A new interdisciplinary initiative at Western is putting a human-interest twist on artificial intelligence (AI). Three postdoctoral associates are bringing their unique backgrounds and research interests to the classroom this year to help students bette …
Almost overnight, and totally unexpectedly, four Western students have turned a project meant to streamline the 40-hour volunteer requirement for high school students into a successful enterprise. Pod is an online organization tool for clubs, causes and teams, created...
Three Western teams hope to drive away with a national campus competition’s top prize.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Chris Viger is sowing the seeds of a revolution.
It’s a matter of looking at old questions by way of new technologies. That’s how David Bourget describes the Centre for Digital Philosophy, a new initiative he started within Western’s Department of Philosophy.
Western professor Stathis Psillos, recruited from the University of Athens, has been named the Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science. Part of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Psillos is a leading philosopher in examining aspects of scientific realism.
Eight Western graduate students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering and/or health sciences.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
As a philosopher whose main area of research is ethics, and as a cyclist, I’m saddened, angered and intellectually puzzled by Lance Armstrong’s behaviour and recent confession.
Carl Hoefer has been named the director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, effective July 2013.
Led by Charles Weijer of Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy, in association with Jeremy Grimshaw and Monica Taljaard of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, a team of researchers has issued world-first ethics guidelines governing cluster randomized trials (CRTs).
As we all saw recently with the release of the new Canadian census data, the Canadian family is changing.
Almost overnight, and totally unexpectedly, four Western students have turned a project meant to streamline the 40-hour volunteer requirement for high school students into a successful enterprise. Pod is an online organization tool for clubs, causes and teams, created...
Three Western teams hope to drive away with a national campus competition’s top prize.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Chris Viger is sowing the seeds of a revolution.
It’s a matter of looking at old questions by way of new technologies. That’s how David Bourget describes the Centre for Digital Philosophy, a new initiative he started within Western’s Department of Philosophy.
Western professor Stathis Psillos, recruited from the University of Athens, has been named the Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science. Part of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Psillos is a leading philosopher in examining aspects of scientific realism.
Eight Western graduate students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering and/or health sciences.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
As a philosopher whose main area of research is ethics, and as a cyclist, I’m saddened, angered and intellectually puzzled by Lance Armstrong’s behaviour and recent confession.
Carl Hoefer has been named the director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, effective July 2013.
Led by Charles Weijer of Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy, in association with Jeremy Grimshaw and Monica Taljaard of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, a team of researchers has issued world-first ethics guidelines governing cluster randomized trials (CRTs).
As we all saw recently with the release of the new Canadian census data, the Canadian family is changing.