Year: 2012

Western University will announce a major gift to Western Law, which will further enhance the faculty’s renowned research and teaching of corporate law, on Wednesday, September 12th.

Western University has implemented a new preparedness tool to ensure students, staff, faculty and members of its greater community receive the earliest possible warning in case of an imminent weather emergency.

Next week, many of Canada’s leading health care decision makers will team with cutting-edge queuing theorists (mathematicians studying waiting lines, or queues) at Western University in an effort to address this debilitating dilemma and reinvigorate the ascent to better health care service.

The first findings of a massive collaborative study into the role shelters truly play in the lives of abused women and their children will be released Thursday, August 30th at Western University.

Western University welcomes 172 first year medical students to the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with a White Coat Ceremony on Wednesday, August 29 in Room 145 of the Natural Sciences Building.

As Republicans gather in Tampa, Florida to formally nominate Mitt Romney as the key opponent to Barack Obama’s presidential re-election efforts, Western University’s Don Abelson is available for media interviews.

New research from Western University has identified a potential new target for the treatment of melanoma, the deadliest of all skin cancers.

The North American Surgical Robotics Summer School is taking place this week at CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics).

The 122-page report, commissioned by the government in 2011, titled International Education, a Key Driver of Canada’s Future Prosperity, outlines a vision for Canada to successfully attract top talent from around the world to study, conduct research and increase collaboration between Canadian and international academic institutions.

Newly published research led by Dr. David Spence of Western University shows that eating egg yolks accelerates atherosclerosis in a manner similar to smoking cigarettes.

Most people have been in a situation that suddenly feels strangely familiar, while also realizing that they have never been in that specific place before. These experiences are called ‘déjà vu’ and the phenomenon has inspired countless books, songs and movies.

What’s (really) old is new again. Thanks to cutting-edge equipment and techniques, researchers and the public alike will soon have access to an ever-expanding database of virtual, 3-D archeological artifacts that tell the story of southern Ontario.