August 18, 2023
Andrew Pruszynski (Photo source: Mac Lai/Schulich Medicine & Dentistry)
With the help of a $5.1 million donation made by the Azrieli Foundation, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Andrew Pruszynski and Emory University researcher Sam Sober are taking an open-science concept to the next level by enabling researchers to utilize electrodes they have developed to accelerate motor neuroscience research on a national scale.
Free Appropriate Sustainability Technology Research Group researcher Joshua Givans (Photo source: Jacob Arts)
Meet the researchers creating affordable tech for crucial medical applications in low-resource communities, with support from Western’s Frugal Biomedical Innovations catalyst grants.
(From left) Jenna Schulz and Hoda Seens (Photo source: Jenna Schulz and Hoda Seens; Collage: Rob Potter/Western Communications)
Combined post-doctoral fellow and sport physiotherapy fellow at Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic Jenna Schulz and doctoral candidate in health promotion Hoda Seens will each receive $50,000 as part of the 2023 Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award to continue their research on returning to sport after giving birth and the pandemic’s impact on women’s mental health, respectively.
Téa Mutonji (Photo source: Sarah Bodri)
Award-winning poet, author and incoming writer-in-residence, Téa Mutonji, looks forward to being a relatable mentor in her new role. She was an undergraduate when her book Shut Up You’re Pretty was published and is currently pursuing her MFA in the low-residency creative writing program at NYU, where she was awarded the 2021 Jill Davis Fellowship in Fiction.
Supercell forming in Edson, AB on July 24, 2023 (Photo source: Aaron Jayjack)
Severe weather researchers from the Northern Hail Project and Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology successfully launched two probes into a hailstorm, capturing previously unrecorded data about hail growth and directional behaviour, similar to the storyline of the 1996 blockbuster movie Twister.
(Left to right) Outgoing AWM Western president Micaela Vancea, founding president Jacqueline Doan and outgoing vice-president Sophie Wu. (Photo source: AWM Western)
The student-led Western chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics club advocates to make math more accessible for women and other marginalized populations. The club is one of four winners worldwide of a community outreach award.
Working at Western
Thames River, London, Ont. (Photo source: Western Communications)
Submit your work to the Confluency exhibit
The Confluency exhibit is coming to Riverfest2023. This interactive exhibit showcases reflections on water justice linking creative work from South Africa, broader Africa, and now Canada. Community members are invited to showcase their artistic expression around the theme of water. Submit your application by Friday, Aug. 25.
Change to Office 365 and email login pages
The login pages for Office 365 (myoffice.uwo.ca) and Western email (mail.uwo.ca) have been redirected to a new, centralized landing page, streamlining the login process for Office 365 services and providing easy access to support documents. Users will notice a visual difference between the new login page and the previous login screens.
Photo of the Week
Western Mustangs student athletes will be travelling in style this season on the newly painted Mustangs coach buses. (Photo source: Western Mustangs)
Coming Up
Western Campus Recreation (Photo source: Western Mustangs)
August 21 (12 to 1 p.m.)
Tour of Campus Recreation
See the state-of-the-art facilities that Campus Recreation has to offer and learn about memberships, activity classes and drop-in hours. Meet at the main entrance of Campus Recreation. Save your spot.
August 22 (2 to 2:20 p.m.)
Meditation break
Led by an experienced facilitator, this session will help beginner and advanced meditators reduce anxiety and stress. Chairs and yoga mats provided. Held in the Arts & Humanities Building, room 2B15. Save your spot.
Western in the News
Peter Brown (Photo source: Western Communications)
The Globe and Mail
How to watch the Perseid meteor shower
Working in collaboration with NASA, physics and astronomy professor Peter Brown and his colleagues have introduced a real-time “meteor meter” that uses information from cameras around the globe to measure the changing intensity of meteor showers.
CBC Ontario Today
As Ontario sees heavier, more severe rain: How are you adapting?
Paul Kovacs, economics professor and executive director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, shares insights about how people can protect their homes from increased rainfall and potential flooding.
Interesting Engineering
Tiny sensors 'HailSondes' can be unleashed into a hailstorm
Northern Hail Project executive director Julian Brimelow says collecting data from the eye of the storm is the white whale of meteorological research. Working with collaborators in Australia, he and his team are releasing small weather sensors into hailstorms to better understand hail formation.
The London Free Press
More screen time, higher depression levels for kids: Western study
A new study from education professor Emma Duerden has found a link between increased screen time and higher levels of depression and anxiety in kids.
Commentary
The Olympic Rings (Photo source: RuinDig, Yuki Uchida/Wikimedia Commons)
The last two Olympic games were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article published in The Conversation, Western researchers discuss what needs to happen to see a return to normalcy at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
