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March 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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Western researchers led by Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Ana Luisa Trejos released a new prototype for wearable tremor suppression gloves that allows those with Parkinson’s to exhibit improved motor control while reducing or even restricting involuntary muscle contractions commonly associated with the long-term and degenerative neurological disorder. The prototype was featured in stories by CBC News, CBC Afternoon Drive, CTV News and the London Free Press.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CBC News
| CTV News
| Afternoon Drive
| London Free Press
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Western’s concussion research received attention from two national media outlets in March. CBC profiled research finding that young hockey players who suffer concussions can still experience aftereffects even after they stop exhibiting symptoms and are cleared to resume play. The Globe and Mail featured a story about a London personal injury lawyer who brought together others in his profession to raise awareness and funds for Western’s concussion research.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CBC Sports
| The Globe and Mail
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A team of Western researchers developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with limited access to medical supplies – places where a stethoscope could mean the difference between life and death. News of the advancement was featured by CTV News, CBC News, New Atlas and Indian daily The Hindu.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CTV News
| CBC News
| New Atlas
| The Hindu
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Mike Moffatt, director of research and policy at Canada 2020 and an assistant professor at Western’s Ivey Business School, was featured on TVO’s The Agenda in a discussion about behavioural economics. He also penned a column in Maclean’s dealing with how the Ontario PCs would need to cut spending and jobs to off-set plans to eliminate the carbon tax.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Agenda
| Maclean's
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Michael Arntfield, a professor of criminology at Western and founder of the Western Cold Case Society, continued to be sought after by media looking for expertise on the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. Arntfield was a guest on CBC’s The Current and was interviewed by the Toronto Star.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Current
| Toronto Star
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Additional Coverage
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