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Celebrating our 2024-2025 Student Experience Winners!

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The Student Experience Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of campus leaders who have made a meaningful and lasting impact on student life and the U of G community. Each year, students, staff and faculty are invited to nominate individuals who exemplify dedication, leadership, and a strong commitment to the University of Guelph and beyond. Visit the Student Experience […]

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U of G Invention Kills Food Pathogens in Seconds – Without Water or Pesticides

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Ten years ago, Dr. Keith Warriner saved candy apples.  In 2015, an outbreak of Listeria was rippling through caramel apples in California, sparking massive recalls amid dozens of infections, hospitalizations and several deaths.  “No retailer ever wanted to sell candy apples again,” recalls Warriner, a professor of food safety at the University of Guelph’s Ontario […]

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U of G Hosting Canada’s Biggest Teaching With AI Conference 

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How is the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence disrupting and evolving teaching and learning? How can educators adapt their teaching and assessment strategies, now as well as prepare for the future? And what are some of the opportunities for harnessing this technology to re-examine teaching?  These are just some of the questions to be explored […]

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U of G Researchers Explore Techniques to Transform Environmental Monitoring

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At the core of this research program is a partnership between the University of Guelph and Ecological and Regulatory Solutions. A cross-functional research program at the University of Guelph might hold the key to better environmental health assessments.  Dr. Robert Hanner, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Science and director of the Biodiversity Institute for […]

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Fit Learning into Your Life: School of Continuing Studies Evolves to Meet Modern Learning Needs

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The School of Continuing Studies might be based in Johnston Hall, but the scope and value of what it has to offer students at all stages of learning far exceeds the campus at the University of Guelph. “Our whole mission is to bring the world-renowned internal expertise we have at U of G to an […]

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Canisia Lubrin, Creative Writing Professor, Wins Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

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Canisia Lubrin, professor and coordinator of the University of Guelph’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, is the 2025 winner of The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Lubrin won for, Code Noir, and is the first Canadian to take home the prize. The Code Noir, or the Black Code, is a set of 59 […]

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Celebrating Asian and South Asian Heritage Month

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Asian Heritage Month

As we celebrate Asian and South Asian Heritage Month this May, U of G proudly joins communities across Canada in recognizing and celebrating the rich contributions of Canadians of Asian descent to our country. Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity to honour the diverse histories, cultures, and achievements of Asian communities – East Asian, Southeast […]

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Diversity, Human Rights AVP Appointed to NATO Association of Canada Board

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Indira Naidoo-Harris, associate vice-president, Diversity and Human Rights, at the University of Guelph, has been appointed to the board of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Association of Canada. “I am deeply honoured and excited to join the board of the NATO Association of Canada, an incredibly important organization right now when it comes to […]

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U of G Divests From Fossil Fuels 

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 The University of Guelph has completed its divestment from fossil fuel companies in its endowment portfolio, fulfilling a five-year, fossil-free divestment goal that began in April 2020.  Meeting the target date of early 2025, the Board of Governors has divested all of U of G’s endowment assets from companies that hold fossil fuel reserves.   The […]

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World’s Largest DNA Library Collects 15 Millionth Specimen 

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A tiny beetle from Costa Rica has just made scientific history, becoming the 15 millionth specimen in an archive that underpins an effort to build a genetic reference library cataloguing all life on Earth.  That library lives at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at the University of Guelph, which has an ambitious mission to collect, […]

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