About 1,000 student athletes at Western University are taking a stand for mental health, a statement as bold as the hats on their heads. All this week, varsity athletes have been wearing blue toques as part of a mental health campaign with partners Bell Let’s Talk and...
With a red-and-white nod to Canada’s 150th birthday, Western University announced Wednesday that the university community has raised $657,234 for this year’s United Way of London & Middlesex campaign. The donations increase Western’s total United Way contributions...
An international team of researchers has received $3,050,674 in funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to deliver and study a community-based program with the potential to substantially improve the lives of women who have experienced domestic violence. This...
For a second consecutive year, Londoners are taking steps to bring one of three of the city’s innovations to market – and to snag their share of more than $20,000 in prize money. The annual Proteus Innovation Competition officially kicked off on November 17 with...
It was an idea born out of necessity; a smart-phone app that allows healthcare providers to message each other about patient care in a secure and confidential way. PageMe is a first-of-its-kind app, developed in partnership with a researcher at Western University. Dr....
Gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the universe, here at Western University, are the most powerful forces of good ever assembled for the official launch of the 2016 Business Cares Food Drive campaign. Western University will host a superhero-themed kickoff...
On Tuesday, November 29, Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry will officially open its new state-of-the-art Dentistry Simulation Laboratory. This newly-renovated space features more than 5,000 square feet of leading-edge simulation...
Western Engineering, in partnership with Western University's robotics club WE FIRST, is hosting the annual London Qualifier FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) Tournament, an event that provides elementary school students the opportunity to compete with LEGO® robots they built...
Western University’s International Week 2016 gets underway today providing an opportunity to celebrate Western’s diversity and international collaborations and foster connections with the London community. Running November 21-25, the week features cultural...
In a historical-first, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation and Western University announced two research chairs that are a critical step toward new approaches in imaging research and patient care in London and around the world. The combined value of both innovative...
Planetary scientists have learned much about Mars from the various robotic missions that have landed on the Martian surface. However, rovers and landers can only carry a limited set of instruments and there are many things yet to be learned about Mars – like whether...
Western University’s Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health has received accreditation for five years from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), making it the first program in the province, and only the fourth in Canada, to receive this stamp of...
