When light streams through her window in just the right way, Milena Canning will sometimes stoop to pick up a shiny coin she has noticed on the wooden floor of her Glasgow-area home.
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June 12, 2018

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Sight

Unique patient offers insights into the brain’s quest to see

When light streams through her window in just the right way, Milena Canning will sometimes stoop to pick up a shiny coin she has noticed on the wooden floor of her Glasgow-area home.

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Western News

Philosophy

New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology grant

Templeton Foundation grant to help Philosophy professor Chris Smeenk, Rotman Institute of Philosophy develop a new understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.

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Medieval

Professor tracks medieval winds of (climate) change

The Modern Languages and Literatures professor Melitta Adamson is among the first scholars in her field to document how climate change shaped the Middle Ages through famine, disease and war.

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Morse

Morse tapped to lead campus entrepreneurship efforts

Ivey professor Eric Morse will fuel entrepreneurial success across campus after being named Special Advisor to the President and Director of Entrepreneurship at Western, effective July 1.

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Esses

Western joins push for more inclusive city

All are welcome in the Forest City – and, thanks to a program of that same name, that message is being amplified across the entire city by a number of local groups and organizations.

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Working at Western

Discover the World

2019 Travel Showcase

Western Alumni’s Discover the World travel program’s 2019 Travel Showcase takes place Wednesday, June 20, 3-6 p.m. at Windermere Manor. Trips offered through the program are for current and retired Western staff and faculty, their families, in addition to Western alumni.

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Western Continuing Studies

Advanced funding expanded for Western employees

Learning just got easier at Western Continuing Studies! More than 150 courses and 22 certificates are now advanced funded for eligible Western employees. This means meeting your professional education goals just got more convenient.

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Social Highlights

Instagram

WCC

#WorldsChallenge teams from around the world, competed at #WesternU last week to pitch their unique solutions to global challenges.

Twitter

Calling all #concussion researchers, postdocs and trainees. This year, #SeeTheLine has expanded to include a Scientific Workshop. Join us on August 15 for presentations and group discussions addressing pressing issues in the animal modelling of concussion.

Western in the Media

Genes reveal first Americans separated, reunited on way south

Jay Stock, an anthropology professor, says that “there’s a much more complex history of interaction and migration that needs to be unravelled.”

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Western helps shed light on 'hawk' mummy that was really human

Andrew Nelson, an anthropology professor and mummy expert at Western recently made a startling discovery.

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Commentary

Kassam

Kassam: NHL continues on wrong side of history on concussions

With the Stanley Cup celebrations fading, the NHL celebrated one of the most intriguing storylines in its history.

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Endnotes

RWL

with Mathew Hoy

Find out what’s creepy and cool and allows Mathew Hoy to block out the world and keep his head in the code.

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