2022 News Archive
October 2022 Click here to see 2022 Archives continue in new format PhD candidate turns to soil to better understand how boreal forests store carbon [Western News] [Newstalk CJBK] |
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September 2022 Tumi Olaoye is shaping communities one experience at a time [Western News] |
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September 2022 London Bug Day returns to the London Children’s Museum after a two year hiatus [Read more] |
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September 2022 Avian flu suspected in deaths of 3 swans in Stratford, Ont. [CBC Online] |
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September 2022 The Godwit’s Long, Long Nonstop Journey [The New York Times] |
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September 2022 Hot fall temps negatively affecting monarchs, armyworms: Western researchers [LondonNewsToday.ca] |
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September 2022 Researchers from Ontario Conduct Study on Newfoundland Mushrooms [VOCM] |
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September 2022 New Western research demonstrates effects of hotter fall temperatures on insects [Western News] |
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September 2022 Biology master’s student Cailyn McKay joined CBC Afternoon Drive to discuss her research looking at how high temperatures due to climate change affect armyworms [Listen to interview] |
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September 2022 Student TikToker raises awareness around ADHD. Biology Master's student Olivia Lutfallah started videos as a hobby. [Western News] |
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September 2022 'How Animals Survive in a Savanna Full of Predators' in the Smithsonian features the research of Dr. Liana Zanette [Read more] |
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August 2022 'Mushrooms of Newfoundland' features Dr. Greg Thorn on the "On Target" show presented by VOCM [Listen on Soundcloud] |
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August 2022 Mushrooms serve as ‘main character’ in most ecosystems [Western News] |
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August 2022 An 'incredible site': City resumes plans to redevelop Byron gravel pits [CTV News London] |
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August 2022 New book edited by Alexander timoshenko looks at latest advances of galectins role in cell biology [Read more] |
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August 2022 Brendon Samuels petitions Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to require bird friendly designs in the building codes [CBC Radio London] |
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August 2022 Field station garden provides ‘safe haven’ for pollinators [Western News] |
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August 2022 What’s Ontario’s favourite animal? The case for the little brown bat (with commentary by Prof. Brock Fenton) [TVO Today] |
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August 2022 Wildlife Wednesday: SOS! Save our spirit bears! (Features item about Prof. Brent Sinclair’s research on the Colorado Potato Beetle) [Canadian Geographic] |
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August 2022 Weed or habitat? Ontario cities must 'rethink' their approach to yard complaints, says lawyer( features commentary by Prof. Jeremy McNeil) [CBC News London] |
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July 2022 Londoner whose perennial garden was destroyed by city workers describes ‘utter shock’ [Global News London] |
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July 2022 Biology professor Jeremy McNeil discusses the monarch butterfly being designated an endangered species. [CTV London] [Ici Radio Canada Part 1 Part 2] [Tom McConnell show on Newstalk] [CBC Afternoon Drive] [CBC London Morning] |
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July 2022 Hibernating insects regrow muscles on demand: study [Western News] [CBC Radio Part 1] [CBC Radio Part 2][New Scientist] [London News Today] |
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July 2022 Tom Haffie, Donna Peterson receive President’s Medal for Distinguished Service [Western News] |
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June 2022 Biology professor Paul Mensink joined The Morning Show with Devon Peacock on AM980 to discuss his research comparing the use of blue boxes and blue bags in Ontario. [Part 1] [Part 2] |
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May 2022 Western’s bee garden humming with community volunteers [Western News] [CTV News at Six (20:11)] |
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May 2022 McIntosh exhibit buzzes with colourful fusion of art, science [Western News] |
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April 2022 Western biologists crowdsource biodiversity data [Western News] |
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April 2022 You'll want to keep these garden-friendly insects around all season long (featuring Prof. Jeremy McNeil) [The Weather Network] |
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March 2022 Western’s sustainability champions go the distance (featuring Dr. Nina Zitani) [Western News] |
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March 2022 Augmented reality brings students face to virtual face with sharks for immersive learning experience [CTV News London, Online][CTV News London, Broadcast][London Free Press] |
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February 2022 Emerald ash borer takes on polar vortex: study [Western News] |
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February 2022 Fear itself can cut wildlife numbers in half: study [Discover][Western News][New Scientist][Europepress] |
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February 2022 Basking sharks stay in Irish waters year-round, scientists discover [Irish Examiner] |
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January 2022 Why this London researcher wants to take the air out of balloon releases [London Free Press] |
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January 2022 Stefani Tichbourne 1954-2022, Retired Undergradaute Program Coordinator in 2020 [Read more] |