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July 2018
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Western In The News is an e-Newsletter that highlights stories with a Western focus that received significant media coverage. This service is provided by Western's media relations team.
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A study led by a team of Western University neuroscientists debunked claims that getting better at a brain training game can translate to improved performance in other, untrained cognitive tasks. In addition to interviews with CBC radio programs in 13 cities across Canada, the study was covered by CBC News, the UK’s Daily Express, Blackburn News and Neuroscience News.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CBC News
| Daily Express (UK)
| Blackburn News
| Neuroscience News
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For the second month, research from Madalena Kozachuk in Western’s Faculty of Science, showing how x-ray technology can recover images on degraded daguerreotype photographs was featured in a wide variety of international publications. Coverage appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Archaeology, Fox News and the popular science website How Stuff Works.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
Smithsonian Magazine
| Archaeology
| Fox News
| How Stuff Works
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As the new provincial government took the reins in Ontario, media outlets across Canada and in the United States sought the expertise of Western faculty in analyzing its first actions and priorities – including shrinking Toronto City Council and its buck-a-beer announcement. Coverage appeared in the National Post, CP24, BNN Bloomberg, and the New York Times.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
National Post
| BNN Bloomberg
| CP24
| New York Times
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As Mars orbited near Earth, Western astronomer Jan Cami provided not only commentary and expertise, but a chance for the local community to see the red planet for themselves at the Cronyn Obervatory. This was covered by the London Free Press, CBC News and CBC London Morning.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
London Free Press
| CBC News
| CBC London Morning
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Additional Coverage
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