Dec. 6, 2019

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Research looks to get kids up and running

Rethinking how kids go about their day care days, as well as empowering those charged with caring and educating them, may go a long way toward getting kids much-needed physical activity, according to a Western researcher.

Alumna turns to contest to keep presses rolling

Tara de Ryk admits the idea seemed, even to her, to be a bit ‘loonie’ - keep her Saskatchewan weekly newspaper alive by selling the business for the price of a well-written editorial and a dollar.

Lung image studies show unique nature of asthma

A pair of Western-led lung imaging studies, including one performed in non-identical twin patients with lifelong asthma, have shown that airway defects in the lungs of asthmatic patients are like fingerprints - they have a unique pattern and maintain that pattern over time.

Wiseman sets stage for aspiring songwriters

Can songwriting be taught? Bob Wiseman doesn’t think so. This may seem like a strange admission from someone who taught Popular Music Songwriting in the Don Wright Faculty of Music this term, but this kind of honesty is precisely what Wiseman bought to his students - that, and a lifetime of experience.

Knowledge Exchange & Impact

Getting schooled on knowledge exchange

Western faculty, postdocs and other researchers are heading to class next week to better understand how they can get their ideas “out into the world” and into the hands of those who need it most.

UWOFA

UWOFA honours students at scholarship event

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties at an event Wednesday afternoon in The Great Hall.

Join us Friday, Dec. 6th at 11:30 a.m. in the Rotunda, Ursuline Hall, at Brescia as we remember the 14 women who lost their lives at École Polytechnique, Montreal.

Fashion is the way you talk to the world without saying anything

This week Classics professor Kelly Olson joins host Aniruddho Chokroborty Hoque. This Radio Western podcast is the latest episode of PBnJ: Professors Beyond Jobs.