May 24, 2024 Members of the Canadian Archeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves. (From left) Sarah Hazell, research archeologist and former Western PhD student, Western anthropology professor Lisa Hodgetts, Governor General Mary Simon, working group co-chairs Andrew Martindale and Kisha Supernant. (Photo source: Cpl Alex Brisson/Rideau Hall) Two Western researchers are being recognized by Governor General Mary Simon for their work with the Canadian Archeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves (CAAWGUG), one of six recipients of the 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Awards. (From left) Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Taylor Schmitz and neuroscience PhD student Hayley Shanks. (Photo source: Megan Morris/Schulich Medicine & Dentistry) A team of researchers from Western, Stanford and University of California, San Francisco have evaluated a new drug for enhancing the brain’s resilience to changes driven by Alzheimer’s in its first human trial. The findings show promising results for patients with mild to moderate forms of the disease. Also covered by: Medical Xpress (Photo source: Julide Cakiroglu/Western Communications) Western professor emeritus Gordon McBean and geography and environment professor James Voogt explain how cities and their residents can adapt to climate change using urban planning strategies in the latest story from the Western News series Our Warming Planet. (Photo source: kjekol/envato elements) A new study by biology professor Liana Zanette, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Tasmania, demonstrates kangaroos, wallabies and other Australian marsupials fear humans far more than any other predator. Also covered by: The Times (U.K.), BBC Wildlife Magazine Coming UpMay 30 (1 to 2 p.m.) May 30 or 31 (TBD) Working at Western(Photo source: Darryl Lahteenmaa/Western Communications) Graduate Student Innovation Scholars program Post of the WeekEarlier this week we shared the final video in the Campus Conversations social media video series with President Alan Shepard and music students Madeline, Matthew, Ocean and Nicholas. The series was shared on Instagram and TikTok throughout the month of May. You can watch the full conversation on the Music website to learn more about the students' experience at Western and what the future holds for opera. (Source: @WesternUniversity on Instagram) Western in the NewsIn addition to the news above, your colleagues have been featured in the following media outlets. This James Webb Space Telescope cropped image captures an area northeast of the heart of the Orion Nebula. (Photo source: NASA/ESA/CSA, E. Dartois, E. Habart, PDRs4All ERS team) Forbes CTV National News The Weather Network |