For the month of September, the community will have a chance to celebrate the Deshkan Ziibiing (Antler/Thames River) with Riverfest 2022, Western’s first-ever river festival hosted by the Office of Sustainability.
Sustainability
Western first in Canada, third in world in global impact, sustainability rankings
Western University has placed first in Canada and third in the world in a global ranking of universities working toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Released today, the Times Higher Education 2022 Impact Rankings assess more than 1,500...
Predicting recovery of mercury-contaminated fish populations
Biology professor Brian Branfireun was part of a 15-year study, which shows how curbing pollution can have immediate benefits to the environment.
Drone technology supports TB diagnosis and treatment in remote Madagascar
An international team of healthcare investigators is piloting a new medical delivery system that uses a ‘surgical strike’ approach to solve pandemic problems. Researchers from Western University, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Stony Brook University (New York), and...
Giant beavers didn’t eat wood and that’s likely why they didn’t survive the last Ice Age
North American beavers, which weigh between 25 to 75 pounds as adults, are the largest rodents living in Canada. That’s today. Go back 10,000 years to the last Ice Age and giant beavers – roughly three times larger than the modern North American beaver – walked the...
Western to unveil new building for Engineering
Media are invited to attend as Western University officially opens the newly constructed, Three C+ Engineering building on Friday, October 12 at 11 a.m. The new building addresses the critical need for additional space by adding 100,000 sq. ft. that integrates...