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...
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Western welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines
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...
Obese women in Canada make less money than non-obese women
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,...
Commissioned piece by Western professor to make world première at Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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 alumni celebrate their connections on Founder’s Day
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...
Notice regarding Richmond and Wellington LTC routes to Western’s campus
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....
Western Community set to celebrate Indigenous Awareness Week
Western University will host its second annual Indigenous Awareness Week from March 7-13 in celebration of local Indigenous culture, art and scholarship. Led by Western's Indigenous Services, which is part of Western's Student Experience portfolio, the week-long event...
Chatham family physician believes training medical residents in smaller communities can improve health care for patients
At her peak, Dr. Kathryn Bailey was delivering up to 100 babies a year in Chatham. After 30 years of practising family medicine in Chatham, Dr. Bailey is now delivering the babies of the babies she delivered decades ago. Dr. Bailey, adjunct professor at Western...
Three Ontario universities receive funding to create Advanced Manufacturing Consortium
Three of the top research-intensive and industrially collaborative universities in Ontario – McMaster University, University of Waterloo and Western University – received $35 million in funding over five years from the Government of Ontario today as part of a $50...
Innovative Western-led palliative care approach implemented by U.K.-based hospice
An innovative, new approach to delivering community-based end-of-life care – developed and piloted by South West Community Care Access Centre and being evaluated by Western researchers – is now being used by a palliative care centre in the United Kingdom. St. Luke's...
Nature Communications study says ‘fear itself’ can help restore ecosystems
Lions, wolves and other large carnivores are frightening beasts that strike fear into humans and other animals. A new study led by Western University demonstrates that the fear these top predators inspire can have cascading effects down the food chain critical to...
New Western University study helps goalie mobility and may stop more pucks too
New musculoskeletal research from Western University, originally intended to improve a hockey goaltender's life-long mobility, has led to the development of goalie pads that do just what netminders want them to do – stop more pucks. In collaboration with industry...