Western convocation to move off-campus for 5 years, starting …
19 hours ago · Western’s convocation ceremonies are moving downtown to Canada Life Place for the next five years, starting in June 2025. The temporary venue shift comes as the university addresses mounting challenges identified with Alumni Hall, the site of convocation ceremonies since 1967. These issues include accessibility and the capacity to accommodate ...
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Western News Interactive. Western professor Gordon “Oz” Osinski brought astronauts from the Canadian Space Agency and NASA to Kamestastin, also called Mistastin, in northern Labrador for planetary science and lunar geology training. It’s the perfect learning site because the crater and its rock formations – formed by the heat and impact ...
Schulich student studies pulmonary arterial hypertension
1 day ago · One student at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is working to change that reality for those living with a life-threatening lung condition. Leela Raj is a third-year medical student whose research aims to help people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition caused by high blood pressure in the lungs, which affects approximately ...
Western researchers closing in on treatment for long COVID
Oct 28, 2024 · Western University researchers are taking a unique global approach to finding an effective treatment for people living with long COVID. Led by Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Douglas Fraser, the projects represent the first multi-continental research conducted on long COVID, with study sites in Africa and North and South Americas.
First World War postcard project launched by Western prof …
2 days ago · Using the postcards as a teaching tool, Tidridge asked his students to use the national Canadian military database to investigate the records of the soldiers who wrote the cards – a process he said generated positive responses from students and parents. “In an age where we’re so connected yet disconnected, assignments like this really pull kids in,” said Tidridge.
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3 days ago · There’s little evidence to support the argument that Americans want sports and politics to remain separate. Middle Age ‘trash’ Western research team’s treasure. Medieval manuscript fragments, once buried in bindings of early books, offer ‘window into the past’. Expert insight: Children learn resilience from coping with difficulties.
U.S. Consul General Baxter Hunt visits Western - Western News
November 04, 2024. President Alan Shepard and U.S. Consul General Baxter Hunt on UC Hill during Hunt's visit to Western on Oct. 31, 2024. (Nyren Mo/Western International) The U.S. Consul General in Toronto, Baxter Hunt, visited Western on Oct. 31, highlighting the university’s strong connections with students, scholars and medical research ...
Western Research Excellence Awards 2024 - Western News
Sep 13, 2024 · The 2024 Western Research Excellence Award winners. Clockwise from top left: Ryan Liss, Arghya Paul, Emma Duerden, Isha DeCoito, Jing Jiang and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw. (Julide Cakiroglu/Western Communications) From neuroscience to renewable energy, Western researchers are being recognized for …
‘It takes a village’: Western set to welcome students for new …
Aug 31, 2023 · Through Orientation Serves (OServes) on Saturday, Sept. 9, new students partner with non-profit organizations for service activities in support of local communities. Activities this year include meeting local Special Olympics athletes; working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to create craft kits for children in hospitals; writing cards for local seniors who may be experiencing isolation ...
New program fast-tracks pathway to nursing degree
Jan 14, 2022 · This is a shorter pathway – but not a shortcut, Smye said. “There are all kinds of different students with different experiences and qualifications and we want to be as inclusive as possible. This diversity enriches nursing.”. Since 2005, all Ontario RNs must have an undergraduate nursing degree, either through a direct-entry, four-year ...