Western University is poised to lead research on the role sport plays in benefiting those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, thanks to a generous $1.5 million donation. The gift, a one-time legacy project to celebrate Special Olympics’ 50th...
Western University is extremely disappointed in the actions and behaviour of those who attended the street party on Broughdale Avenue on Sept. 29. This illegal gathering is dangerous for those who attend and extremely disrespectful to the people of London. It...
As the fall term begins, drivers using roads on Western’s campus throughout the first week of September are being asked to take note of traffic disruptions and to expect delays. Drivers are cautioned with thousands of new students back to school and attending events...
Western University is set to welcome approximately 33,000 students to London as Orientation Week and the 2018 fall term begins. A full schedule of O-Week activities has been designed for 5,400 first-year students to help them get to know their new home, prepare for...
A recently published research paper by a team of professors, graduate students, and the Nutrition Manager at Western University shows that point-of-purchase labels and reward cards improve the consumption of healthy foods in university dining halls. Healthy food items...
Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is poised to make greater advances in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) research than ever before, thanks to a substantial $2.5-million gift from the Temerty Foundation. This investment establishes the...
Tony Xu and Ryan Harlen, two of the nation’s highest achieving secondary students, will begin their undergraduate studies at Western this fall as recipients of prestigious Schulich Leaders Scholarships. Launched in 2012, the $100-million scholarship program – funded...
Norma Coates, associate professor in Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music, is available today to discuss the legacy of singer Aretha Franklin, who died at the age of 76. “There can be no argument that Aretha Franklin was the great singer of the postwar...
Western University announced today that it will host the Times Higher Education (THE) Teaching Excellence Summit in 2019 – the first time a THE World Summit Series event has been hosted in Canada. The Summit is dedicated to discussing teaching, celebrating achievement...
Western Engineering will continue to lead the charge in mitigating the effects of pollution on the environment and public health with today’s announcement of a $1 million donation from The Salamander Foundation. This new endowed gift of $1 million will be added to the...
OTTAWA, ON, May 16, 2018 – Western University has been selected to host the 2020 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the country’s largest multidisciplinary gathering of academic scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The conference, which will...
Despite recent developments in human rights and education law, as well as a shift in special education delivery and efforts to make schools more inclusive, public education in elementary and secondary schools is failing many students who have intellectual...
