Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace will receive an honorary degree from Western University at a special convocation ceremony on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. "The awarding of an honorary degree is the highest honour Western...
With global excellence its defining goal, Western University is reducing tuition for international PhD and DMA students to the same level as domestic PhD and DMA students effective September 1, 2018. This new tuition equality strategy will enable Western’s world class...
Western University commends the Canadian government for delivering the largest investment ever in fundamental science research as part of the 2018 federal budget. In Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill...
Dave Walton, considered one of Canada’s foremost authorities on musculoskeletal trauma and rehabilitation, traveled more than 12,000 kilometres this past summer in an effort to better understand how physiotherapists were rehabilitating injured Canadians and amplifying...
Western University has become the hub of a provincial network of Indigenous health training that is both culturally relevant and scientifically rigorous. The Indigenous Mentorship Network Program of Ontario launches today, with 13 research institutions and a team of...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a town hall meeting at Western University at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in Alumni Hall. Mr. Trudeau is visiting London this week as the Canadian government holds its winter cabinet retreat in the Forest City. The event is open to...
Sit up, stand up, repeat often. Sedentary people can put their prolonged chair-sitting days behind them with a few simple, strategic behavioural changes, says a new study by Western University researchers. “Even if we exercise regularly, most of us sit or recline for...
The DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies announced a $5-million gift today from the department’s namesake, Aubrey Dan – his second $5-million donation to Western University in a little more than a decade. The gift enables DAN Management to develop...
Older adults who exercise with Western University’s Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA) are the stars of a training video that will help thousands of their peers remain active. Complete with a desserts, some non-alcoholic bubbly and a blooper reel, the...
Back on home turf, it’s time for Western Mustang championship teams to celebrate with the community. Media are invited to join us Thursday, November 30 at a campus community celebration when we recognize the outstanding efforts of our student sport teams, including...
Levi Hord has become the 23rd Western student to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, considered one of the world’s most prestigious post-graduate honours. Named for the British mining magnate and South African politician Cecil John Rhodes, the scholarship offers two...
A $1 million investment by TD Bank Group into data analytics teaching and research in Western’s Faculty of Science will position the University as a hot spot for solving some of the world’s most complex problems. Data analytics — the science of extracting meaning from...
