
Crystal Mackay
@crystalmackay
Media Relations, Western University
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16-03-2009 19:57:00
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On June 22 at 10 a.m. ET, #WesternU will take part in an interactive online event with Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський, who will deliver a video address to students across Canada, hosted by University of Toronto. Visit Munk School's YouTube channel to stream this live event.

It’s true, #WesternU is hosting the 57th U SPORTS Vanier Cup! 🏆 While our Western Mustangs have won eight Vanier Cups, this will be Western’s—and #LdnOnt’s—first time hosting the big game on November 26. Tourism London 🇨🇦 news.westernu.ca/2022/06/wester…

Using innovative imaging techniques, researchers at Schulich WesternU have identified for the first time, that debilitating symptoms associated with #LongCovid are related to issues with how oxygen is exchanged from lungs to the blood. news.westernu.ca/2022/06/innova…

"I think what’s so exciting is that already we can see unexpected things." - Sarah Gallagher, Institute for Earth and Space Exploration director and Canadian Space Agency science advisor on the first #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope images. #UnfoldTheUniverse #WesternU Dr. Sarah Gallagher Ivan Semeniuk theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Professor Cody Groat spoke to the The New York Times about the importance of repatriating Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican. @westernuHistory Cody Groat #papalvisit #WesternU nytimes.com/live/2022/07/2…


An international team, including Institute for Earth and Space Exploration researchers, used NASA Webb Telescope to capture the most detailed and sharpest images ✨EVER✨ taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula. #WesternU #JWST Canadian Space Agency @cnrs @cnes Université Paris-Saclay Observatoire de Paris | PSL news.westernu.ca/2022/09/jwst-p…

A new large-scale #longCOVID study led by Prof. Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRS and @conorwild shows significant impairments in reasoning, speed of thinking and verbal abilities in patients with confirmed cases. #WesternU

#WesternU's Gordon Osinski Gordon Oz Osinski is leading scientific efforts to design and build Canada’s first lunar rover. “Many students, faculty & staff will play a part in this historic mission as we bring Canada and Western to the #Moon.” Canadensys Aerospace Canadian Space Agency news.westernu.ca/2022/11/lunar-…




"Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 has tracked more 🇨🇦 #tornadoes than ever before." Featured in the The New York Times, #WesternU researchers are working to provide accurate tornado data that will have an impact on improving warning systems and building #resilient communities. nytimes.com/2023/03/10/sci…

In the largest field study of its kind, researchers at #WesternU have shown #probiotics for #honeybees help ward off disease and promote hive health. Next, they are exploring how probiotics influence bees’ social behaviour, including foraging and hygiene. news.westernu.ca/2023/06/probio…

In an effort to memorialize those laid to rest in an unmarked cemetery section called the “potter’s field," a team of #WesternU historians and archaeologists is exploring their life stories. Social Sci @WesternU news.westernu.ca/2024/08/potter…

Best of luck to Damian Warner as he competes in the #Olympics decathlon at #Paris2024 over the next two days. We hope your training at #WesternU makes you feel at home on the purple track in Paris! Western Mustangs 💜

In this front-page story, the Toronto Star profiled a team of #WesternU researchers uncovering the stories of those buried in an unmarked section of an Ingersoll cemetery. It's part of a quest to restore dignity to some of Ontario’s forgotten. Cody Groat thestar.com/news/ontario/w…


Storm watch: The Globe and Mail science journalist Ivan Semeniuk did a deep dive with the Western Engineering team and the partners behind the new Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory (Canadian Severe Storms Lab) launched this week. 🌪️⛈️ brnw.ch/21wOeIP