Tiny fragments from the asteroid belt sizzled to Earth near London International Airport this week, Western University sky cameras show. Likely smaller than a baby’s fingernail, they’re the remnants of a meteoroid that briefly shot across the sky Sunday night — a...
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Western University celebrates national championships
Back on home turf, it’s time for Western Mustang championship teams to celebrate with the community. Media are invited to join us Thursday, November 30 at a campus community celebration when we recognize the outstanding efforts of our student sport teams, including...
Breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings
When mere seconds of storm warning could mean the difference between harm or safety, two researchers with Western University ties have developed a tornado-prediction method they say could buy as much as 20 minutes more warning time. These radar-based calculations can...
Audiologists test whether light waves can produce better-sounding hearing aids
Researchers at Western University’s National Centre for Audiology are amplifying their expertise in independent product testing, as they examine the first commercial hearing aid to use light-pulse technology. Western is the first Canadian site to work with the Earlens...
Western student Levi Hord awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Levi Hord has become the 23rd Western student to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, considered one of the world’s most prestigious post-graduate honours. Named for the British mining magnate and South African politician Cecil John Rhodes, the scholarship offers two...
TD Bank Group gift enhances Western’s ability to turn data into solutions
A $1 million investment by TD Bank Group into data analytics teaching and research in Western’s Faculty of Science will position the University as a hot spot for solving some of the world’s most complex problems. Data analytics — the science of extracting meaning from...
‘Wooden-shoe’ rather wear sneakers? Western University research shows long-lasting issues from inflexible clogs
Bio-archeologists have discovered a pattern of unusual bone chips in the feet of clog-wearing 19th-Century Dutch farmers — injuries that offer clues to the damage we may unwittingly be causing to our own feet. The unexpected prevalence of damage in the farmers’ foot...
Collaboration launches after-hours crisis counselling for Western University students
Western students experiencing mental health crisis will have access to a confidential walk-in clinic on campus three evenings a week as part of a “game-changing” program funded through the London Community Foundation. The project is a collaboration among Canadian...
Western’s ‘new’ 332-year-old treasure: much ado about something special
Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio — a rare 1685 edition of plays by the acknowledged king of English literature — has become a treasured addition to Western Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections and a boon to students and researchers. Western is believed to be one of...
Take a ‘boo’ at the moon during Western Observatory event Saturday
Days before trick-or-treaters go door to door, space buffs in Southwestern Ontario will be treated to an opportunity to take a boo at the moon. Search for aliens and zombies on the moon through Western’s very own 10-inch telescope at the Cronyn Observatory and learn...
New child and youth clinic in London fills big gap in mental health services for kids
The new Child and Youth Development Clinic at Western University is hoping to brighten the picture for area kids and their families who need mental health services. The only interdisciplinary training clinic of its kind in Ontario officially opens on Wednesday to fill...
Convocation celebrates graduates, luminaries
Western’s 310th Convocation takes place during three days this week, with 2,600 eligible graduates and with honorary degrees awarded to six outstanding women and men from across the globe. This autumn’s Convocation celebration includes honorary doctorates: On...