Western University’s Faculty of Education has joined a select group of international academia by becoming part of the first international University Network on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue, launched by UNESCO and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
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Western study finds majority of Ontario school principals feel they don’t have necessary support
A recent Western University-led study of the work of principals in Ontario’s school system has found that while 90 per cent of principals find their positions rewarding and fulfilling, only one third of them feel they have the support and training necessary to do the job to the best of their ability.
Classes Without Quizzes explores how non-musicians understand music
Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, returns on November 20 as Jonathan De Souza from Western’s Don Wright Faculty of Music provides insight into our innate ability to understand music.
Cutting-edge computer software helps pinpoint aggressiveness of breast cancer tumours
Researchers at Western University are using cutting-edge genetic mutation-analysis software developed in their lab to interpret mutations in tumour genome that may provide insight into determining which breast cancer tumours are more likely spread to other parts of the body and which ones won’t.
Western’s annual Fall Preview Day rolls out the purple carpet
Western University is hosting its annual Fall Preview Day on Sunday, November 16, providing 11,000 future students, their families and friends, an opportunity to explore Canada’s most beautiful campus and learn why Western offers the best student experience among Canadian universities.
Actor Victor Garber to tour imaging facilities at Robarts Research Institute
arber supported both of his parents through their struggles with Alzheimer’s disease and is now returning to his hometown of London and to Western University to get an up-close look at the research being done at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Robarts Research Institute to help better diagnose and treat this devastating disease.
Western welcomes superstar Shad to kick off International Week
Western University’s International Week 2014 takes flight today with campus-wide events allowing the Western community to celebrate diversity and explore international opportunities.
Western University among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2015
For the second year in a row, Western University has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers.
Western to host 12th annual International Symposium for Olympic Research
Many of the world’s leading Olympic Games researchers will meet at Western University this week for a major conference focused on understanding the cultural importance of the multi-billion dollar, biennial international sporting competition.
Online Surveillance: Classes Without Quizzes shines light on your ‘digital shadow’
Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, returns for a new season.
Western music historian makes near 1,000-year-old discovery
After years of study, many deep in the manuscript room at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, an award-winning musicologist from Western University discovered the earliest surviving handwritten manuscripts featuring notation above musical text or lyrics – a technique fundamentally still used today.
Rotman Institute of Philosophy hosts climate science conference; Jeffrey Simpson headlines public panel
In an effort to better understand how climate change will affect ecosystems and human society as a whole, philosophers, historians and scientists will meet at Western University this week for an interdisciplinary conference, in which the utilization of models and computer simulations as prediction and assessment tools is fully investigated.