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New scholar-in-residence program targets world’s best
Western hopes its newest program will have the pull to attract everyone from Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education winners to Nobel Laureates.
Western celebrates World Water Day
In celebration of World Water Day 2013 and the International Year of Water Cooperation, Western and EnviroWestern are hosting a special interdisciplinary event on Friday, March 22, featuring researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Arts & Humanities.
Study shows large farms making record investments
In 2009, in the midst of a global economic recession total investments on Canadian farms exceeded $11.4 billion, up from $8.2 billion in 2001.
Research attacks cancer’s ‘shields’
Drs. Wei-Ping Min and James Koropatnick are going to war against cancer.
Fellowship takes search for answers global
Western professor Stephen Lomber is only the second Canadian to earn the Cattell Fund fellowship in the last two decades.
Advanced tech takes flight to track migratory birds
What exactly happens when migratory birds travel from Point A to Point B, and all the stops and starts along the way? Those are questions a new $3.4 million project led by Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) hopes to answer.
Sweden’s Umea University names Creed to visiting post
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been selected by Sweden’s Umeå University as one of the institution’s Female Guest Professorships.
Study: Dropouts weren’t prepared in first place
While some folks may look at university/college dropouts as simply lazy slackers, a Western study boils the bailout down to simple ability.
Aquatic ecosystems get NSERC boost
A $4.4 million funding boost from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems (CNAES) will play a key role in ensuring well-informed decisions are made when it comes to this country’s wetlands, lakes and rivers. And two Western researchers have been tapped to provide project leadership.
Study calls dialysis treatment into question
For patients needing dialysis treatment, less isn’t always more.
Western’s stars align in latest QS rankings
Western has been awarded Five Stars by the QS Stars audit, authored by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), publishers of the QS World University Rankings.
Environmental sustainability strategy hopes to embody the Western Experience
Gitta Kulczycki knows tomorrow won’t be much different from today. In fact, she stresses it will take a whole lot of tomorrows to get to where Western wants to be on environmental sustainability. But that’s no excuse for not getting started.
New scholar-in-residence program targets world’s best
Western hopes its newest program will have the pull to attract everyone from Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education winners to Nobel Laureates.
Western celebrates World Water Day
In celebration of World Water Day 2013 and the International Year of Water Cooperation, Western and EnviroWestern are hosting a special interdisciplinary event on Friday, March 22, featuring researchers from the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Arts & Humanities.
Study shows large farms making record investments
In 2009, in the midst of a global economic recession total investments on Canadian farms exceeded $11.4 billion, up from $8.2 billion in 2001.
Research attacks cancer’s ‘shields’
Drs. Wei-Ping Min and James Koropatnick are going to war against cancer.
Fellowship takes search for answers global
Western professor Stephen Lomber is only the second Canadian to earn the Cattell Fund fellowship in the last two decades.
Advanced tech takes flight to track migratory birds
What exactly happens when migratory birds travel from Point A to Point B, and all the stops and starts along the way? Those are questions a new $3.4 million project led by Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) hopes to answer.
Sweden’s Umea University names Creed to visiting post
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been selected by Sweden’s Umeå University as one of the institution’s Female Guest Professorships.
Study: Dropouts weren’t prepared in first place
While some folks may look at university/college dropouts as simply lazy slackers, a Western study boils the bailout down to simple ability.
Aquatic ecosystems get NSERC boost
A $4.4 million funding boost from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystems (CNAES) will play a key role in ensuring well-informed decisions are made when it comes to this country’s wetlands, lakes and rivers. And two Western researchers have been tapped to provide project leadership.
Study calls dialysis treatment into question
For patients needing dialysis treatment, less isn’t always more.
Western’s stars align in latest QS rankings
Western has been awarded Five Stars by the QS Stars audit, authored by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), publishers of the QS World University Rankings.
Environmental sustainability strategy hopes to embody the Western Experience
Gitta Kulczycki knows tomorrow won’t be much different from today. In fact, she stresses it will take a whole lot of tomorrows to get to where Western wants to be on environmental sustainability. But that’s no excuse for not getting started.