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The Salamander Foundation gifts $1 million to environmental engineering Chair at Western
June 14, 2018Western Engineering will continue to lead the charge in mitigating the effects of pollution on the environment and public health with today’s announcement of a $1 million donation from The…
Western Education receives funding for cannabis education
June 13, 2018Western University’s Faculty of Education has received $99,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to work with stakeholders on identifying and scaling up effective school-based interventions that are aimed…
Researchers map brain of blind patient who can see motion
June 12, 2018Neuroscientists at Western University’s Brain and Mind Institute, have confirmed and detailed a rare case of a blind woman able to see objects – but only if in motion. A…
‘Fueled’ by electric cars, the University of Otago wins 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge
June 8, 2018A team of extraordinary students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge, which took place this week at Western University in…
Students from around the world solve global issues with $52,500 at stake
June 5, 2018Students from some of the world’s best universities are visiting Western University this week to compete in the international World’s Challenge Challenge. Over the past few months, extraordinary students from…
Immigrant and refugee youth turn to Western Music to cross borders
May 30, 2018Six months ago, some of them had never picked up a musical instrument. Now, a multicultural, seven-member music ensemble composed of immigrant and refugee youth will perform a concert as…
Gender and race activist coming to Western to discuss violence against women and girls
May 29, 2018Author, filmmaker and cultural theorist Jackson Katz will discuss the important role that educators and parents play in addressing violence against women and girls at a special event tomorrow evening…
400 million year-old evolutionary arms race helps researchers understand HIV
May 24, 2018Understanding the evolution of a 400 million-year-old anti-viral protein that first emerged in marine life, is helping researchers get the upper-hand on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Researchers at Western University…
Western to host more than 8,000 scholars in London
May 16, 2018OTTAWA, ON, May 16, 2018 – Western University has been selected to host the 2020 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the country’s largest multidisciplinary gathering of academic scholars…
Western political experts available to speak about provincial election
May 9, 2018With the 42nd Ontario general election set for June 7th, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Cameron Anderson Associate Professor, Department of…
Western’s Vladimir Hachinski wins 2018 Killam Prize
May 8, 2018Western University’s Vladimir Hachinski – past president of the World Federation of Neurology and a world-renowned stroke expert – is a 2018 Killam Prize winner for health sciences. The Canada…
Participants explore equity, diversity and inclusivity in science as part of London Health Research Day
May 7, 2018Equity, diversity and inclusivity are crucial to the future of Canadian science. This is a topic of national importance that has garnered attention and action from the federal government, funding…
Many Ontario schools failing students who have an intellectual disability: report
May 4, 2018Despite recent developments in human rights and education law, as well as a shift in special education delivery and efforts to make schools more inclusive, public education in elementary and…
Researchers find gut microbiome plays an important role in atherosclerosis
May 2, 2018Researchers at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute have shown a novel relationship between the intestinal microbiome and atherosclerosis, one of the major causes of heart attack and stroke….
