LATEST NEWS & RELEASES

Western University students and varsity student-athletes will benefit from a $4-million gift from alumni Jack and Sharon Cowin.

An exceptional cohort of new Western University alumni graduate tomorrow (Friday, June 14) from the Faculty of Education, having successfully completed Master of Education degrees with a special focus on Leadership in Aboriginal Education.

Western University President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma and Jack and Sharon Cowin will announce details of a significant donation to Western.

Western University was recognized by the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council with a Fire Safety Award for outstanding contributions to fire protection and prevention, presented at a ceremony on June 12, 2013 in Toronto.

A two-day national student workshop at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry starts on Monday, June 10.

A powerful new documentary by Western Indigenous health researcher Chantelle Richmond and Emmy Award-winning Ojibway filmmaker James M. Fortier detailing the consequences of industrial activity on indigenous communities in Northern Ontario will be pre-screened in London.

Dr. Bob Kiaii has been appointed as the inaugural Raymond and Margaret Elliott Chair in Surgical Innovation, effective July 1, 2013.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) have awarded Jack Lee, who holds a Master of Science degree (Physiology and Pharmacology) from Western University, with an OCE-OBI Entrepreneurship Fellowship to help commercialize technology that will assist in the treatment of tremors, the most common of all movement disorders.

Researchers at Western University have secured funding to establish a new laboratory to improve services for newcomers to Canada and to conduct gender analysis of international development policy and practice.

Media representatives are invited to attend a simulation of a robotic mission to Mars, conducted by a team of 30 university students and researchers in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), on Thursday, June 6.

Western University’s Faculty of Engineering and Ivey Business School will now offer engineering students an education like no other in Canada, thanks to a generous $3-million gift from John M. and Melinda Thompson.

Western Engineering students placed first overall in the University category of the Connections Competition at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Conference in Toronto.