seabrook are pointing...
Bone and Joint initiative gets funding ‘leg up’
Researchers at Western’s Bone and Joint Institute received a major financial boost today as the interuniversity CONNECT training program was awarded $1.65 million in funding from NSERC through its Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) initiative.
Propel launches Summer Incubator program
Western student entrepreneurs won’t be lounging on the beach all summer long, thanks to efforts by Propel, the university’s campus business incubator. On Thursday, Propel – previously BizInc – launched the Propel Summer Incubator (PSI) program via a tradeshow format...