While research shows that the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age, the big question for a biologist at Western University is why some people get the disease and others don't. Current experimental therapies for Alzheimer's disease focus on...
Jeff Renaud
Andersen named Western University’s new Social Science dean
Robert (Bob) Andersen has been appointed to a five-year term as Western University's dean of the Faculty of Social Science, beginning July 1. He will join Western June 1 and serve in a temporary role as special advisor to the provost. Andersen arrives from the...
Brain and Mind Institute confirms echolocation acts as ‘sixth’ sense for blind people
A new study by neuroscientists at Western University’s Brain and Mind Institute has further demonstrated that human echolocation operates as a viable ‘sense’, working in tandem with other senses to deliver information to people with visual impairment.
Western’s Faculty of Education improving children’s mental health through new Single Ceiling initiative
Western University’s Faculty of Education is working to improve care for vulnerable children and enable ground-breaking research by organizing children’s mental health experts and supports together into one unique location.
Western Law professor joins WADA investigation into Russian doping allegations
Western University law professor and veteran sport arbitrator Richard McLaren has been appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to investigate allegations of widespread, systematic doping and cover-ups in Russia.
Canadian Arrhythmia Network to be hosted at Western University
The Government of Canada announced $26.3 million in funding today to establish the Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) as a Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) hosted at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Two Western Law professors appointed to the bench
In an unprecedented move, two Western University Law professors have been tapped for judicial appointments on the same day.
Western University researchers uncover clues about childhood leukemia
Researchers from Western University have identified a gene that has the potential to wipe out cancer cells in a common form of childhood leukemia.
New research from Brain and Mind Institute able to grasp what can’t be seen
Cognitive neuroscientists at Western University have proved that people have an unconscious ability to control and even manipulate objects without knowledge of size or space.
Western University welcomes Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Senior leadership at Western University is celebrating today’s announcement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of State for Science and Technology Ed Holder, which outlined how the country’s top researchers will compete for money available through the federal government’s newly established Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).
Western space explorers release first two images of Mars captured by team using HiRISE
The team of Western University space explorers investigating the surface of Mars with the largest telescope ever used for a deep space mission released its first two images today.
New facility positions Western University on the cutting-edge of HIV/AIDS research
Commemorating World AIDS Day, Western University unveiled plans for a new 4,200 square foot, state-of-the-art facility, which will firmly place its researchers on the cutting-edge of medicine, science and technology in the study of HIV and other complex human pathogens.