When you enter the newest exhibition at Western’s artLAB, you are asked to remove your shoes. The show “of many worlds in this world,” is meant to push its audience, in more ways than one, its curator says. It starts with deep reflection o …
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Programs showcase grad student skills to employers
A pair of new programs look to play matchmaker between Western graduate students and employers who may offer an alternative career path outside traditional academia.
Depression drives substance use during pregnancy
The discovery that depression is the single largest driver of substance use during pregnancy – more important than education, income, or age – highlights the need for greater supports for the mental health of mothers-to-be, according to Western researchers.
Western takes first steps toward the Moon
A team comprised of Western faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students is conducting an analogue Moon mission over the next two weeks.
New centre takes aim at water solutions
Western recently launched the WesternWater Centre, a Western Engineering-based group charged with generating real-life solutions for the management and treatment of water supplies.
Student realizes ice cream dream with store
From exploring behaviour change strategies to dishing out Mango Tango, Joel Kang is now a scoop above the rest.
Students tune up for signature symposium
Graduate students from across North America will hit all the right notes on campus as Western plays host to the annual Graduate Symposium on Music, Aug.16-17. It is an annual event that takes flight thanks to the commitment of students, who have run it from its inception two decades ago.
Student’s story capable of building a nation
Earlier this year, the Ecuadorian government named Lisbeth Pino, MPH’18, among its ‘Women Who Build Ecuador,’ a designation the country reserved for pioneers who “leave their stories in time, which cause breezes that will become new winds of hope and equality.”
Study finds keys to music in exercise
Music can be that key to getting people moving – and selecting the proper style of music for people to move to can lead to a more beneficial and fulfilling workout, according to a recent Western study.
Researchers write ABCs of language disorder
While we expect to see scientists publishing in journals aimed at peers, a pair of Western researchers recently targeted a younger audience for their work – a lot younger.
Famed French author finds new life online
Geneviève de Viveiros never expected 21st-Century tools to lend such important insights into a 19th-Century mind. Then again, who knew a popular video website that gave the world Justin Bieber, Gangnam Style and Grumpy Cat could also augment our understanding into French novelist Émile Zola?
Alumna trumpets women’s health and rights
Stefania Wisofschi, newly selected for the Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s International Youth Fellowship Program, remembers that pivotal experience that illuminated her future career path.
Grad student explores roots on and off the ice
Kalley Armstrong might justifiably boast about her pedigree – be it about her stellar hockey career with one of North America’s top college teams or as granddaughter of a Hockey Hall of Fame player. But even if hockey is in her DNA, boasting is not.
Programs showcase grad student skills to employers
A pair of new programs look to play matchmaker between Western graduate students and employers who may offer an alternative career path outside traditional academia.
Depression drives substance use during pregnancy
The discovery that depression is the single largest driver of substance use during pregnancy – more important than education, income, or age – highlights the need for greater supports for the mental health of mothers-to-be, according to Western researchers.
Western takes first steps toward the Moon
A team comprised of Western faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students is conducting an analogue Moon mission over the next two weeks.
New centre takes aim at water solutions
Western recently launched the WesternWater Centre, a Western Engineering-based group charged with generating real-life solutions for the management and treatment of water supplies.
Student realizes ice cream dream with store
From exploring behaviour change strategies to dishing out Mango Tango, Joel Kang is now a scoop above the rest.
Students tune up for signature symposium
Graduate students from across North America will hit all the right notes on campus as Western plays host to the annual Graduate Symposium on Music, Aug.16-17. It is an annual event that takes flight thanks to the commitment of students, who have run it from its inception two decades ago.
Student’s story capable of building a nation
Earlier this year, the Ecuadorian government named Lisbeth Pino, MPH’18, among its ‘Women Who Build Ecuador,’ a designation the country reserved for pioneers who “leave their stories in time, which cause breezes that will become new winds of hope and equality.”
Study finds keys to music in exercise
Music can be that key to getting people moving – and selecting the proper style of music for people to move to can lead to a more beneficial and fulfilling workout, according to a recent Western study.
Researchers write ABCs of language disorder
While we expect to see scientists publishing in journals aimed at peers, a pair of Western researchers recently targeted a younger audience for their work – a lot younger.
Famed French author finds new life online
Geneviève de Viveiros never expected 21st-Century tools to lend such important insights into a 19th-Century mind. Then again, who knew a popular video website that gave the world Justin Bieber, Gangnam Style and Grumpy Cat could also augment our understanding into French novelist Émile Zola?
Alumna trumpets women’s health and rights
Stefania Wisofschi, newly selected for the Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s International Youth Fellowship Program, remembers that pivotal experience that illuminated her future career path.
Grad student explores roots on and off the ice
Kalley Armstrong might justifiably boast about her pedigree – be it about her stellar hockey career with one of North America’s top college teams or as granddaughter of a Hockey Hall of Fame player. But even if hockey is in her DNA, boasting is not.