Teachers are not mental health professionals but they encounter mental health issues in the classroom every day. In the absence of an available and accessible mental health program, the dean of Western University's Faculty of Education says that schools have become de...
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Music historian available to comment on 50th anniversary of Beatles’ first Ed Sullivan Show appearance
A popular music historian from Western University says that the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 was the first indication that television would play a key role in the rise of rock music and youth culture in the 1960s. Norma Coates,...
Police officer-turned-professor takes classroom to crime scenes
Police officer-turned-professor Mike Arntfield has developed two unique courses for the Department of English & Writing Studies and while one is based in fact and the other fiction, both are grounded in real life law enforcement and exploring the criminal mind.
Western biologist shares NSERC Synergy Award with research and industry partners
Yellow Island Aquaculture has proven that even small companies can become scientific powerhouses when they have the right partners. For 20 years, the family-owned farm – one of the few in British Columbia that rears only native Chinook salmon – has...
Western’s Board of Governors approves new strategic plan
Western University’s Board of Governors approved Western’s new strategic plan, Achieving Excellence on the World Stage on January 30. Also approved by Western’s Senate on January 24, the new plan was informed by hundreds of written and...
Graduate students offer free public lecture series on psychology of everyday life
Western University's Advocacy Through Action student group, which is comprised of graduate students in the clinical psychology program, will deliver their annual "Finding Your Way: Psychology of Everyday Life" series of free public talks beginning tomorrow (Saturday,...
Western University PhD student receives NASA recognition for operating Mars rover
Western University PhD student Raymond Francis has received recognition from NASA for his exemplary work in planetary science and engineering, which includes operating the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars from his lab in London, Ontario.The NASA Group...
Classes Without Quizzes presents ‘Big Brains, Big Data, Big Challenges’
Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, will explore the role of “big data” in advancing cutting-edge neuroscience research on Thursday, February 6. Mark Daley, principal investigator at...
Environment Canada observational weather data collection coming to Western
Nationally-significant environmental data that has been stored, in paper form, by Environment Canada dating back nearly 175 years is coming on long-term loan to Western University to be preserved, digitized and shared for research and teaching.
International collaboration develops clinical tool to measure activity of brain at rest
A research team led by Western University, in collaboration with The University of Liège in Belgium and Central University Colombia, has developed a new strategy to study the human brain while it's resting, which gives scientists and health care providers a...
Western hosts Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race
Western University will welcome approximately 450 students from more than 20 universities and colleges across Canada and one from the United States as it hosts the 40th Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race from January 29 to February 1. The annual event is the...
Western researchers find new COPD therapy device makes breathing easier
new device designed to help people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other mucus producing lung diseases developed by Trudell Medical International has been clinically tested at Western University and results show it improves breathlessness and the ability to move mucus, as well as betters a patient’s quality of life.