It was a big year for Western. From life-changing research discoveries to awards to athletic accomplishments, 2024 offered many reasons to celebrate. Western students, staff, faculty and alumni drove impact at home and abroad. Western News is marking …
Faculty of Science
Australian study proves ‘humans are planet’s most frightening predator’
Kangaroos and wallabies fear human ‘super predator’ more than dogs, devils or wolves
Tour de force: Western Space researchers chart Orion Nebula like never before
Els Peeters, Jan Cami and collaborators among first scientists to use James Webb telescope for studying star formation
Science Rendezvous returns to Western May 11
Graduate students organize day of all-ages fun to promote science, technology, engineering, arts and math
Ziploc, chip bag, protein bar wrapper? There’s a recycling box for that
Master’s student in biology expands snack wrapper recycling across Western’s campus
‘We need everybody’: Mitigating climate change requires creativity, thinking differently
Turning desire for change into action is key, experts say
Two-dimensional nanomaterial sets record for expert-defying, counter-intuitive expansion
When stretched in one direction, nanomaterial expands perpendicular to applied force
Western partnership drives push for international standard on flushable products
Students work with City of London to seek data, solutions for flushable wipes
‘Revealing images that seemed lost forever:’ Research revives 1800s photos
Synchrotron light helps study the past, prevent corrosion in future
The science of the solar eclipse
Professor Jan Cami on what to look for (and how to be safe) on April 8
Western celebrates 2024 Green Award recipients
From the classroom to the operating room, three campus community members recognized for their sustainability efforts
Western draws top number of Early Researcher Awards
10 faculty attract provincial funding for projects focused on health, homelessness and climate change
Western strengthens collaborations with Makerere University
New memorandum of understanding broadens existing relationships with Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning
Australian study proves ‘humans are planet’s most frightening predator’
Kangaroos and wallabies fear human ‘super predator’ more than dogs, devils or wolves
Tour de force: Western Space researchers chart Orion Nebula like never before
Els Peeters, Jan Cami and collaborators among first scientists to use James Webb telescope for studying star formation
Science Rendezvous returns to Western May 11
Graduate students organize day of all-ages fun to promote science, technology, engineering, arts and math
Ziploc, chip bag, protein bar wrapper? There’s a recycling box for that
Master’s student in biology expands snack wrapper recycling across Western’s campus
‘We need everybody’: Mitigating climate change requires creativity, thinking differently
Turning desire for change into action is key, experts say
Two-dimensional nanomaterial sets record for expert-defying, counter-intuitive expansion
When stretched in one direction, nanomaterial expands perpendicular to applied force
Western partnership drives push for international standard on flushable products
Students work with City of London to seek data, solutions for flushable wipes
‘Revealing images that seemed lost forever:’ Research revives 1800s photos
Synchrotron light helps study the past, prevent corrosion in future
The science of the solar eclipse
Professor Jan Cami on what to look for (and how to be safe) on April 8
Western celebrates 2024 Green Award recipients
From the classroom to the operating room, three campus community members recognized for their sustainability efforts
Western draws top number of Early Researcher Awards
10 faculty attract provincial funding for projects focused on health, homelessness and climate change
Western strengthens collaborations with Makerere University
New memorandum of understanding broadens existing relationships with Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning