For Margaret Atsango, it’s a “dream come true.” The senior librarian of Africana collections and services at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has waited three years to visit Western to learn new skills from fellow librar …
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Looking for clues: Using artificial intelligence to uncover mental health, addiction issues
A new social media search tool could help public health experts reach more people struggling with substance abuse.
Pandemic provides real-time, case-based learning opportunity
For this year’s Masters of Public Health cohort, the backdrop of the pandemic is presenting unique opportunities for learning and analysis.
Study examines social impact of #MeToo movement
The movement’s global influence has received limited and sparse research, a Western-led review has found.
Engineering student and alumnus place top two at Mayo Clinic competition
The winning ideas could enhance safety for paramedics in remote settings and improve the fit of prostheses.
Blueprint highlights gender-parity push in manufacturing
A study of five Ontario manufacturers show some companies are more successful at attracting and keeping women because they work at it.
‘Perseverance’ pays off for Western Space alumnus
Western alumnus Raymond Francis serves as an engineer on NASA’s science operations team for the Perseverance rover, which is set to land in Jezero crater on Mars.
Walking patterns could predict type of cognitive decline
Researchers’ assessments of gait variability identified Alzheimer’s disease with 70-per-cent accuracy.
Expert insights: ‘Relationship glasses’ colour our view of our partners
Our beliefs about our romantic partner colour our perceptions of who they are.
New process can extend lifetime of metals
Western materials engineer Hamid Abdolvand and his team discovered important factors into the deformation of metals used in automobiles and nuclear reactors, and developed new models to predict the lifetimes of these materials.
Scholarship recipient carries legacy of Iranian friends
PhD student Payam Momeni is inaugural recipient of a scholarship in honour of four Western students who perished aboard Flight PS752.
Yolanda Hedberg new Wolfe-Western Fellow
The award acknowledges the work and promise of a young researcher and newly recruited faculty member.
Plot twist: spoilers can boost films’ success
Reviews and trailers that reveal a movie’s plot can draw a bigger audience and more box-office dollars, a Western study shows.
Looking for clues: Using artificial intelligence to uncover mental health, addiction issues
A new social media search tool could help public health experts reach more people struggling with substance abuse.
Pandemic provides real-time, case-based learning opportunity
For this year’s Masters of Public Health cohort, the backdrop of the pandemic is presenting unique opportunities for learning and analysis.
Study examines social impact of #MeToo movement
The movement’s global influence has received limited and sparse research, a Western-led review has found.
Engineering student and alumnus place top two at Mayo Clinic competition
The winning ideas could enhance safety for paramedics in remote settings and improve the fit of prostheses.
Blueprint highlights gender-parity push in manufacturing
A study of five Ontario manufacturers show some companies are more successful at attracting and keeping women because they work at it.
‘Perseverance’ pays off for Western Space alumnus
Western alumnus Raymond Francis serves as an engineer on NASA’s science operations team for the Perseverance rover, which is set to land in Jezero crater on Mars.
Walking patterns could predict type of cognitive decline
Researchers’ assessments of gait variability identified Alzheimer’s disease with 70-per-cent accuracy.
Expert insights: ‘Relationship glasses’ colour our view of our partners
Our beliefs about our romantic partner colour our perceptions of who they are.
New process can extend lifetime of metals
Western materials engineer Hamid Abdolvand and his team discovered important factors into the deformation of metals used in automobiles and nuclear reactors, and developed new models to predict the lifetimes of these materials.
Scholarship recipient carries legacy of Iranian friends
PhD student Payam Momeni is inaugural recipient of a scholarship in honour of four Western students who perished aboard Flight PS752.
Yolanda Hedberg new Wolfe-Western Fellow
The award acknowledges the work and promise of a young researcher and newly recruited faculty member.
Plot twist: spoilers can boost films’ success
Reviews and trailers that reveal a movie’s plot can draw a bigger audience and more box-office dollars, a Western study shows.