As classes resume at Western this term, four new Indigenous faculty members bring their expertise to the faculties of education, social science and media and information studies. The university’s investment in these new roles is in line with Western …
Erin Huner wants to make the past accessible for one southwestern Ontario community. The Geography PhD student has long been intrigued by the idea of nation-building – giving autonomy back to communities from which it had been taken away. And through a collaborative...
Western researchers have extended their game-changing brain scanning techniques by showing that a short Alfred Hitchcock movie can be used to detect consciousness in vegetative state patients. The study included a Canadian participant who had been entirely...
Seven Western graduate students have been named among 166 nationwide 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...
Western Mustangs soccer player Amanda Boyle and football player Will Finch have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sept. 7. Boyle, a second-year Kinesiology student, helped Western improve to 5-0 on the season with wins over...
When you reach into your pocket, you can easily tell a button from a coin. But how? Solving this seemingly simple problem is actually amazingly complicated. The long-held scientific explanation is that neurons in the cerebral cortex, which is the part of the brain...
The Western community is mourning the death of Ryan James Doxtator, 41, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Sunday, Aug. 31, at his London home. Visitation will be held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 2-3, at Elliott-Madill Funeral Home, 22424...
More than a decade ago, Lueda Alia started forging friendships online, frequenting absolutepunk.net and engaging with its online community. Today, she’s turned her taste in music and the online community she found into a business all her own. Alia, a Western...
Could your fear of math class, or even the idea of talking about math, impact your academic decisions and overall performance at university? When it comes to math anxiety, choices as to what courses students take, or even the field of study they choose, may stem from...
One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the...
The Western community is mourning the death of Imran Jaffer, 19, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Sunday, Aug. 10. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, 695 Middlefield Road, Toronto....
One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the...
After a year-long international competition, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) has selected Western’s Adrian Owen and Melvyn Goodale to lead a new research network focused on the brain, mind and consciousness. In April, 2013, CIFAR launched the...
Erin Huner wants to make the past accessible for one southwestern Ontario community. The Geography PhD student has long been intrigued by the idea of nation-building – giving autonomy back to communities from which it had been taken away. And through a collaborative...
Western researchers have extended their game-changing brain scanning techniques by showing that a short Alfred Hitchcock movie can be used to detect consciousness in vegetative state patients. The study included a Canadian participant who had been entirely...
Seven Western graduate students have been named among 166 nationwide 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...
Western Mustangs soccer player Amanda Boyle and football player Will Finch have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending Sept. 7. Boyle, a second-year Kinesiology student, helped Western improve to 5-0 on the season with wins over...
When you reach into your pocket, you can easily tell a button from a coin. But how? Solving this seemingly simple problem is actually amazingly complicated. The long-held scientific explanation is that neurons in the cerebral cortex, which is the part of the brain...
The Western community is mourning the death of Ryan James Doxtator, 41, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Sunday, Aug. 31, at his London home. Visitation will be held from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 2-3, at Elliott-Madill Funeral Home, 22424...
More than a decade ago, Lueda Alia started forging friendships online, frequenting absolutepunk.net and engaging with its online community. Today, she’s turned her taste in music and the online community she found into a business all her own. Alia, a Western...
Could your fear of math class, or even the idea of talking about math, impact your academic decisions and overall performance at university? When it comes to math anxiety, choices as to what courses students take, or even the field of study they choose, may stem from...
One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the...
The Western community is mourning the death of Imran Jaffer, 19, a Faculty of Social Science student, who died Sunday, Aug. 10. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre, 695 Middlefield Road, Toronto....
One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named a Western Research Chair, the first of its kind announced since the...
After a year-long international competition, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) has selected Western’s Adrian Owen and Melvyn Goodale to lead a new research network focused on the brain, mind and consciousness. In April, 2013, CIFAR launched the...