It has long puzzled fundraisers why, in any appeal, some people will eagerly jump in with the throng while others equally passionate about the cause will reject the same pitch. Now research led by Western researcher Bonnie Simpson is nearer to figuring out why some...
Month: September 2017
$5-million gift bolsters women in engineering and business leadership
Women seeking to combine engineering and business degrees will receive a major boost at Western, thanks to a $5-million gift from Linamar Corporation and the families that grew it from a one-lathe machine shop into a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise. Linamar,...
Western rocks the crater in unique Sudbury field course
Thirty-two students from Western and around the world will be journeying almost two billion years back in time in a unique, intensive one-week field course to study the planet’s second-largest impact crater. Prof. Gordon (Oz) Osinski, acting director of...
Western undergrads named global award-winners
Thirty-eight Western University undergraduates— whose research ranges from mental health care to the effects of climate change — have received international recognition for excellence in scholarship. The Undergraduate Awards is a global academic competition that spans...
Rare case of stroke recovery after 23 years, noted by researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute
A Windsor man who regained use of his hand 23 years after having had a stroke is being described as a “remarkable” case by researchers who have tracked his recovery. The rare case challenges the conventional belief that stroke recovery occurs early or not at all. Dr....
Time for Spaced-Out (real) science at Western on Saturday
Planet Nibiru doesn’t exist — and there is zero scientific basis to support a viral “prophecy” that a secret planet will somehow appear on Saturday to mark the start of the end of life on Earth. “This apocalyptic claim, based on ‘numeracy research’ that has gained...
Western researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent marijuana use
Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse the negative psychiatric effects of THC, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana. Chronic adolescent marijuana use has previously been linked to the development of psychiatric...