Media Releases Archives: September 2017

Study unlocks why public appeals may fall flat with some would-be donors

September 28, 2017

It has long puzzled fundraisers why, in any appeal, some people will eagerly jump in with the throng while others…

$5-million gift bolsters women in engineering and business leadership

September 27, 2017

Women seeking to combine engineering and business degrees will receive a major boost at Western, thanks to a $5-million gift…

Western rocks the crater in unique Sudbury field course

September 22, 2017

  Thirty-two students from Western and around the world will be journeying almost two billion years back in time in…

Western undergrads named global award-winners

September 21, 2017

Thirty-eight Western University undergraduates— whose research ranges from mental health care to the effects of climate change — have received…

Rare case of stroke recovery after 23 years, noted by researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute

September 21, 2017

A Windsor man who regained use of his hand 23 years after having had a stroke is being described as…

Time for Spaced-Out (real) science at Western on Saturday

September 19, 2017

Planet Nibiru doesn’t exist — and there is zero scientific basis to support a viral “prophecy” that a secret planet…

Western researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent marijuana use

September 12, 2017

Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse the negative psychiatric effects of THC, the…