The Alberta oil sands, the world’s third-largest crude oil reserve, require fresh water from the Athabasca River – lots of water – as it is estimated that three barrels of water are required to produce just one barrel of crude oil. In 2012 alone, this amounted to 187...
Emma Rose Bonanno and 26 Western University colleagues were named among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. In total, Western boasted 30 papers from across 14 categories cited as 'highly...
Western University is taking a fresh approach to its annual Homecoming celebrations this week as it welcomes alumni from across Canada and around the world. Media are invited to attend a briefing this Thursday, September 24 at 10:30 a.m. where representatives from...
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) named five Western University faculty members as part of the incoming cohort of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic...
From kitchen tables to hospital boardrooms and government offices, the future of family medicine is one of the most talked about discussions taking place in Canada. On September 23, 2015, Western University’s Schulich Medicine & Dentistry is welcoming medical...
Western University’s Dr. David Spence and a team of researchers have determined that preventing occlusion (blockage) of a carotid artery may not be a valid reason for surgical intervention in all patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis (narrowing of the carotid...
Western University researchers are working on a way to use artificial intelligence to predict a patient’s response to two common chemotherapy medications used to treat breast cancer – paclitaxel and gemcitabine. Peter Rogan, PhD, and a team of researchers, including...
A team of doctors, neuroscientists and philosophers from Western University have developed the first-ever ethical framework for researchers and research ethics committees to design, conduct and review functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies for severely...
International Observe the Moon Night is an annual event, led by NASA and their collaborators around the world, which is dedicated to encourage observation, appreciation and understanding of Earth's Moon. For the sixth year in a row, Western University's Centre for...
As millions of Syrians flee civil war to seek asylum in Europe and elsewhere, Western University announced today a multi-pronged approach to help support refugee families, students and scholars. “Western’s response to the crisis in Syria is grassroots in nature...
Intimate partner violence accounts for 26 per cent of all violent crimes in Canada; in 2012, they represented 20 per cent of all homicides. While researchers have recently identified risk factors associated with domestic violence and homicide, much less is known about...
On September 11 and 12, 2015, Western University dentistry alumni, faculty, staff and students will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the dentistry program. Dr. Wesley Dunn, founding dean, as well as the Programs leaders, will take part in a campus BBQ and Open House...
