Western University is home to the world's first three-dimensional wind testing chamber – the WindEEE (Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment) Dome – which allows scientists to address important scientific, economic and societal challenges related...
Year: 2014
Western launches career advancement resource for alumni
Western University has launched a new career initiative to support ongoing alumni career success. Western's Alumni Career Management provides both online and in-person career development events and opportunities."Western's commitment to helping our students achieve...
Ukrainian academic headlines ‘Media and Crisis in Ukraine’ series of events
In the wake of the Euromaidan protests in November 2013, the Russian invasion in March 2014 and continuing events through this week's presidential election, Ukraine has dominated news cycles around the globe for the past six months. Next week, Leading Ukrainian...
Shawn Atleo unavailable to attend Western’s 303rd Convocation
Scheduled to receive an honorary degree at Western University's 303rd Convocation, former National Chief Shawn Atleo recently informed the university that, with deep regret, he will not be able to attend due to personal reasons. The university will attempt to...
Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children hosts Father’s Day Breakfast and 20th anniversary lecture
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...
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...