Dr. Bob Kiaii has been appointed as the inaugural Raymond and Margaret Elliott Chair in Surgical Innovation, effective July 1, 2013.
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Western University entrepreneur aims to commercialize new tremor treatment
The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) have awarded Jack Lee, who holds a Master of Science degree (Physiology and Pharmacology) from Western University, with an OCE-OBI Entrepreneurship Fellowship to help commercialize technology that will assist in the treatment of tremors, the most common of all movement disorders.
$3-million gift prepares Western Engineering students for future in leadership and innovation
Western University’s Faculty of Engineering and Ivey Business School will now offer engineering students an education like no other in Canada, thanks to a generous $3-million gift from John M. and Melinda Thompson.
Western University to announce extraordinary gift
Western University President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma and Chancellor Emeritus John M. Thompson and Melinda Thompson will announce details of a significant gift to Western.
Western Engineering students win Ontario Centres of Excellence Connections Competition
Western Engineering students placed first overall in the University category of the Connections Competition at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Conference in Toronto.
Western Classical Studies students unearth Roman history at Vindolanda
For the next six weeks, Greene and Meyer will lead students in an archaeological dig at Western’s Field School at Vindolanda – the only field school at the site.
Western to confer honorary degrees on Blair, Gotlieb and Trudeau
Respected British barrister and former first lady Cherie Blair, Canada’s long-serving ambassador to the United States Allan Gotlieb and mental health disease advocate Margaret Trudeau are among those set to receive Western’s highest honour.
Canadian astronaut and Western researcher to help students plan mission to Mars
Hansen and Osinski will give an introductory presentation about the importance and purpose of analogue missions.
Western’s Petroleum Geology Program receives $5 million software gift from Schlumberger Canada
The donation of advanced software licenses for Schlumberger’s integrated suite of geoscience and reservoir simulation software will give graduate students and researchers in Western’s Petroleum Geoscience Laboratory the ability to analyze problems beyond the reach of most laboratories.
Western Health Researchers Need Londoners’ Online Votes to Raise $100,000
Reid and his team have developed new yogurts with the potential to reduce levels of potent environmental toxins that could have a tremendous impact on life in Eastern Africa.
Innovative program puts at-risk high school students on path to university
Now completing its first year, the School Within A University (SWAU) program is offered to up to 25 Thames Valley students experiencing exceptional change or challenges and who are at risk of not completing their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
Western Professor James MacGee receives Bank of Canada Governor’s Award
Western University Economics Professor James MacGee has been awarded the prestigious Governor’s Award by the Bank of Canada.