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For Emily Pak, camps like Just for Girls are about making a difference, one girl at a time, in the field of engineering where women are still underrepresented. The third-year chemistry student at Western is an instructor at the summer…

With her home community of Denı́nu Kų́ę in the Northwest Territories surrounded by flames, third-year medical student Laney Beaulieu is returning to her studies at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry with mixed emotions. The…

Recognizing Western’s excellence in developing robust systems to track and fight global health threats, the government of Ontario has renewed and expanded the university’s wastewater surveillance project to track COVID-19, influenza and…

“It all started at the Cronyn Observatory,” says Emma Harmos, reflecting on when – and where – her love for science began. “My parents brought my younger sister and I to the observatory open houses here at Western every summer and those…

Even a weekend full of rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of Western students exploring field research for the first time at Bronte Creek Provincial Park this summer.  The second trip organized through the Field Research in Ecology and…

If you have concerns your child is having trouble reading, new research shows it’s likely something that needs attention. As children across the country head back to class this week, a new study from Western University researchers shows…

Climate change has become a climate catastrophe, say researchers. Earth, water, fire and wind are fighting back and everyone and everything is affected. And that includes the world’s bird population. New research from Western University’s …

An accomplished storyteller and composer, Spy Dénommé-Welch’s true talent may be listening – listening to the land around him for inspiration, grounding and guidance. Western’s Canada Research Chair in Indigenous arts, knowledge systems…

Shreya Menon found an opportunity to take a fresh look at her consumption choices, and to expand her language skills, while travelling in Costa Rica.  The fourth-year political science student was in a group of 15 undergraduates who…

Researchers from Western and Brown University have made groundbreaking progress towards identifying the root cause and potential therapy for preeclampsia. The pregnancy complication affects up to eight per cent of pregnancies globally and…