Two Western faculty members have received prestigious honours from the Royal Society of Canada. Philosophy professor and chair Carolyn McLeod has been named a fellow of the society, and Earth Sciences professor Catherine Neish, a member of the College o …
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Track athlete strikes a rhythm at Parapan Am Games
Jacqueline Rennebohm has been in this position before. She has heard the cheers from the international crowds as colourful flags stream across the sky and has felt the butterflies in her stomach while she digs her shoes into the track.
‘Almost Einstein’: One professor’s journey from prodigy to philosophy
John Bell has been described as ‘potentially one step below Einstein.’
Western researcher hops ride to Red Planet
It’s bigger, better and fully-loaded. And, its mission has the work of a University of Western Ontario scientist on board.
Spider mite finds itself in Western’s sites
If the thought of dust mites in your mattress or a spider on your ceiling is enough to make your skin crawl, just think: pesticide-resistant spider mites might also be in your home, burrowing in your house plants or slowly destroying your garden.
Western professor leaves lifetime collection to Museum of Nature
While it was simply a hobby for Frank Cook, the Canadian Museum of Nature has cashed in with the amateur naturalist’s donation of more than 1,500 plant specimens including rare and endangered species of mosses.
O’Carroll: Environment, just one beneficiary of nanotechnology revolution
Nanotechnology has generated significant public and scientific excitement due our abilities to design and synthesize nanoparticles at the nano scale.
Western astronomers celebrate space, Earth
The University of Western Ontario will host a pair of special events Saturday (Oct. 8) at the London Regional Children’s Museum in celebration of World Space Week and Earth Science Week.
Researchers uncover new hypothesis on crater debris
A team of researchers partnered with the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta – debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite impacts.
‘Future of Food’ comes to Western
As part of London Biotech Week 2011, the Pest Genomics and Plant Breeding in Sustainable Agricultural Pest Management Group at The University of Western Ontario, in partnership with TechAlliance, will host the Future of Food: bioCEP3 (Biotechnology, Crops, Education, Policy, Production and Perception).
22 million droids and counting
A free public lecture by Canadian robotics scientist, professor, and inventor Mark W. Tilden is scheduled for tonight (Sept. 7) at Conron Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m.
CFI provides $2.1 million for research
University of Western Ontario researchers Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski and Bob Linnen were among eight Western researchers working on five projects who recently received more than $2.1 million in CFI funding.
A mission to the Moon… without leaving Earth
Conducting a mission to another planet or moon requires literally thousands of hours of revolutionary research and thought-provoking investigation. An important step in that preparation is to run a mission simulation to test operational, scientific, and technological concepts.
Track athlete strikes a rhythm at Parapan Am Games
Jacqueline Rennebohm has been in this position before. She has heard the cheers from the international crowds as colourful flags stream across the sky and has felt the butterflies in her stomach while she digs her shoes into the track.
‘Almost Einstein’: One professor’s journey from prodigy to philosophy
John Bell has been described as ‘potentially one step below Einstein.’
Western researcher hops ride to Red Planet
It’s bigger, better and fully-loaded. And, its mission has the work of a University of Western Ontario scientist on board.
Spider mite finds itself in Western’s sites
If the thought of dust mites in your mattress or a spider on your ceiling is enough to make your skin crawl, just think: pesticide-resistant spider mites might also be in your home, burrowing in your house plants or slowly destroying your garden.
Western professor leaves lifetime collection to Museum of Nature
While it was simply a hobby for Frank Cook, the Canadian Museum of Nature has cashed in with the amateur naturalist’s donation of more than 1,500 plant specimens including rare and endangered species of mosses.
O’Carroll: Environment, just one beneficiary of nanotechnology revolution
Nanotechnology has generated significant public and scientific excitement due our abilities to design and synthesize nanoparticles at the nano scale.
Western astronomers celebrate space, Earth
The University of Western Ontario will host a pair of special events Saturday (Oct. 8) at the London Regional Children’s Museum in celebration of World Space Week and Earth Science Week.
Researchers uncover new hypothesis on crater debris
A team of researchers partnered with the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta – debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite impacts.
‘Future of Food’ comes to Western
As part of London Biotech Week 2011, the Pest Genomics and Plant Breeding in Sustainable Agricultural Pest Management Group at The University of Western Ontario, in partnership with TechAlliance, will host the Future of Food: bioCEP3 (Biotechnology, Crops, Education, Policy, Production and Perception).
22 million droids and counting
A free public lecture by Canadian robotics scientist, professor, and inventor Mark W. Tilden is scheduled for tonight (Sept. 7) at Conron Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m.
CFI provides $2.1 million for research
University of Western Ontario researchers Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski and Bob Linnen were among eight Western researchers working on five projects who recently received more than $2.1 million in CFI funding.
A mission to the Moon… without leaving Earth
Conducting a mission to another planet or moon requires literally thousands of hours of revolutionary research and thought-provoking investigation. An important step in that preparation is to run a mission simulation to test operational, scientific, and technological concepts.