Media Releases Archives: 2016
Western centre receives $300,000 to develop sexual violence and harassment training projects for Ontario campuses
September 28, 2016
The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC) has received $300,000 from the Ontario Government…
Western celebrates science and community engagement with special space-themed event
September 23, 2016
Science Literacy Week highlights Canada’s outstanding scientists and science communicators from coast-to-coast. The goals are to showcase the excellence and…
Weese to lead Mustangs and Campus Rec during transition and search for new director
September 21, 2016
Western University today announced the appointment of Jim Weese to the role of Special Advisor to the Provost with interim…
Western student wins major international award for study with autistic children
September 21, 2016
Strengthening parents’ ability to communicate with their autistic children has not only greatly benefited a number of Ontario families but…
Panel addresses most pressing questions about medical assistance in dying at public forum
September 19, 2016
With the much-debated assisted-dying bill C-14 now law, Western University is inviting community members to attend a lecture and panel…
Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries
September 16, 2016
Warming forces have caused millennia of dryness in California’s prehistory, and greenhouses gases could do the same. Clues from prehistoric…
Quigley announces her retirement from a storied career in university athletics
September 15, 2016
Thérèse Quigley, one of the most respected and decorated athletic leaders in all of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), announced her…
Western welcomes Alan Alda to Robarts’ Leaders in Innovation Dinner
September 14, 2016
Actor, writer, science advocate, and director are just a few of Alan Alda’s many job titles. On November 10, 2016…
New discovery shatters previous beliefs about Earth’s origin
September 14, 2016
A new study led by Western University’s all-star cosmochemist Audrey Bouvier proves that the Earth and other planetary objects formed…
Western to honour prominent political, academic and business leaders at 308th convocation
September 8, 2016
The Canadian Ambassador to the Netherlands, a past Professor of Poetry at Oxford, a manufacturing industry titan and two world-renowned…
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