Ever since Chris Fox was a young boy, he wanted to visit alien planets. With no immediate plans for such a voyage, the Western University graduate student has done the next best thing. He’s gone and found one. Teamed with Paul Wiegert, Graduate Program Director at...
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Western to unveil new building for Engineering
Media are invited to attend as Western University officially opens the newly constructed, Three C+ Engineering building on Friday, October 12 at 11 a.m. The new building addresses the critical need for additional space by adding 100,000 sq. ft. that integrates...
Olympians and Paralympians headline human rights in sport conference
Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau, Bruce Kidd, Beckie Scott and Josh Vander Vies have all represented Canada at the world’s biggest sporting event: The Olympic and Paralympic Games. These four superstar athletes will share their valuable views and insight with fellow...
World’s largest sleep study shows too much shut-eye can be bad for your brain
Preliminary results from the world’s largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 hours per night performed better cognitively than those who slept less, or more, than this amount. Neuroscientists from Western University’s renowned...
International expert examines the corporate costs of domestic violence
An internationally renowned expert who specializes in the business costs of domestic violence will deliver two talks locally on Wednesday, October 3. Aristides Vara-Horna is the Director of the Research Institute in Business Sciences at the University of San Martín de...
Why does being familiar with someone’s voice help us understand what they’re saying?
A new study from Western University’s BrainsCAN initiative shows that familiar voices are easier to understand even if a person doesn’t recognize them as familiar. The findings were published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...
Western to welcome the world for global conference of international guidance counsellors and admissions professionals
Western University announced today it will host more than 1,600 delegates from over 80 countries at the global conference of the International Association for College Admission Counseling (International ACAC) July 9-12, 2019. Rarely held in Canada, this signature...
Western hosts SPACE OUT! as part of nation-wide Science Literacy Week celebration
Science Literacy Week is a nation-wide effort to showcase the excellence and diversity of science outreach institutions around the country. This year’s theme is Space, in large part, to celebrate Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques’s mission to the International...
Study shows wellness app and ‘loyalty points’ fuel physical activity
A new study led by Western University shows that relatively small financial incentives – as little as pennies a day – and goal setting can increase physical activity. The findings were published today by the high impact journal JMIR mHealth and uHealth. Using the...
Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration wins PromoScience Award for Space Matters
Although many people are fascinated by space, most Canadians are relatively unaware of how space technologies pervade their everyday life. From GPS and satellite communications to weather forecasting and monitoring the health of crops or the extent of sea ice, the...
Western tells Richmond Row Stories as part of Doors Open London
This weekend, Londoners will travel back in time for a stroll in one of the Forest City’s foundational neighbourhoods – guided (virtually) by its residents as they share stories of their community in their own words. The interactive event, designed by Western...
Robarts Research Institute will be home to Canada’s first Magnetic Particle Imaging system
Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) – considered the most promising and emerging imaging technology of the past 20 years – is coming to Western University. The MPI system will be housed at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Robarts Research Institute and...