More than 20 years ago, Adrian Owen rescued a woman from the gray zone. Kate Bainbridge, a 26-year-old schoolteacher, had lapsed into a coma three days after coming down with flu-like symptoms. While her infection cleared in a few days, Bainbridge awoke …
Research
Study: Food waste costs not appetizing to many
Wasting food has become a way of life for many Londoners who, according to one Western-led study, are tossing an average of $600 into the trash every year.
Teams offer ideas a helping hand to market
The Proteus Innovation Competition features teams from across Southwestern Ontario and challenges them to take three emerging technologies and plan their commercialization.
New tech targets gynaecological cancer
New technology developed at Western is providing an improved way for radiation oncologists to deliver treatment to women with gynaecological cancers, including vaginal, cervical and uterine.
Grant to examine rights of transgender children
Western Law professor Claire Houston recently received $6,800 from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore Grant to support her project, ‘Respecting and Protecting Trans and Gender Non-conforming Children.’
Future savings pays price for cash dependence
The pain associated with spending cold hard cash – versus the relative ease of debit or credit – motivates many of us to spend less in the moment. But that penny-pinching today may be costing us down the road, even if we have no idea it is happening, according to a Western-led study.
Designations honour wind tunnel’s significance
The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel was recognized as a National Historic Site by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and an International Historic Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers at an event Thursday.
Air pollution linked to pre-term, smaller babies
Babies are much more likely to be born prematurely or underweight if exposed to high levels of air pollution in the womb, according to a new study released today. The study of pregnant women in Southwestern Ontario showed even a one-part-per-billion increase in sulfur...
New valve gets to heart of implant issue via design
A Western researcher has teamed up with colleagues across the country to develop a next-generation heart valve that may provide patients with a safer, longer-lasting implant alternative thus greatly reducing complications after surgery, according to a new study released this week.
Green Awards laud sustainability efforts
Western recently celebrated sustainable thought and action across campus with its two major awards – the Western Green Awards and Western Green Awards.
Professor explores Haiti’s ‘endless present of crisis’
For more than a decade, Greg Beckett grappled with the idea of crisis. Over time, as a researcher in Haiti, the Western Anthropology professor came to realize the term doesn’t come with a universal definition.
Students connect to history via small objects
It’s through remarkable stories about seemingly unremarkable objects that Huron University College History professor Amy Bell and her students have unraveled the anti-slavery stories of “small things.”
The Survivor had a story. The Professor helped him find his voice.
The Survivor had a story. The Professor helped him find his voice. And now, the fruits of a years-long collaboration between the two has been named the winner of Canada Reads 2019.
Study: Food waste costs not appetizing to many
Wasting food has become a way of life for many Londoners who, according to one Western-led study, are tossing an average of $600 into the trash every year.
Teams offer ideas a helping hand to market
The Proteus Innovation Competition features teams from across Southwestern Ontario and challenges them to take three emerging technologies and plan their commercialization.
New tech targets gynaecological cancer
New technology developed at Western is providing an improved way for radiation oncologists to deliver treatment to women with gynaecological cancers, including vaginal, cervical and uterine.
Grant to examine rights of transgender children
Western Law professor Claire Houston recently received $6,800 from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore Grant to support her project, ‘Respecting and Protecting Trans and Gender Non-conforming Children.’
Future savings pays price for cash dependence
The pain associated with spending cold hard cash – versus the relative ease of debit or credit – motivates many of us to spend less in the moment. But that penny-pinching today may be costing us down the road, even if we have no idea it is happening, according to a Western-led study.
Designations honour wind tunnel’s significance
The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel was recognized as a National Historic Site by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and an International Historic Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers at an event Thursday.
Air pollution linked to pre-term, smaller babies
Babies are much more likely to be born prematurely or underweight if exposed to high levels of air pollution in the womb, according to a new study released today. The study of pregnant women in Southwestern Ontario showed even a one-part-per-billion increase in sulfur...
New valve gets to heart of implant issue via design
A Western researcher has teamed up with colleagues across the country to develop a next-generation heart valve that may provide patients with a safer, longer-lasting implant alternative thus greatly reducing complications after surgery, according to a new study released this week.
Green Awards laud sustainability efforts
Western recently celebrated sustainable thought and action across campus with its two major awards – the Western Green Awards and Western Green Awards.
Professor explores Haiti’s ‘endless present of crisis’
For more than a decade, Greg Beckett grappled with the idea of crisis. Over time, as a researcher in Haiti, the Western Anthropology professor came to realize the term doesn’t come with a universal definition.
Students connect to history via small objects
It’s through remarkable stories about seemingly unremarkable objects that Huron University College History professor Amy Bell and her students have unraveled the anti-slavery stories of “small things.”
The Survivor had a story. The Professor helped him find his voice.
The Survivor had a story. The Professor helped him find his voice. And now, the fruits of a years-long collaboration between the two has been named the winner of Canada Reads 2019.