For the Birds: New study shows female Cowbirds have greater spatial sense
Averting Extinction: Primatologist looks to save lemurs
Images of the Past: Vanier Scholar helps understand spread of disease
Out of this World: PhD student earns NASA honour
Brain Gain: University invests in Western Clusters of Research Excellence
Fellowships, worth $250,000, provide two years’ release from teaching and administrative duties to focus on research. Nominees should have received their Ph.D. since 2002 and have had international impact in their field. Recipients publish in top-tier journals, working on the cutting edge and aiming to solve the big problems in their fields. (More)
Internal deadline for LOI: April 1, 2014; external deadline: May 1, 2014. Please note there is an institutional quota of six at the LOI stage. The Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program supports the training of teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs. (More)
Danielle Way needed a window into our past, in order to provide us a direction for the future. (More)
The continually postponed, yet somehow impending, closure of Lorne Avenue Public School in London’s Old East Village is just one example of an incongruence that exists between a community’s needs and policies surrounding school closures in the province. (More)
Ever try to slap a mini-backpack on a mallard duck? Hang out with Matt Palumbo long enough and you’ll find out how. (More)
With annual research funding in excess of $240 million, and an international reputation for success, Western ranks as one of Canada’s top research-intensive universities.
From fundamental to applied knowledge, Western’s researchers make discoveries that provide tangible benefits for the economic, social, health and cultural development of citizens in London, in Canada and around the world.
While the University has achieved acclaim for research in a full complement of disciplines, it has identified signature areas in which global-scale clusters of research excellence have been established, including:
