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Year: 2018

Researchers date ‘hibernating’ HIV strains

Researchers date ‘hibernating’ HIV strains

Researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and Simon Fraser University (SFU), in partnership with University of British Columbia (UBC) and Western University, have developed a novel way for dating “hibernating” HIV strains, in an advancement for...

Western campus traffic disruptions first week of September

Western campus traffic disruptions first week of September

As the fall term begins, drivers using roads on Western’s campus throughout the first week of September are being asked to take note of traffic disruptions and to expect delays. Drivers are cautioned with thousands of new students back to school and attending events...

Western welcomes back 33,000 students

Western welcomes back 33,000 students

Western University is set to welcome approximately 33,000 students to London as Orientation Week and the 2018 fall term begins. A full schedule of O-Week activities has been designed for 5,400 first-year students to help them get to know their new home, prepare for...

Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition

Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition

A team of academic researchers from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Western University in London, University of Saskatchewan, Trent University in Peterborough, University of Waterloo and Canadian Light Source at the University of...

$2.5-million gift bolsters ALS research at Western

$2.5-million gift bolsters ALS research at Western

Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is poised to make greater advances in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research than ever before, thanks to a substantial $2.5-million gift from the Temerty Foundation. This investment establishes the...

Harlen, Xu named among 2018 Schulich Leaders

Harlen, Xu named among 2018 Schulich Leaders

Tony Xu and Ryan Harlen, two of the nation’s highest achieving secondary students, will begin their undergraduate studies at Western this fall as recipients of prestigious Schulich Leaders Scholarships. Launched in 2012, the $100-million scholarship program – funded...