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As North America prepares to turn its collective clocks back an hour this weekend, consequently gaining an hour of sleep, a neuroscientist at Western University is investigating one of the dominant hypotheses that would explain the unsolved mystery of why humans sleep.

Grade 5 and 6 students from two London schools are heading to Western University this week for Mission Meteorite! – an interactive program led by award winning researcher Neil Banerjee from the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX).

Western University’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will raise awareness, funds and a giant pumpkin tomorrow at its annual Pumpkin Drop on University College Hill.

While it’s been known for over a century that iron deposits in the brain play a role in the pathology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), new imaging research from Western University helps to answer the question of whether these accumulations are a cause or consequence of the disease.

The University of Windsor Lancers and the Western Mustangs are pleased to announce that they will face-off in the 2014 SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival.

Sam Trosow, a Western professor in information policy and legal expert from Western University is available for media commentary about the report Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin released earlier today regarding London City Council.

Western University has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2014.

The ties between Canada and China were strengthened today in the field of education with the official launch of a new business-law program from Ivey Asia and China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL).

The Gairdner Foundation and Western University are pleased to present the Gairdner Foundation’s National Program lecture series.

Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, returns for a new season on October 24 with education professor George Gadanidis.

Western University is hosting a major international conference this weekend (October 18-20), which will address the ever-increasing rise of mobile applications.

Through collaboration with the Ivey Business School and multiple community agencies in London, Rise Asset Development (Rise) is launching a new avenue to economic independence through entrepreneurship for people who have mental health or addiction challenges.