Crystal Mackay

Storm watch: @globeandmail science journalist @IvanSemeniuk did a deep dive with the @westernuEng team and the partners behind the new Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory (@westernuCSSL) launched this week. 🌪️⛈️ brnw.ch/21wOeIP

The Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory has officially launched at #WesternU. Backed by 60 years of expertise in wind engineering and climate resiliency—and a $20M gift from ImpactWX—it will revolutionize how we understand and prepare for Canada’s most extreme #weather. 🌩️ 🌪️

In this front-page story, the @TorontoStar profiled a team of #WesternU researchers uncovering the stories of those buried in an unmarked section of an Ingersoll cemetery. It's part of a quest to restore dignity to some of Ontario’s forgotten. @cwilliamg thestar.com/news/ontario/w…

@calvi_leon @TorontoStar Congrats Calvi!

Last September, I left #LdnOnt to work for @TorontoStar as a year-long intern. Today, I am thrilled to share that I’m staying on as a permanent staff reporter with the Star’s breaking news team! A dream job in an incredible — and yes, chaotic — city I am proud to call home.

In an effort to memorialize those laid to rest in an unmarked cemetery section called the “potter’s field," a team of #WesternU historians and archaeologists is exploring their life stories. @westernuSocSci news.westernu.ca/2024/08/potter…

Best of luck to @DamianWarner as he competes in the #Olympics decathlon at #Paris2024 over the next two days. We hope your training at #WesternU makes you feel at home on the purple track in Paris! @WesternMustangs 💜

In the largest field study of its kind, researchers at #WesternU have shown #probiotics for #honeybees help ward off disease and promote hive health. Next, they are exploring how probiotics influence bees’ social behaviour, including foraging and hygiene. news.westernu.ca/2023/06/probio…

"@westernuNTP has tracked more 🇨🇦 #tornadoes than ever before." Featured in the @nytimes, #WesternU researchers are working to provide accurate tornado data that will have an impact on improving warning systems and building #resilient communities. nytimes.com/2023/03/10/sci…

#VirtualReality is a useful research tool with many real-world applications — but it's not always an accurate representation of reality, according to a new @CulhamARI_Lab study. #WesternU #VR

This article was so much fun to write! It's amazing to look back on the shows I loved as a kid and realize we were duped into watching a commercial. As prof. Purac says, "there wasn’t even time for us to blink and collect ourselves; we were too busy collecting the toys.”

#SchulichMedDent is “uniquely positioned” in Canada to fight off future health threats thanks to $16M in federal funding to expand the ImPaKT biocontainment facility. schulich.uwo.ca/about/news/202…

#WesternU's Gordon Osinski @drcrater is leading scientific efforts to design and build Canada’s first lunar rover. “Many students, faculty & staff will play a part in this historic mission as we bring Canada and Western to the #Moon.” @Canadensys1 @csa_asc news.westernu.ca/2022/11/lunar-…

A new large-scale #longCOVID study led by @Comadork and @conorwild shows significant impairments in reasoning, speed of thinking and verbal abilities in patients with confirmed cases. #WesternU

An international team, including @westernuSpace researchers, used @NASAWebb to capture the most detailed and sharpest images ✨EVER✨ taken of the inner region of the Orion Nebula. #WesternU #JWST @csa_asc @cnrs @cnes @UnivParisSaclay @Obs_Paris news.westernu.ca/2022/09/jwst-p…

#WesternU is home to the only facility in Canada that can generate large weather systems in a controlled environment. Check out this amazing video that provides an insider's look at the WindEEE dome! youtu.be/yPQavyCGfq0 via @YouTube

Professor Cody Groat spoke to the @nytimes about the importance of repatriating Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican. @westernuHistory @cwilliamg #papalvisit #WesternU #indigenous-leaders-want-the-vatican-to-return-their-heritage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nytimes.com/live/2022/07/2…

"I think what’s so exciting is that already we can see unexpected things." - Sarah Gallagher, @westernuSpace director and @csa_asc science advisor on the first #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope images. #UnfoldTheUniverse #WesternU @scgQuasar @IvanSemeniuk theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Using innovative imaging techniques, researchers at @SchulichMedDent have identified for the first time, that debilitating symptoms associated with #LongCovid are related to issues with how oxygen is exchanged from lungs to the blood. news.westernu.ca/2022/06/innova…

It’s true, #WesternU is hosting the 57th @USPORTSca Vanier Cup! 🏆 While our @WesternMustangs have won eight Vanier Cups, this will be Western’s—and #LdnOnt’s—first time hosting the big game on November 26. @tourism_london news.westernu.ca/2022/06/wester…

On June 22 at 10 a.m. ET, #WesternU will take part in an interactive online event with @ZelenskyyUa, who will deliver a video address to students across Canada, hosted by @UofT. Visit @munkschool's YouTube channel to stream this live event.