More than 1,900 graduates and their families will be on campus to celebrate Western’s 320th Convocation, Oct. 19 to 21 at Alumni Hall. The ceremonies mark the first on-site Autumn convocation since 2019. As graduates cross the stage, they join a ne …
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push
Don Richardson’s foray into military and veteran mental health coincided with the end of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. “One thing about the military is, in general, everyone is healthy. You have to be healthy – healthier than the general Canadian population – to be...
Hachinski wins 2018 Killam Prize for pioneering work
Dr. Vladimir Hachinski believes medicine and art are unequivocally linked.
Western scholars named among CRC ranks
Two Western researchers have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), a program which recognizes the country’s best scholars across disciplines, while a third research saw his chair elevated from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1. This now brings Western’s total number of CRCs to 41.
Teaching Fellows promote new thinking
Western’s Teaching Fellows are outstanding educators who, in partnership with the Teaching Support Centre, provide educational leadership to the university community through research on teaching and learning. Each Fellow develops, implements, and assesses the impact...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele
Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...
Green Awards turn attention to sustainability
This year’s winners of the Western Green Awards are all about reduce, reuse and recycle when it comes to environmental sustainability.
Avoid case of the Mondays in dealing with doc
When it comes to booking an appointment with your primary-care physician, Mondays are a bad call. Your best bet is to book the first appointment of the day – or the first appointment after lunch – any other day of the week, according to Dr. Adam Kassam, Chief Resident...
Four named Distinguished University Professors
Four professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Striking out Ernest Hemingway
As baseball season opens, what better time to check in on Shel Krakofsky, MD’76, ‘Canada’s Baseball Poet,’ and his Stanley Cup Seder.
Western celebrates top teaching talent
Eighteen winners, representing five different faculties, have been awarded Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning. This year’s winners join a company of teachers nearly a quarter-century strong.
Rising stars solving health, science puzzles
The core of discovery is research. And the core of good research is a dedicated, inquisitive team of scientists committed to solving some of the key questions of their discipline. Western is proud to highlight the work of teams newly granted Early Researcher Awards...
Innovative 3D-printed stethoscope saves lives
Dr. Tarek Loubani has worked as an emergency room physician in hospitals during some of their most desperate times. In 2012, he was practising in a hospital in Gaza, and found himself sharing his one stethoscope with ten other doctors who were trying to treat more...
Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push
Don Richardson’s foray into military and veteran mental health coincided with the end of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. “One thing about the military is, in general, everyone is healthy. You have to be healthy – healthier than the general Canadian population – to be...
Hachinski wins 2018 Killam Prize for pioneering work
Dr. Vladimir Hachinski believes medicine and art are unequivocally linked.
Western scholars named among CRC ranks
Two Western researchers have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), a program which recognizes the country’s best scholars across disciplines, while a third research saw his chair elevated from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1. This now brings Western’s total number of CRCs to 41.
Teaching Fellows promote new thinking
Western’s Teaching Fellows are outstanding educators who, in partnership with the Teaching Support Centre, provide educational leadership to the university community through research on teaching and learning. Each Fellow develops, implements, and assesses the impact...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele
Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...
Green Awards turn attention to sustainability
This year’s winners of the Western Green Awards are all about reduce, reuse and recycle when it comes to environmental sustainability.
Avoid case of the Mondays in dealing with doc
When it comes to booking an appointment with your primary-care physician, Mondays are a bad call. Your best bet is to book the first appointment of the day – or the first appointment after lunch – any other day of the week, according to Dr. Adam Kassam, Chief Resident...
Four named Distinguished University Professors
Four professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Striking out Ernest Hemingway
As baseball season opens, what better time to check in on Shel Krakofsky, MD’76, ‘Canada’s Baseball Poet,’ and his Stanley Cup Seder.
Western celebrates top teaching talent
Eighteen winners, representing five different faculties, have been awarded Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning. This year’s winners join a company of teachers nearly a quarter-century strong.
Rising stars solving health, science puzzles
The core of discovery is research. And the core of good research is a dedicated, inquisitive team of scientists committed to solving some of the key questions of their discipline. Western is proud to highlight the work of teams newly granted Early Researcher Awards...
Innovative 3D-printed stethoscope saves lives
Dr. Tarek Loubani has worked as an emergency room physician in hospitals during some of their most desperate times. In 2012, he was practising in a hospital in Gaza, and found himself sharing his one stethoscope with ten other doctors who were trying to treat more...