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Imaging scientists at Western University’s Robarts Research Institute have developed a better way to track the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) from its earliest stages.  Led by Ravi Menon, PhD, the researchers used what’s called...

Committed to the prevention of violence against women and children through knowledge-based innovation, collaboration and equality, Western University's Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC) is hosting a lecture in...

A new study from Western University researchers probes beyond pro- and anti-wind turbine rhetoric to better understand community dynamics in regards to turbine placement.Published in the journal Environment and Planning A (www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=a130004p),...

Researchers at Western University have shown how the bacteria primarily responsible for causing strep throat can be used to fight colon cancer. By engineering a streptococcal bacterial toxin to attach itself to tumour cells, they are forcing the immune system to...

With the number of people living with dementia expected to more than double within the next 25 years, the demand for community care for people with dementia and their families is anticipated to increase dramatically.To that end, people with dementia, family...

Supriya Singh came to Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry wanting to get the most out of the experience.  Now four years later, as she graduates with a Doctor of Medicine degree, she has clearly fulfilled that wish and in the...

A nationally-significant environmental data collection, received on long-term loan by Western University from Environment Canada, will be formally presented for the first-time since its arrival on Monday, May 12 at a workshop hosted by NiCHE (Network in Canadian...

David Bentley, the Carl F. Klinck Professor in Canadian Literature at Western University, is available to speak with media about the impact and legacy of Canadian literary icon Farley Mowat, who passed away today at the age of 92. "In the fiction and non-fiction of...

With the campaign for the 41st Ontario general election underway, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media.Cameron Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 519-661-2111, ext. 81163,...

London’s most unusual prom celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.  The Intergenerational Gala pairs up students from Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with seniors from Grand Wood Park Apartments & Retirement...

This past weekend at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC – the largest science, technology, engineering and medicine education event in the United States – Nature Publishing Group launched a new web-based, open-access science...

Western University’s Board of Governors has re-appointed Provost & Vice President (Academic) Janice Deakin to a second five-year term, ending on July 30, 2020. The unanimous decision comes a full year before the current term's expiration on July 30,...