Following a well-established blueprint for success, Western University has established the Western Medical Innovation Fellowship program – a new endeavour that immerses highly talented young scientists, engineers, and clinicians in a training and research heavy...
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Western University among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2016
For the third year in a row, Western University has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Western employs more than 13,000 people and offers a huge array of career opportunities that encompass engineering, research, accounting, the trades, administration,...
Final three weeks of Mini Medical School investigates the mysteries behind HIV, transplants and sleep apnea
Finding a way to treat more than 33 million strains of HIV. The behind-the-scenes story of a 35-year-old medication that made the first liver transplant possible. Investigating technology that can help 25 per cent of Canadians get a good night’s sleep. The final three...
Western supports Ontario government’s action plan to eradicate sexual violence and harassment
Western University supports the action plan of the Ontario government, introduced today, to eradicate sexual violence and harassment in all its forms, particularly on university campuses. "Western applauds the action Premier Wynne is taking to create a culture in...
Western University’s Undergraduate Medical Education program receives full accreditation status for eight years
The Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has received full accreditation status for eight years. Accreditation is a mandatory external process that assures the UME program meets the needs of...
Western University to announce innovative research centre for early childhood development and intervention
Members of the media are invited to attend as Western University announces the formation of a unique research Centre that will help enable the University to become a global leader in the field of early childhood development research and intervention. This Centre will...
Western looks ‘back to the future’ at Cronyn Observatory 75th anniversary events
As Doc Brown looks back to the future, Western University is preparing for this weekend's 75th Anniversary celebrations of the Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory. Named for the late Hume Blake Cronyn (a prominent lawyer and politician in London, Ont. at the turn of the...
New Western-led research facility looks to protect our rivers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sCrC6cAkfY Western University geography professor Adam Yates has developed a better way of understanding how actions on land affect life in our waterways. Yates and his colleagues have recently constructed the Thames River...
Western University to develop its first ever, multi-year Indigenous Strategic Plan
With the release of its new Strategic Plan, Achieving Excellence on the World Stage, in 2014, Western University proudly renewed its longstanding commitment to "improving the accessibility and success in higher education for Indigenous peoples." As part of this...
Western’s Board of Governors releases review of presidential compensation
Western University’s Board of Governors today released an independent review of President Amit Chakma’s employment contract that was conducted by former Ontario Court of Appeals Judge, the Honourable Stephen Goudge. The 20-page document examines the circumstances...
Veteran’s Class holds special ceremony honouring fallen comrades during Western’s Homecoming Weekend
Western University’s Medicine Class of 1950 also known as the Veteran’s Class will hold a special ceremony as part of their 65th anniversary during Homecoming 2015. With what has become a tradition during their reunion years, representatives from the class will return...
Western to host observatory viewing for rare eclipsed Supermoon Sunday
The Moon will move completely into the Earth's shadow – a spectacle known as a total lunar eclipse – this Sunday (September 27). For southwestern Ontario, this will be the last chance to observe a total lunar eclipse until January 2019. Western University's Department...