On June 5, 2012, citizens of Earth were presented with a very rare opportunity to witness a transit of Venus when the planet passed directly in front of the Sun. This Monday (May 9), it's Mercury's turn to do the same. Scientists from Western University's Department...
Campus Notices
Western’s Exercise and Pregnancy Lab to celebrate 20 years of healthy moms and babies
Western University's R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise and Pregnancy Lab is celebrating 20 years of research success and excellence. To celebrate the milestone, the Exercise and Pregnancy Lab will host a special event on Mother's Day weekend for past research...
Western University researcher bringing youth voices back into sex-ed discussion
A Western University researcher has teamed up with London high schools to help today's youth have their say on sex education curriculum. Michael Kehler, an associate professor from Western's Faculty of Education, partnered with art departments at London’s Central...
Scotiabank gives $3 million to create the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab at Ivey Business School, Western University
Today Brian Porter, President and CEO of Scotiabank, spoke to Ivey Business School students at Western University about driving the Bank’s digital strategy and announced $3 million in funding to create the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab at the Ivey Business School....
Internationally renowned neuroscientists join Western to further advance innovative technologies
An internationally renowned wife-and-husband team of cognitive neuroscientists have joined Western University after collaborating on game-changing research for the past 15 years at the University of Cambridge. Tim Bussey and Lisa Saksida specialize in understanding...
Purple pride on full display at Western’s March Break Open House
Western University is hosting its annual March Break Open House this weekend, providing future students, their families and friends, an opportunity to meet with award-winning faculty, staff and students and learn why Western offers the best student experience among...
Western alumni celebrate their connections on Founder’s Day
Western University alumni around the world are joining together today to celebrate Founder’s Day and all their Western connections. Founder's Day is celebrated each year by Western alumni, students, faculty and staff on March 7 – the anniversary of the University’s...
Western’s Indigenous Services hosts Annual Track and Field Day for Local Youth
For the 11th year running, Western University will host Indigenous youth from across Southwestern Ontario for its annual Track and Field Day on February 17 at Thompson Recreation and Athletic Centre. Nearly 200 Indigenous youth, ages 12-14, are expected to attend the...
Extraterrestrial investigator and retired NASA administrator asks, Are we alone?
Charged with determining the existence of life elsewhere in the universe, the Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation – an international, intensified extraterrestrial search spearheaded by Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking – is coming to Western University....
Innovation meets commercialization in new competition
Medically inducing hypothermia in a patient has been shown to prevent further brain injury following stroke, brain trauma or cardiac arrest but the process also cools the entire body potentially leading to blood clotting and even heart attacks. A medical device to...
Western University issues notice of weekend bridge closure
The London community is advised that from October 31 – November 1, 2015, Western University will close the University Drive bridge across the Thames River to accommodate inspection and assessment of the bridge. No vehicular traffic will be permitted during this...
The Royal Society of Canada welcomes five Western faculty members to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) named five Western University faculty members as part of the incoming cohort of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic...