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Year: 2016

Popular music historian available to comment on death of Prince

Popular music historian available to comment on death of Prince

A popular music historian from Western University says that Prince was a consummate showman and one of the most prolific and active musicians of the last half-century. Norma Coates, currently a Research Fellow at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Archives while on...

Special public event explores promise and potential of stem cells

Special public event explores promise and potential of stem cells

What is a stem cell? What's new in stem cell research? What kinds of treatments are using stem cells today? What is stem cell tourism? If you are interested in these questions, you can find the answers at a special event tomorrow (Tuesday, April 19) hosted by Western...

Western student entrepreneur awarded $5000 in pitch competition

Western student entrepreneur awarded $5000 in pitch competition

The 2016 installment of the Seed Your Startup entrepreneurial plan and pitch competition has awarded its $5,000 top prize to Western University student entrepreneur Alan Kalbfleisch to help launch and grow his venture Pascal Press. Hosted by Propel at Western...

Conference to highlight advances in bone and joint research

Conference to highlight advances in bone and joint research

Musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis, skeletal fractures, back pain, and sports or work-related injuries are debilitating and painful for millions of Canadians and billions of people worldwide. The number of people affected is steadily growing and expected to...

Listen to your heart – it may tell you something about memory

Listen to your heart – it may tell you something about memory

Follow your heart because a new study from Western University shows that your memories already do. Investigators at Western's renowned Brain and Mind Institute have discovered that signals from inside your body can affect memories. The findings were recently published...

Changing lives with probiotics in Africa

Changing lives with probiotics in Africa

A Western University researcher is hoping to change the lives of people in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda with a small sachet of freeze-dried bacteria. Gregor Reid, PhD, professor, Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, is one of the world’s foremost...