News and Stories

August 11, 2020

A $9.2-million gift from Jeff and Shelley Parr helped Western University launch the centre dedicated to proactive support for student mental health and well-being.

July 28, 2020

Two Western students launched the project to support people experiencing homelessness and have since delivered 1,500 bags of health-care essentials.

July 28, 2020

A $2.5-million gift from William and Lynne Gray has created a first-in-Canada research chair in mobility and aging to understand, improve, restore and manage mobility outcomes that affect people throughout all stages of life.

June 19, 2020

Nine additional research projects received university backing for their work in supporting recovery efforts for current and future disease outbreaks

June 18, 2020

Western has joined more than a dozen research-intensive Canadian universities to battle climate change through sustainable investing.

June 11, 2020

Bell will invest $2.7 million and deploy 5G network infrastructure throughout Western’s campus, turning it into a ‘living lab’ to help shape smarter cities and communications systems, better manage business continuity and more.

May 31, 2020

David Zhu, a second-year Medical Sciences student, organized 5-ing COVID-19 in support of the SickKids Foundation. For every $10 they raise, Zhu and his team will run a kilometre.

May 20, 2020

A Western student-led team is reaching beyond campus to raise money in support of the community’s most vulnerable residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 19, 2020

Donors stepped up and nearly 3,400 students received help covering urgent and pressing needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to $2.6 million distributed as part of the Student Relief Fund.

May 13, 2020

Research, community involvement and technology are at the heart of a $5-million gift to Western from long-time donors and Western supporters Arthur and Sonia Labatt.