Members of the media are invited to attend as Western University announces the formation of a unique research Centre that will help enable the University to become a global leader in the field of early childhood development research and intervention. This Centre will...
A worldwide call to action, spearheaded by Western University researcher Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, is calling for more attention to the link between reducing strokes and preventing dementia. Approximately 747,000 Canadians live with dementia, including Alzheimer’s...
The London community is advised that from October 31 – November 1, 2015, Western University will close the University Drive bridge across the Thames River to accommodate inspection and assessment of the bridge. No vehicular traffic will be permitted during this...
As Doc Brown looks back to the future, Western University is preparing for this weekend's 75th Anniversary celebrations of the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory. Named for the late Hume Blake Cronyn (a prominent lawyer and politician in London, Ont. at the turn of the...
Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, returns for a new season on October 26, as Abe Oudshoorn, professor of nursing and psychiatry, presents, “Homelessness: A Solvable Problem”. Complicated health and social...
New insight into a vital cerebral pathway has explained how some patients in a vegetative state are aware despite appearing to be unconscious and being behaviourally unresponsive. The findings, published in JAMA Neurology, identify structural damage between the...
Western University's Leadership and Democracy Lab is hosting a post-Canadian federal election panel on Tuesday, October 20, which will feature experts from Western's Department of Political Science and the Ivey School of Business. After delivering opening statements...
With the 42nd Canadian federal election to be decided tonight, 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 University is hosting Go ENG Girl, a free event that encourages girls in grades 7 though 10 to have fun as they learn about current programs of study and careers in engineering. Hands-on workshops allow participants to experience the creativity,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sCrC6cAkfY Western University geography professor Adam Yates has developed a better way of understanding how actions on land affect life in our waterways. Yates and his colleagues have recently constructed the Thames River...
Western University's Jay Hodgson is developing technology that allows people to compose banging techno music simply by moving their bodies to the beat. A Musicology and Popular Music professor at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Hodgson has created a...
The University of Edinburgh's Katie Overy started her academic career with her graduate research, which examined dyslexic children's difficulties with musical timing and the potential of rhythm-based music lessons to support dyslexic children's language and literacy...
