Media Releases Archives: September 2020

American politics expert available to comment on U.S. presidential debate and hot topics

September 28, 2020

The first U.S. presidential debate of 2020 is tomorrow night, exactly five weeks ahead of Election Day. Matthew Lebo —…

Early childhood education expert available to comment on proposed national childcare plan

September 24, 2020

During the throne speech on Sept. 23, the federal government announced a significant and sustained investment in a national early-learning…

New international partnership launches Western into space

September 23, 2020

As a child, Jayshri Sabarinathan looked to the heavens most nights from her family’s apartment terrace using her prized possession…

Stroke can be the first presenting symptom in younger patients with COVID-19

September 15, 2020

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working to better understand and characterize the varied symptoms of…

Did meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond?

September 2, 2020

What if impact craters, long seen as harbingers of death, turned out to be the cradle of life? For Western…