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“Since the Klondike days of the 19th century, geologists have been entrepreneurs who do all of these things,” says Dr. Bob Linnen. “We are very much in the real world, solving real world problems.”
“Even though we live in a world that seems so connected … and you don’t think there are discoveries to be made, it’s just not true — you just have to get off the beaten path,” says Simon Donato.
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Exhange Magazine - Eureka moment leads to new theory on how to fight Alzheimer's disease - While research shows that the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age, the big question for a biologist at Western University is why some people get the disease and others don't.
Westen News - Libraries find million ways to educate the world - Western Libraries hit a big milestone at the beginning of the New Year, with the one-millionth download from the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) hub of the Scholarship@Western repository.
Western News - Cancer cells may hold secret to combating Alzheimer’s disease - The same spark that gives cancer cells their advantage may be the key to unlocking the secrets of Alzheimer’s disease for Western Biology professor Robert Cumming.
24News.ca - Ottawa hotel chemical scare ended but the mystery behind U.S.-born suspect is growing -
Ottawa Citizen- What is osmium tetroxide? - Osmium tetroxide is a rare and expensive laboratory chemical that is hazardous, but a leading chemistry expert thinks it would be difficult to use as a weapon.
La Nacion - Universidades de Costa Rica y Ontario monitorean meteoros - An investigation led by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the University of Western Ontario, Canada, says that on the Costa Rican transiting airspace between 700 and 800 meteors per hour.
Western News - Martian chronicles: Western researchers eye the Red Planet in a new way - Livio Tornabene and his research team have been snapping a lot of photos recently and have seen nothing but red – and they couldn’t be happier.
The Faculty and Staff Recognition event, held on December 15th, gathered colleagues from all of our departments and reserach centres to highlight the successes and accomplishments of our dedicated people. See more on our flickr photo album.
Western alumna Mary Catherine Fallona presenting Dr. Charles Trick with the Fallona Interdisciplinary Science Award medallion with James Fallona.
Dr. Trick delivered the keynote presentation as the recipient of the first annual Fallona Interdisciplinary Science Award.
Photograph courtesy of Henry Leparskas.
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques (foreground) visited Western to analyse some field samples from an ancient asteroid collision in the microprobe laboratory.
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques (in foreground) visited Western to follow up on field research he undertook this summer with CPSX Associate Director and Dept. Earth Sciences professor Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinski (standing).
The Globalization Celebration featured Dr. Meg Henning speaking about "Pathways to Global Citizenship in Academia". An interactive student panel followed discussing the value of studying abroad to enrich educational experiences as well as the appreciation of other cultures.
After the keynote, a panel of five students shared their experiences. Here, Claire Lester, HSP in Biology, talks about her time at Copenhagen University for a year.
Joey Lee, HSP in Medical Sciences, acted as moderator for the following discussion about the international exchange student experience. Panelists Taylor DiSera HSP Biology and Anna Xie HSP Biochemistry can also be seen.
The student panel discussion during the Gloablization Celebration. Pictured here from the left are Joey Lee, Taylor DiSera, Anna Xie, Emily Martens, HSP in Medical Science with a Minor in German, and Claire Lester.
Ryan Smith, HSP Genetics and Dr. Audrey Bouvier of the Earth Sciences discuss different international learning styles.
Taylor DiSera, who spent a semester at the University of Leeds in the UK, and Anna Xie, who went to the University of Umea in Sweden for 10 months, discuss forming friends and networks in their exchanges.
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