|  | November 2015 THE MESSENGER - A special pre-release screening at Western Film
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|  | November 2015 Fenton named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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|  | November 2015Winged victory for biology students at Canadian Entomological Society meeting
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|  | October 2015Holly Stover, Biology, was named among four Western PhD candidates to receive the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
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|  | October 2015Weeding out the competition.
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|  | September 2015Congratulations to Vi Bui for winning “Best Student Oral Presentation” from the Botanical Society of America at the Botany 2015 meeting!
 Her talk was titled “Wood anatomy of Norway spruce and Scots pine under warming and elevated CO2”
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|  | September 2015A fourth-year’s guide to accepting that you probably won’t get into medical school
 by Jeremy Lant
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|  | August 2015Delegation setting African foothold for new program
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|  | August 2015CONGRATULATIONS JEREMY!
 Jeremy McNeil elected Fellow of
 The Entomological Society of America
 This honour is given to individuals who have made outstanding
 contributions to entomology in one or more of the
 following: research, teaching, extension, or administration
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|  | August 2015How Methods Videos Are Making Science Smarter
 Anne Simon's work highlighted in the New Yorker
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|  | June 2015A Marathoner’s Guide to Genetics
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|  | June 2015Noon to receive President’s Medal for Distinguished Service
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|  | May 2015Congratulations Anirban Banerjee
 Recipient of a 2014-2015 Graduate Student Teaching Award
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|  | May 2015Mercury buildup in birds sounds warning for all
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|  | April 2015What are butterflies telling us about global warming
 By Aniruddho CHokroborty Hoque
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|  | April 2015Hellmuth Prize 2015
 Shiva Singh honoured for global research reputation
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|  | Materials and Biomaterials Showcase and LectureMonday April 27
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|  | April 2015We had a great turn-out for Biology and Environmental Science Research Day on Saturday, March 31, 2015 and excellent presentations by our Biology 4999E and Environmental Sciences 4999E students. In each room, students voted for the best presentation. Here are the award winners
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|  | March 2015"Novel power source may take flight soon"
 Western Science, March 26, 2015
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|  | March 2015Watch The Nature of Things episode featuring video from the AFAR wind tunnel
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|  | March 2015Congratulations to our Biology 4999 Students
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|  | March 2015Charles Trick wins Award For Excellence in Teaching
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|  | March 2015Biodiversity Gallery Grand Opening. Rare Dangered and Extinct
 Thursday March 12, 5pm at Jane's Courtyard, MSA ground floor
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|  | March 2015BUGS: Helen Battle Lecture
 Dr. Jeremy McNeil: Are Humans Really Smarter Than Insects
 March 05 at 6pm in Physics and Astronomy148
 
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|  | January 2015 Congratulations Laura Ferguson (Sinclair Lab)
 For winning Best Student Presentation for the Division of Ecoimmunlogy and Disease Ecology at the annual meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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|  | January 2015Dr. Ben Rubin
 Measuring Life and Loving it
 By Aniruddho Chokroborty Hoque
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|  | January 2015Cancer cells may hold secret to combating Alzheimer’s disease
 Western Biology professor Robert Cumming’s research explores the metabolic processes of cancer cells, which may offer insight on these ‘sugar-crazy’ brain cells and their protective effect against Alzheimer’s disease.
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|  | January 2015Congratulations Jeremy!
 Jeremy McNeil Named to Order of Canada
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|  | January 2015Avoiding stressed individuals!
 The Simon lab developped a straightforward and powerful
 behaviour assay to study social interactions in Drosophila melanogaster.
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|  | January 2015Nature in The City 2015
 A six-part series of illustrated talks on nature within the City of London.
 This years series features Biology Department's Brent Sinclair, Brock Fenton and Greg Thorn
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