Women seeking to combine engineering and business degrees will receive a major boost at Western, thanks to a $5-million gift from Linamar Corporation and the families that grew it from a one-lathe machine shop into a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise. Linamar,...
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Western undergrads named global award-winners
Thirty-eight Western University undergraduates— whose research ranges from mental health care to the effects of climate change — have received international recognition for excellence in scholarship. The Undergraduate Awards is a global academic competition that spans...
Time for Spaced-Out (real) science at Western on Saturday
Planet Nibiru doesn’t exist — and there is zero scientific basis to support a viral “prophecy” that a secret planet will somehow appear on Saturday to mark the start of the end of life on Earth. “This apocalyptic claim, based on ‘numeracy research’ that has gained...
Helping hands and quirky courses: a buffet of back-to-school stories for media
Thousands of university students are set to unpack their suitcases on campus this weekend — and then get to work helping Londoners before they buckle down to their studies. For the first time, Western University has launched Orientation Serves (O-Serves), to take...
Western appoints new Vice-President (Operations & Finance)
Western University announced today that Lynn Logan has been appointed Vice-President (Operations & Finance), effective June 22, 2017. Logan joined Western in 2006 and has served as the Associate Vice-President (Finance & Facilities) since 2013 and acting CFO,...
Western neuroscientist’s book explores the borderlines of consciousness
Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen’s work has transformed how medical teams, families and philosophers understand the spaces between life and death for people in a vegetative state. And now Owen is sharing his discoveries and insights more broadly in his book, Into...
Western opens innovative new home for Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
Western has officially opened the doors on its new nursing building, a state-of-the-art facility that combines the best of academic learning and clinical education. The Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, part of the Faculty of Health Sciences, is academic home to...
New home for the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing offers state-of-the-art education
Combining the best of academic learning and clinical education, the new building that houses the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing is unlike any other in Canada. It offers a suite of 16 beds where nursing students can build complex critical-thinking skills in a...
London leads provincial technology transfer and R&D partnership efforts in Asia
Financial ripples from a successful, London-led business development initiative in Asia may soon be felt across the province. In 2011, WORLDiscoveries Asia – a partnership among Western University, Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute –...
3D-printed prosthetics for Ugandans wins World’s Challenge Challenge
A team that has designed a mobile clinic to make 3D-printed prosthetics from recycled plastics has won the inaugural championship of the World’s Challenge Challenge, which took place this week at Western University in London, Canada. Ten student teams from six...
International teams compete for $45,000 to solve world problems
Some heavy-hitting global issues – from elephant-poaching to plastic pollution -- will take the spotlight when 10 student teams from six countries converge on Western University this week. The stakes are high for the students as they vie for a share of $45,000 in...
Western appoints Director of Sport and Recreation Services
Christine Stapleton, a proven leader in athletics at both the university and national sport level, was announced as Western University’s new Director of Sport and Recreation Services today. Stapleton comes to Western with more than 30 years of experience in university...