Western is pleased to share that Luke Ingratta and Joy Shah, two of Canada’s highest achieving students, will begin their undergraduate studies at Western this fall as recipients of prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships.

Dr. Alison Allan, an Anatomy and Cell Biology professor at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, is asking if circulating tumour cells (CTCs) can predict which prostate cancer treatments will be most effective for patients.

This year’s Summer Shakespeare performance is The Tempest - directed by Julia McCarthy (incoming first-year Western student) and the cast includes students from Western University and Fanshawe College, as well as community members.
🎟️ TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ONLY: $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors: http://www.uwo.ca/english/news/summer_shakespeare/index.html

“The demise of honey bees would be disastrous for humankind. A current dilemma in agriculture is how to prevent bee decline while mitigating crop losses,”
- Dr. Gregor Reid, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor, director for the Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research at Lawson Health Research Institute.

Sneak a peek inside the renovations, history and tunnels (!) of University College with CBC London.

Marie Wilson (BA’72, MA’77) has dedicated her life to amplifying long-ignored voices. Starting as a pioneering CBC broadcaster in the north, and later as one of three Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada members, Wilson has challenged Canada to confront its past while paving a way forward. And her mission to tell stories of truth and justice started at Western.

"Social media is an attention economy where there are hundreds of thousands of pictures, so young people are often willing to take risks to have a shot that will catch others' attention ... From that standpoint, social media can create greater risk-taking and blur the boundary of when that risk is still healthy and when it has gone one-step too far." - Anabel Quan-Haase, professor with FIMS & Sociology at Western

Michael Luckhoo and Ibrahim Ejaz are Western entrepreneurs with one startup vision: Blueprint Meals. With a unique focus on delivering custom meals tailored to your health goals and DNA biometrics, Blueprint Meals uses genetic biometrics to help you achieve your optimal nutritional health - one meal at a time.

Blueprint Meals is one of 11 young companies operating out of our summer incubator program, part of the Western Entrepreneurship ecosystem, a cross-campus network dedicated to developing and supporting an entrepreneurial mindset.

Network with Michael and Ibrahim this August 17th at PSI Demo Day. RSVP: http://wstrn.ca/QANl30dpH2c

As lead investigator with the Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network, Joy MacDermid is working with a cross-Canada team of more than 80 researchers and collaborators, as well as 20 partners/consumer groups, to solve problems with bones, joints, muscles and nerves. For her, and her colleagues, it is all about helping people move and interact with the world pain free.