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Year: 2017

Researchers identify and examine risk factors for domestic homicide 

Eighty per cent of domestic homicides are preceded by at least seven risk factors that were known to someone close to them, says new national research co-led by Western experts. Knowing more about those risks — which can include prior domestic abuse, stalking,...

The Walrus Talks speaks to what it means to fit in

The Walrus Talks speaks to what it means to fit in

Sexuality. Identity. Disability. Bullying. Discrimination. Western is not shying away from these tough conversations as The Walrus Talks Belonging, an evening of eight engaging speakers exploring what it means to belong, comes to London Music Hall on October 17....

$5-million gift bolsters women in engineering and business leadership

$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

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

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...

Time for Spaced-Out (real) science at Western on Saturday

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...