During the four days following the release of Drake's Views on Friday, April 29, Twitter was flooded with fan excitement about the new album. There were 3,828,931 tweets related to Drake's Views in that period, most of them original tweets, not retweets, in what seems...
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Western students receive high marks at The Undergraduate Awards
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...
The Royal Society of Canada welcomes five Western faculty members to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
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...
Western University develops first-ever ethical framework for fMRI research
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...
Western University researchers measure beauty in art using ‘big data’
The connection between proportions of the human face and perceived attractiveness have long captured the attention and fascination of scientists and artists alike.
The Walrus Talks brings Canada’s most creative minds to Western University stage
Creativity matters. Western University has a long-standing tradition of inspiring creativity and sparking innovation. On Thursday, March 12, Western will celebrate this tradition by partnering with The Walrus to bring an exciting event to London that will showcase the...
Western launches Medieval Studies program by unveiling rare illuminated manuscript
In celebration of its new Medieval Studies program, researchers from Western University will reveal a newly acquired illuminated manuscript – the only complete one of its kind in the Western Libraries collection – today at a special event in Weldon Library.
Western-born initiative brings gender studies to Ontario high schools this fall
A groundbreaking new course in gender studies with roots at Western University has just been approved for the Ontario Secondary School Curriculum to be offered in Ontario high schools in the fall of 2013.