In an unprecedented move, two Western University Law professors have been tapped for judicial appointments on the same day.
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Canadian Arrhythmia Network to be hosted at Western University
The Government of Canada announced $26.3 million in funding today to establish the Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) as a Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) hosted at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
New research from Brain and Mind Institute able to grasp what can’t be seen
Cognitive neuroscientists at Western University have proved that people have an unconscious ability to control and even manipulate objects without knowledge of size or space.
Western University researchers uncover clues about childhood leukemia
Researchers from Western University have identified a gene that has the potential to wipe out cancer cells in a common form of childhood leukemia.
Western plans groundbreaking Master of Media in Journalism & Communication
Western University announced a new Master of Media in Journalism & Communication today, becoming the first university in Canada to offer a master’s program combining the two disciplines.
Western University welcomes Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Senior leadership at Western University is celebrating today’s announcement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of State for Science and Technology Ed Holder, which outlined how the country’s top researchers will compete for money available through the federal government’s newly established Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).
Western to host FIRST Lego League robotics tournament
Western University will host London’s engineers, scientists, and innovators of the future as local students ages 9-14 work together to design and build LEGO robots in the 2014 FIRST LEGO League London Qualifying Tournament.
Western space explorers release first two images of Mars captured by team using HiRISE
The team of Western University space explorers investigating the surface of Mars with the largest telescope ever used for a deep space mission released its first two images today.
Toronto Election Study finds that strategic voting was not a major factor in mayoral race
The Toronto Election Study (TES) post-election survey is now complete and its principle investigators have concluded that the impact of strategic voting was limited and did not affect the outcome of the 2014 Toronto Municipal election.
New facility positions Western University on the cutting-edge of HIV/AIDS research
Commemorating World AIDS Day, Western University unveiled plans for a new 4,200 square foot, state-of-the-art facility, which will firmly place its researchers on the cutting-edge of medicine, science and technology in the study of HIV and other complex human pathogens.
Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry honours World AIDS Day with special events
On December 1, 2014, Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry will mark World AIDS Day with two special events.
New Brain and Mind study provides better understanding of person misidentification in dementia
A new study from Western University provides researchers and clinicians with insight into a particularly debilitating memory problem that is present in some patients suffering from neurodegeneration caused by Lewy body dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.