Media Releases Archives: May 2022

$10M gift gives rise to Western’s Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

May 26, 2022

Ron Schmeichel, a Canadian entrepreneur and financier, is lending his name to Western’s new entrepreneurship and innovation building, with a…

New Western innovation gels engineering with medicine

May 20, 2022

Western biomaterials expert Kibret Mequanint has developed the first-ever water-hating fluid, which displaces body fluids surrounding an injury allowing for near-instantaneous gelling, sealing and healing of injured tissue.

Scaling the climate-smart circular economy

May 19, 2022

A landmark study conducted by researchers at the Ivey Business School’s Centre for Building Sustainable Value, examined two Canadian “hot…

Why NATO? What the alliance offers Finland and Sweden: Expert Available to comment

May 18, 2022

As Finland and Sweden both now formally asked to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and much emphasis tp-date…

Researchers use social network analysis to model virus evolution

May 5, 2022

New research from Western University suggests some viruses evolve more like a dynamic social network – rather than a rigid…

Experts available throughout Ontario provincial election campaign

May 3, 2022

Leading up to Ontario’s provincial election on June 2, the following experts from Western University are available to speak to…