Committed to the prevention of violence against women and children through knowledge-based innovation, collaboration and equality, Western University's Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC) is hosting a lecture in...
Month: May 2014
Imaging scientists develop a better tool for identifying and tracking MS
Imaging scientists at Western University’s Robarts Research Institute have developed a better way to track the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) from its earliest stages.  Led by Ravi Menon, PhD, the researchers used what’s called...
Western University wind turbine study cuts through rhetoric
A new study from Western University researchers probes beyond pro- and anti-wind turbine rhetoric to better understand community dynamics in regards to turbine placement.Published in the journal Environment and Planning A (www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=a130004p),...
Study shows how streptococcal bacteria can be used to fight colon cancer
Researchers at Western University have shown how the bacteria primarily responsible for causing strep throat can be used to fight colon cancer. By engineering a streptococcal bacterial toxin to attach itself to tumour cells, they are forcing the immune system to...
Western-led workshop aims to build dementia-friendly communities
With the number of people living with dementia expected to more than double within the next 25 years, the demand for community care for people with dementia and their families is anticipated to increase dramatically.To that end, people with dementia, family...
Western University graduates 169 new physicians –and new leaders
Supriya Singh came to Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry wanting to get the most out of the experience.  Now four years later, as she graduates with a Doctor of Medicine degree, she has clearly fulfilled that wish and in the...
Western’s NiCHE to host weather history workshop headlined by “old” Arctic expert
A nationally-significant environmental data collection, received on long-term loan by Western University from Environment Canada, will be formally presented for the first-time since its arrival on Monday, May 12 at a workshop hosted by NiCHE (Network in Canadian...
Canadian literature expert available to speak with media about legacy of Farley Mowat
David Bentley, the Carl F. Klinck Professor in Canadian Literature at Western University, is available to speak with media about the impact and legacy of Canadian literary icon Farley Mowat, who passed away today at the age of 92. "In the fiction and non-fiction of...
Experts available to speak on Ontario provincial election
With the campaign for the 41st Ontario general election underway, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media.Cameron Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 519-661-2111, ext. 81163,...
Western “young” researchers go global to connect education and neuroscience
This past weekend at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC – the largest science, technology, engineering and medicine education event in the United States – Nature Publishing Group launched a new web-based, open-access science...
London’s Intergenerational Gala celebrates its 10th anniversary
London’s most unusual prom celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.  The Intergenerational Gala pairs up students from Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with seniors from Grand Wood Park Apartments & Retirement...