University of Western Ontario

Professor Marlene Bagatto has researched hearing among children for years and understands the pressing need for an infant hearing health-care program in Canada. Now, she is adding advocacy to her work as a health-care researcher,…

A new study led by Western biological anthropology professor Jay Stock, suggests that milk consumption in some regions between 7,000 and 2,000 years ago led to an increase in human body mass and stature. This ran counter to trends in body…

When the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects a person’s body, it permanently inserts its genetic material into the genome where it often remains dormant and barely detectable for years. A major obstacle in finding a cure for HIV…

The hippocampus is a small, complex, folded brain structure that holds clues to several brain disorders. It is also one of the most difficult-to-map regions of the brain. After developing a successful technique to digitally unfold the…

As a special collections librarian, Deborah Meert-Williston is always on the lookout for rare works. Last fall, she spied something big: a page from one of the first books printed in England by William Caxton, in 1476. The leaf, from the…

The entry of Indigenous scholars in highly regarded, longstanding Canadian institutions provides the hope that these institutions may be ready to listen and understand other ways of knowing, notes Chantelle Richmond.The associate…

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry researchers have shown that chronic exposure during adolescence to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis, may induce long-lasting memory impairments and…

At the recent Agrivoltaics Conference, hosted by Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre, experts in renewable energy, farming and food systems came together in London, Ont. to discuss the potential for agrivoltaics to feed Canada’s…

What are the factors that led to Russia waging war on Ukraine? It’s a question Western professor Marta Dyczok has been trying to answer since the invasion almost one year ago. The answer is complex and isn’t one that can be summed up…

Sixty per cent of employed North Americans are more stressed about their finances today than they were a year ago, and are experiencing the highest level of financial stress since the financial crisis of 2008, according to a new study…