The back-to-school countdown is on, and parents may be looking for ways to support their children through the anxiety and worry September can bring. Colin King is an associate professor with the Faculty of Education at Western and is a registered schoo …
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Research details education’s role in independence fight
For nearly 15 years, Anthropology professor Randa Farah has tracked the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara, often living among them for months at a time to better understand their lives and struggle for independence.
Paper trail uncovers rich history of Middle East
There’s good, present-day reason to study the economic history of the medieval Middle East – and that would be today’s economic realities in the region.
Cancer drug earns FDA nod after decades
Duncan Hunter chokes up a little when it is suggested that work he began at Western three decades ago will now, finally, be applied to saving hundreds of lives. “It’s a good thing,” said the Chemistry professor emeritus after a long pause. “It took 30 years and had its ups and downs. So, yes, it’s emotional.”
Researcher looking to re-frame Detroit images
Earlier this summer, Visual Arts graduate student Jessica Cappuccitti curated an exhibition, Welcome to Detroit: Suzy Lake and Orlando Ford, at the McIntosh Gallery. The exhibition offered viewers an opportunity to understand how these images – some of Detroit’s decay and others that capture people with smiling faces and open arms – shape ideas about the city.
WD Asia making high-tech connections abroad
The global impact of WORLDiscoveries – a technology-transfer centre based at Western – has a new success story to tell, this time in the partnerships forged with Canadian and Asian business interests.
Western economist MacGee joins Bank of Canada
Western economist Jim MacGee has been appointed the Bank of Canada’s new Managing Director of Economic and Financial Research for a two-year term, beginning Jan. 2, 2019.
Study: Brain game doesn’t offer brain gain
A new Western-led study has debunked claims that getting better at a brain-training game can translate to improved performance in other games and tasks.
Research looking for love in all the right data
Love lies broken in Lorne Campbell’s office. It has been deconstructed into thousands of data points on Excel sheets and transformed into code that coldly blinks from a computer screen.
Labour laws historically out of tune with musicians
Matt Stahl, a Faculty of Information & Media Studies professor, traces the origins of how labour laws have historically been used to exploit the careers of numerous female musicians, His work helps scholars and students of music better understand the role of law in the music industry.
Grant to CREATE new opportunities for students
Led by Engineering professor Jeffrey Wood, an advanced polymer composite materials and technologies team will CREATE more opportunities for the next generation of engineers thanks to $1.65-million NSERC grant.
Research calls ‘flat-brainers’ to arms
While flat-Earthers continue to debate even the remote possibility that our world is spherical, new research shows the human brain is actually better understood in 2D rather than 3D.
What tell-all crime reporting says about us
While researching crime reporting across the globe, Faculty of Information & Media Studies professor Romayne Smith Fullerton found North American media coverage of crime differed significantly from that of European news outlets.
Research details education’s role in independence fight
For nearly 15 years, Anthropology professor Randa Farah has tracked the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara, often living among them for months at a time to better understand their lives and struggle for independence.
Paper trail uncovers rich history of Middle East
There’s good, present-day reason to study the economic history of the medieval Middle East – and that would be today’s economic realities in the region.
Cancer drug earns FDA nod after decades
Duncan Hunter chokes up a little when it is suggested that work he began at Western three decades ago will now, finally, be applied to saving hundreds of lives. “It’s a good thing,” said the Chemistry professor emeritus after a long pause. “It took 30 years and had its ups and downs. So, yes, it’s emotional.”
Researcher looking to re-frame Detroit images
Earlier this summer, Visual Arts graduate student Jessica Cappuccitti curated an exhibition, Welcome to Detroit: Suzy Lake and Orlando Ford, at the McIntosh Gallery. The exhibition offered viewers an opportunity to understand how these images – some of Detroit’s decay and others that capture people with smiling faces and open arms – shape ideas about the city.
WD Asia making high-tech connections abroad
The global impact of WORLDiscoveries – a technology-transfer centre based at Western – has a new success story to tell, this time in the partnerships forged with Canadian and Asian business interests.
Western economist MacGee joins Bank of Canada
Western economist Jim MacGee has been appointed the Bank of Canada’s new Managing Director of Economic and Financial Research for a two-year term, beginning Jan. 2, 2019.
Study: Brain game doesn’t offer brain gain
A new Western-led study has debunked claims that getting better at a brain-training game can translate to improved performance in other games and tasks.
Research looking for love in all the right data
Love lies broken in Lorne Campbell’s office. It has been deconstructed into thousands of data points on Excel sheets and transformed into code that coldly blinks from a computer screen.
Labour laws historically out of tune with musicians
Matt Stahl, a Faculty of Information & Media Studies professor, traces the origins of how labour laws have historically been used to exploit the careers of numerous female musicians, His work helps scholars and students of music better understand the role of law in the music industry.
Grant to CREATE new opportunities for students
Led by Engineering professor Jeffrey Wood, an advanced polymer composite materials and technologies team will CREATE more opportunities for the next generation of engineers thanks to $1.65-million NSERC grant.
Research calls ‘flat-brainers’ to arms
While flat-Earthers continue to debate even the remote possibility that our world is spherical, new research shows the human brain is actually better understood in 2D rather than 3D.
What tell-all crime reporting says about us
While researching crime reporting across the globe, Faculty of Information & Media Studies professor Romayne Smith Fullerton found North American media coverage of crime differed significantly from that of European news outlets.