As part of Homecoming 2015 festivities, Western is teaming with University Students’ Council (USC), PremierLife and Western Alumni to launch #HOCOonthehill – a full day of programming on Saturday, September 26 that starts at 9 a.m. with an electronic dance concert headlined by DVBBS.
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Discovery Western celebrates 25th anniversary at summer camp
Discovery Western will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Friday as summer campers demonstrate their engineering projects to special guests, including London MP for North Centre Susan Truppe and a panel of judges. As a not-for-profit organization run by Western...
Robarts Research Institute awards the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine to renowned cancer imaging researcher from Stanford University
Sanjiv S. Gambhir, MD, PhD, internationally-renowned cancer imaging researcher from Stanford University, is the recipient of the 2015 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine.
CSA astronaut returns to the “Moon” with Western planetary geologist
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen knows that he will be heading to space within the decade. With official confirmation coming earlier this summer, his training now elevates into high gear and his first step is a mission back to the Moon with Western University planetary geologist Gordon “Oz” Osinski.
Jayne Garland named Western’s new Health Sciences dean
Jayne Garland has been appointed to a five-and-a-half year term as Western University’s Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, effective January 1, 2016.
Western first Canadian university to receive prestigious Innovation & Economic Prosperity recognition
Western University’s strong commitment to economic engagement was recognized today by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) in Washington, DC.
Research examines how genetic changes lead to diversity of species
For most, fruit flies are just a nuisance at a summer picnic. To Western University’s Amanda Moehring, however, they offer the perfect model for shedding light on species formation.
Western University true crime expert named Fulbright Chair at Vanderbilt University
With his new book available now, Western University’s Michael Arntfield has been named the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in crime and literature at Vanderbilt University for 2016.
International research team finds new hope for life in Martian crust
An international research team, including scientists at Western University, has found methane – a plausible energy source for sustaining life – deep within the crust or subsurface of Mars.
Western building a foundation for safer structures
Aging structures – like bridges, roads and pipelines – that supply basic services are crumbling around us, at a considerable cost to Canadians.
International research team discover unusual iron-rich structures growing from fungi
While Darth Vader is arguably the most famous example from science fiction of man melding with machine, the discovery of life growing on iron remains a rarity in the real world. An international research team, including award-winning biogeochemist Neil Banerjee from...
New Western University study shows 88 per cent of Facebook users ‘creep’ ex-partners
The findings of Veronika Lukacs and Anabel Quan-Haase from Western’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies and the Faculty of Social Science shows that creeping an ex-partner on Facebook yields alarming levels of distress following a breakup.