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Swimmer set to dive into Western with $100K Schulich Leaders award

Swimmer set to dive into Western with $100K Schulich Leaders award

Incoming student Brent Davison has always been driven to succeed. Whether he’s in the classroom, in the pool or running his small business, “I like to be at the top of the leaderboard,” he said. “I like to win.” [caption id=”attachment_8527 …

Class offers a new outlook on the world

Class offers a new outlook on the world

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...

Fulbright award turns up heat on plant study

Fulbright award turns up heat on plant study

By the time you read this, Joseph Stinziano will already be in Albuquerque, N.M., honing in on the secrets of boechera depauperata – a heat-tolerant plant that can thrive in temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius. Stinziano, a PhD candidate in Biology, will spend...

Diet discovery shifts thinking on prehistoric cave bear

Diet discovery shifts thinking on prehistoric cave bear

Newly discovered information into the inflexible diet of one group of prehistoric bears has scientists rethinking how the creatures lived and what caused the large mammals’ extinction some 25,000 years ago.

Smith: Are you suffering from academic attention deficit disorder?

Smith: Are you suffering from academic attention deficit disorder?

At conferences, I sit at the back of the room. I’m a people-watcher. From the back, I can observe the spectators as well as the speaker. I like to see what the audience members are up to. Are they captivated by the presentation? Are they taking a nap? Are they jotting...

New discovery shatters beliefs about Earth’s origin

New discovery shatters beliefs about Earth’s origin

A new study led by Western all-star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves the Earth and other planetary objects formed in the early years of the Solar System share similar chemical origins – a finding at odds with accepted wisdom held by scientists for decades. The...

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

An unprecedented federal research funding push will position Western to radically transform humankind’s understanding of brain disorders. On Tuesday, Western’s BrainsCAN: Brain Health For Life initiative received a $66-million investment from the Canada First Research...

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Bachelor of Medical Sciences student Mary Wang was named one of 25 Global Winners in the Undergraduate Awards (UA) annual competition, program officials announced today. She earned a Gold Medal for her paper, Does developmental social pragmatic intervention for...

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Eight Western professors have been named among the nation’s top scholars in the arts, humanities and sciences by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), including six newly named Fellows and two New Scholars. James Grier, Paul Potter, Gregor Reid, David Shoesmith, Xueliang...

Human super predator most terrifying of all

Human super predator most terrifying of all

A new study by Western demonstrates that smaller carnivores, like European badgers, that may be prey to large carnivores, actually perceive humans as far more frightening.

Pulling up roots after 46 years

Pulling up roots after 46 years

If you glance out Janet Williams’ office window in Middlesex College, you’ll see a lovely, mature 35-year-old beech tree. She remembers the day it was planted. “There used to be two, but about three years ago one suddenly died,” said Williams, an academic counsellor...

Koval earns Distinguished Service Award

Koval earns Distinguished Service Award

Mathematics professor John Koval, King's University College, was named among seven outstanding statisticians honoured at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Statistician Society of Canada (SSC), on June 5. Koval received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award, an honour...

Class offers a new outlook on the world

Class offers a new outlook on the world

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...

Fulbright award turns up heat on plant study

Fulbright award turns up heat on plant study

By the time you read this, Joseph Stinziano will already be in Albuquerque, N.M., honing in on the secrets of boechera depauperata – a heat-tolerant plant that can thrive in temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius. Stinziano, a PhD candidate in Biology, will spend...

Diet discovery shifts thinking on prehistoric cave bear

Diet discovery shifts thinking on prehistoric cave bear

Newly discovered information into the inflexible diet of one group of prehistoric bears has scientists rethinking how the creatures lived and what caused the large mammals’ extinction some 25,000 years ago.

Smith: Are you suffering from academic attention deficit disorder?

Smith: Are you suffering from academic attention deficit disorder?

At conferences, I sit at the back of the room. I’m a people-watcher. From the back, I can observe the spectators as well as the speaker. I like to see what the audience members are up to. Are they captivated by the presentation? Are they taking a nap? Are they jotting...

New discovery shatters beliefs about Earth’s origin

New discovery shatters beliefs about Earth’s origin

A new study led by Western all-star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves the Earth and other planetary objects formed in the early years of the Solar System share similar chemical origins – a finding at odds with accepted wisdom held by scientists for decades. The...

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

Feds back brain research with record-breaking investment

An unprecedented federal research funding push will position Western to radically transform humankind’s understanding of brain disorders. On Tuesday, Western’s BrainsCAN: Brain Health For Life initiative received a $66-million investment from the Canada First Research...

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Wang named among UA Global Winners

Bachelor of Medical Sciences student Mary Wang was named one of 25 Global Winners in the Undergraduate Awards (UA) annual competition, program officials announced today. She earned a Gold Medal for her paper, Does developmental social pragmatic intervention for...

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Scholars named among Royal Society elite

Eight Western professors have been named among the nation’s top scholars in the arts, humanities and sciences by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), including six newly named Fellows and two New Scholars. James Grier, Paul Potter, Gregor Reid, David Shoesmith, Xueliang...

Human super predator most terrifying of all

Human super predator most terrifying of all

A new study by Western demonstrates that smaller carnivores, like European badgers, that may be prey to large carnivores, actually perceive humans as far more frightening.

Pulling up roots after 46 years

Pulling up roots after 46 years

If you glance out Janet Williams’ office window in Middlesex College, you’ll see a lovely, mature 35-year-old beech tree. She remembers the day it was planted. “There used to be two, but about three years ago one suddenly died,” said Williams, an academic counsellor...

Koval earns Distinguished Service Award

Koval earns Distinguished Service Award

Mathematics professor John Koval, King's University College, was named among seven outstanding statisticians honoured at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Statistician Society of Canada (SSC), on June 5. Koval received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award, an honour...