Central Animal Facility Open House
Visit the Central Animal Facility and enjoy guided tours, displays, door prizes, a raffle and barbeque lunch (regular or veggie burger and pop for $6). Location: Central Animal Facility
Alumni Weekend 2016
Alumni and friends are welcome to our annual reunion. This year we are celebrating years ending in 1 or 6. Highlights of the weekend include the UGAA Awards of Excellence Gala, the President's Milestone Lunch, Livestock Research Innovation Centre tours, Alumni Pub with beer tasting, marche dinner and live music, the Great Gryphon Race and
Medicinal Plants Workshop
In herbal medicine, plants from the forest, meadow and garden can help treat a variety of health conditions. Join Guelph naturopathic doctor Elizabeth Cherevaty for this guided “herb walk” through the Gosling Wildlife Gardens, woods and meadows of the Arboretum as she highlights uses and habitats of important medicinal plants. Each participant will receive a
Night and Low-Light Photography Field Trip
Join photographer Sylvia Galbraith for an evening of fun in this hands-on field trip. This course is timed to take advantage of the (almost) full moon. The first hour will
PhD Qualifying Exam Seminar: Monika Korzun
Monika Korzun presents her qualifying exam seminar for the PhD in rural studies. Her seminar is titled, “Is there a better way to do science in agriculture? An examination of science in the GMO debate.” Everyone is welcome. Time: 2 p.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 143
38th Annual Sexuality Conference
The University of Guelph will host the 38th annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, Canada’s largest and longest-running sexual health forum, June 23 to 24. Featured lecturer for the event will be
Nominations Open for Honorary Degree Recipients
The Senate Honours and Awards Committee invites nominations for honorary degrees, the highest honour bestowed by the University. Details about the call for nominations, including the submission deadline, award guidelines and the nomination form, can be found on the University Secretariat website. For more information regarding the nomination process, contact Genevieve Gauthier, associate university secretary,
PhD Thesis Defence: Hanny Elsadr
Hanny Elsadr, a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend his thesis on "A Genome-Wide Association Study of Flowering and Fruit Quality Traits in Peach." Time: 1 p.m. Location: Crop Science, Room 202
PhD Thesis Defence: Kaila Fadock
Kaila Fadock, a PhD student in chemistry, will defend her thesis on "Aryl-Deoxyguanosine Probes: Application in G-Quadruplex Forming Aptamers." Time: 2 p.m. Location: Science Complex, Room 1511
COESP Summer Seminar
The College of Biological Sciences Office of Educational Scholarship and Practice (COESP) Summer Seminars address red-button issues identified by the CBS community. The first workshop deals with lesson planning using
Wednesday Night Walks
You never know what kind of creepy crawlers you'll stumble upon at home. Do you know what lurks on your windowsill, under old shelves and behind drawers? How have these
Wednesday Night Walk Presents “Arboretum Wars”
Believe it or not, ongoing battles occur between many species at the Arboretum, which can sometimes damage surrounding ecosystems. Who would’ve thought the Arboretum would be such a war zone?
Office 365 Migration
Email for faculty, staff and grad students on the Guelph campus will be migrating to Office 365 this weekend. Take some time to check out the pre-migration checklist and be
PhD Thesis Defence: Jadwiga Lyczko
Jadwiga Lyczko, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis on “'Soft' Mass Spectrometry in Drinking Water Analysis Using Differential Ion Mobility Spectroscopy." Time: 1 p.m. Location: Science Complex, Room 1511
Writing Tune-up: Day 1 of 2
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph and the public. You may attend the second day
Leadership Lecture Series in Engineering
Prof. Marius Henkel, visiting from the University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, and the Department of Bioprocess Engineering in Stuttgart, Germany, will present "Model-based Concepts in Bioprocess
Writing Tune-up: Day 2 of 2
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph and members of the public. You may attend the
Wednesday Night Walk Presents “Insect Inspectors: Beetle Mania”
Beetles, also known as “Coleoptera,” meaning “sheathed wings”, are the largest of the four insect groups. One out of every four living things identified is a beetle, and they’re everywhere!
Pokémon Meetup at AGG
Get your Poké on! The Art Gallery of Guelph is hosting a free meetup for PokémonGO players. Meet other trainers and check out all the PokéStops in the Sculpture Park.
International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the Ontario Veterinary College are co-hosting the 71st annual International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable