One unravels how young children learn math; the other has helped provide a solution to an impending isotope shortage that threatens medical diagnostics worldwide. Western University’s Daniel Ansari and Michael Kovacs both garnered high-profile national awards issued...
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Western’s Indigenous Services hosts 10th Annual Track and Field Day
With a goal of promoting exercise and recreation as a pathway to healthy living for local Indigenous youth, Western University will host its 10th annual Track and Field Day at Thompson Recreation Centre on February 20. The popular event is facilitated by Western's...
Faculty of Science students solve real-world problems at annual event
Western University is hosting Industry Problem Solving Week (IPSW) 2015, a four-day event that engages students from Western's Faculty of Science to collaborate with an interdisciplinary approach to crack a conundrum submitted by industry and government partners. The...
Luker appointed Western’s Associate Vice-President (Student Experience)
Jana Luker has been appointed to a five-year term as Western University’s Associate Vice-President (Student Experience), beginning June 1, 2015. Luker is currently Executive Director (Services for Students) at McGill University, a portfolio she has led since 2007....
Dr. Michael Strong re-appointed Dean of Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Dr. Michael Strong has been re-appointed to a second term as Dean of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, beginning July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2021. “Dean Strong provides extraordinary leadership and has invoked substantive positive change...
Western Faculty of Education researcher appointed to Order of Ontario
Barb MacQuarrie, researcher with the Faculty of Education and community director for the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, has joined an elite group of individuals by being appointed to the Order of Ontario. The appointment...
Western scientists predict mass “heart attacks” for Canada’s Pacific salmon population
Pacific salmon feed millions of people around the world each year. With numbers already drastically on the decline, rising temperatures caused by climate change now further threaten the sustainability of this vitally important fish and it remains unknown how well...
Former London Mayor Joni Baechler joins Western as Distinguished Practitioner in Residence
Joni Baechler, the former Mayor of the City of London, has joined Western University as the first-ever Distinguished Practitioner in Residence for its Local Government Program. Before being appointed the Mayor of London by City Council on June 24, 2014, Baechler...
Eureka moment leads to new theory on how to fight Alzheimer’s disease
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...
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.