Two Western University researchers are making the case for the use of probiotics for female astronauts to avoid serious health complications on long space missions. Gregor Reid, PhD, professor, and Camilla Urbaniak, PhD Candidate, at Western’s Schulich School of...
Local Zurich family physician, Dr. Lori Teeple, is passionate about bringing preventative health care to her patients and community. An associate professor at Western University’s Schulich of School of Medicine & Dentistry, Dr. Teeple has turned her team at...
An internationally renowned wife-and-husband team of cognitive neuroscientists have joined Western University after collaborating on game-changing research for the past 15 years at the University of Cambridge. Tim Bussey and Lisa Saksida specialize in understanding...
For more than three million Canadians suffering from osteoarthritis, getting out of bed in the morning or opening a jar can be a serious challenge. The disease, which results in degeneration of bones and joints, has a very human face, causing severe pain and...
As the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) launched a space probe early this morning from the Russian Kosmodrom in Baikonur, Kazakhstan to study trace gases in the Martian atmosphere, a planetary scientist from Western University...
Western University apologized today for the part it may have played in the trauma and hurt suffered by former students who were abused by London psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Dobrowolski. Dr. Dobrowolski, who is serving a four-year sentence for sexual assault and voyeurism...
Western University is hosting its annual March Break Open House this weekend, providing future students, their families and friends, an opportunity to meet with award-winning faculty, staff and students and learn why Western offers the best student experience among...
If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there would be a robot in every home performing tasks like cooking, cleaning and cutting the lawn. But there isn't. Jörn Diedrichsen, who has come to Western University from University...
According to a study completed at Western University, obese women in the Canadian workforce earn less money than non-obese women. Sisira Sarma, PhD, and his team from Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, analyzed data on adults, 18 to 53 years old,...
An innovative collaboration featuring the music of award-winning composer and Western University professor Paul Frehner will make its world première at Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO)'s New Creations Festival. Frehner, an associate professor at Western's Don Wright...
Western University alumni around the world are joining together today to celebrate Founder’s Day and all their Western connections. Founder's Day is celebrated each year by Western alumni, students, faculty and staff on March 7 – the anniversary of the University’s...
Western’s campus community is advised that due to weight restrictions on Western’s University Drive bridge, Richmond and Wellington London Transit Commission (LTC) bus routes will not be coming onto campus beginning on Monday, March 7 for the foreseeable future....
