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Bryan Neff appointed acting vice-president (research)

Bryan Neff appointed acting vice-president (research)

Bryan Neff, associate vice-president (research), has been appointed acting vice-president (research) effective Oct. 1, 2022, for a period of up to June 30, 2023. He replaces Lesley Rigg who is stepping down to assume the presidency at Brock University.  …

Discovery Grant backs species diversity work

Discovery Grant backs species diversity work

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...

Zitani and Thorn: Bananas do nothing for pollinators

Zitani and Thorn: Bananas do nothing for pollinators

It was recently Pollinator Week (June 15-21) and groups across North America are celebrating ways to improve much-needed habitat for pollinators. At Western, we have bananas. (And they’re not even pretty.) If you are unaware of the Plight of the Pollinators, you can...

Research teams backed with nearly $20 million

Research teams backed with nearly $20 million

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).

Mercury buildup in birds sounds warning for all

Mercury buildup in birds sounds warning for all

Higher-than-normal mercury levels may be wiping out the endangered arctic ivory gull, but now Western researchers are warning other species – including humans – are at risk from this deadly neurotoxin. And we have only ourselves to blame.

Singh, Young earn 2015 Hellmuth Prize

Singh, Young earn 2015 Hellmuth Prize

The honour recognizes faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research – one of the defining hallmarks of a university.

Two students named among 3M Fellows

Two students named among 3M Fellows

Western undergraduate students Justine Baek and Nicola Paviglianiti have been named among 10 3M National Student Fellowship Award recipients, 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) announced today. Introduced in 2012, the 3M...

Novel power source may take flight soon

Novel power source may take flight soon

The beating of a bird’s wings may soon be all the power Western Biology professor Chris Guglielmo needs to generate limitless data on his feathered friends.

Govindaraju: Burden for HPV awareness falls on scientific community

Govindaraju: Burden for HPV awareness falls on scientific community

I have to admit I’m not surprised by Eric Davis’ findings. (“Research exposes major gaps in HPV vaccine knowledge,” Western News, March 19.) Like other Western students, I am aware of HPV. However, I’m embarrassed to confess I, too, do not know much about HPV-related...

Madhavji: Bridge gaps in HPV knowledge at younger age

Madhavji: Bridge gaps in HPV knowledge at younger age

Ideally, many university students would have gratuitous sex with no emotional or physical ramifications. HPV can be easily prevented by vaccination – ignorance cannot be. (“Research exposes major gaps in HPV vaccine knowledge,” Western News, March 19.) It is not...

Marescotti: Documentary a rally cry for the extraordinary

Marescotti: Documentary a rally cry for the extraordinary

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. The problem is not lack of capability, but lack of belief in what we can accomplish. Passion and self-belief have driven people to greatness. The researchers in Su Rynard’s new film, SongbirdSOS, share that burning desire....

AFAR researchers bring songbird plight to CBC

AFAR researchers bring songbird plight to CBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-eKQMK0YwM Western researchers, in association with Canadian documentary filmmaker Su Rynard, are sounding the alarm about the mass depletion of songbirds in the Americas in a new film, debuting on CBC this week. SongbirdSOS debuts at...

Discovery Grant backs species diversity work

Discovery Grant backs species diversity work

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...

Zitani and Thorn: Bananas do nothing for pollinators

Zitani and Thorn: Bananas do nothing for pollinators

It was recently Pollinator Week (June 15-21) and groups across North America are celebrating ways to improve much-needed habitat for pollinators. At Western, we have bananas. (And they’re not even pretty.) If you are unaware of the Plight of the Pollinators, you can...

Research teams backed with nearly $20 million

Research teams backed with nearly $20 million

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).

Mercury buildup in birds sounds warning for all

Mercury buildup in birds sounds warning for all

Higher-than-normal mercury levels may be wiping out the endangered arctic ivory gull, but now Western researchers are warning other species – including humans – are at risk from this deadly neurotoxin. And we have only ourselves to blame.

Singh, Young earn 2015 Hellmuth Prize

Singh, Young earn 2015 Hellmuth Prize

The honour recognizes faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research – one of the defining hallmarks of a university.

Two students named among 3M Fellows

Two students named among 3M Fellows

Western undergraduate students Justine Baek and Nicola Paviglianiti have been named among 10 3M National Student Fellowship Award recipients, 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) announced today. Introduced in 2012, the 3M...

Novel power source may take flight soon

Novel power source may take flight soon

The beating of a bird’s wings may soon be all the power Western Biology professor Chris Guglielmo needs to generate limitless data on his feathered friends.

Govindaraju: Burden for HPV awareness falls on scientific community

Govindaraju: Burden for HPV awareness falls on scientific community

I have to admit I’m not surprised by Eric Davis’ findings. (“Research exposes major gaps in HPV vaccine knowledge,” Western News, March 19.) Like other Western students, I am aware of HPV. However, I’m embarrassed to confess I, too, do not know much about HPV-related...

Madhavji: Bridge gaps in HPV knowledge at younger age

Madhavji: Bridge gaps in HPV knowledge at younger age

Ideally, many university students would have gratuitous sex with no emotional or physical ramifications. HPV can be easily prevented by vaccination – ignorance cannot be. (“Research exposes major gaps in HPV vaccine knowledge,” Western News, March 19.) It is not...

Marescotti: Documentary a rally cry for the extraordinary

Marescotti: Documentary a rally cry for the extraordinary

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. The problem is not lack of capability, but lack of belief in what we can accomplish. Passion and self-belief have driven people to greatness. The researchers in Su Rynard’s new film, SongbirdSOS, share that burning desire....

AFAR researchers bring songbird plight to CBC

AFAR researchers bring songbird plight to CBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-eKQMK0YwM Western researchers, in association with Canadian documentary filmmaker Su Rynard, are sounding the alarm about the mass depletion of songbirds in the Americas in a new film, debuting on CBC this week. SongbirdSOS debuts at...