Statistical and Actuarial Sciences professor Matt Davison wants the world to better understand the role science plays in both the day-to-day life of the university, as well as its role in extending all human knowledge.
Statistical and Actuarial Sciences professor Matt Davison wants the world to better understand the role science plays in both the day-to-day life of the university, as well as its role in extending all human knowledge.
Western researchers are better positioned to undertake cutting-edge work, thanks to the largest investment ever in fundamental science research, tabled late last month as part of the 2018 federal budget.
In the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL the computer helps operate a spaceship travelling to Jupiter. HAL can reason and speak and understand speech.
With global excellence its defining goal, Western University is reducing tuition for international PhD students to the same level as domestic PhD students, effective Sept. 1.
While a GTA strike vote does not necessarily mean a strike will take place, students should know Western is preparing for all eventualities, said Provost Janice Deakin.
Each term, students have the opportunity to provide feedback on their courses. For most courses this term, the course feedback period runs from March 26 to April 13.
Spruce up your office or home with an original work of art. VASA (the Visual Arts Supporters Association) is holding its annual art sale in the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre. Cash and carry only.
With just a few hours and $3, all it takes is access to a 3D printer and ABS plastic (used to make LEGO!) and you’ve got yourself a stethoscope. Western’s Dr. Tarek Loubani has designed an open-source template to 3D print a stethoscope for use in areas of the world where access to medical supplies is limited.
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Parshati Patel, an education and outreach coordinator at the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration at Western, comments on the shock breakout phase.
What would it take for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives to balance the budget, now that every leadership candidate has vowed to scrap their planned carbon tax? The answer: axing the $1.9 billion per-year of investments in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account (GGRA, or as the Tory platform calls it, the “Liberal Cap-and-Trade Slush Fund”) and cutting roughly 40,000 jobs from the public service.
Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), hopes sharing their story will make life a lot brighter for non-binary students, professors, and staff members on university campuses around the world.
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