Today, on National Philanthropy Day, U of G recognizes the 12,731 donors who gave a total of $31,334,587 last year. Their support helps students, faculty, staff, researchers and the campus community to improve life. Behind every gift to the University of Guelph is a great story about a donor and what inspired them to give. Alumni Affairs […]
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The University of Guelph has received a $4.7 million investment from the federal government through a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) and the renewal of three others. U of G now has 26 chairholders in a range of disciplines across campus. The appointment and renewals were announced by the federal government this week. “Our researchers are […]
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Prof. Ze’ev Gedalof was interviewed for a Nov. 15 Global News story talking about what can be done to prevent disastrous wildfires in California. A professor in U of G’s Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Gedalof talked about how development has played a role in the damage caused by the California wildfires. He also […]
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Urban design solutions meant to keep cities cool – such as street trees and cooling evaporative roofs – can mitigate daytime urban warming, but they do little to stop temperatures from rising at night, a new study has found. Published in Nature Climate Change on Nov. 10 and led by U of G’s Prof. Scott […]
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Prof. Norman O’Reilly was interviewed for a Nov. 13 New York Times article about a settlement between the National Hockey League and hundreds of retired hockey players who accused the league of hiding the dangers of repeated head injury. The deal must be approved by the 318 former players who joined the lawsuit, and there are doubts […]
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The busier the neighbourhood, the bigger the brain — at least for pumpkinseed sunfish, according to a pioneering study by University of Guelph biologists. Brains of sunfish living in more complex shoreline habitats are larger than those of their counterparts in simpler open water, according to the study published recently in Proceedings of the Royal […]
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Douglas McCalla, a U of G professor emeritus, spoke to The Globe and Mail for a Nov. 10 story about the economic effects on Canada of the First World War. McCalla, a former Canada Research Chair in Canadian Rural History, talked about the mythology around the war and the economic opportunities it created for Canada. […]
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Prof. Nigel Raine appeared in a Nov. 8 WIRED article about a new robot that can track sick bees. Scientists are gluing QR codes to bumblebees’ backs and tracking their movements with a robotic camera, the WIRED report states. Researchers have created a system that tracks individual bees as well as whole colonies exposed to […]
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The University of Guelph is committed to providing stable, secure and predictable pension benefits for its employees. The University of Guelph, University of Toronto and Queen’s University — together with their respective faculty associations, the United Steelworkers (USW) and representatives of the non-unionized employees at the three universities — are working diligently to develop a […]
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The University of Guelph’s sustainable commerce MBA program has been recognized as one of the best in the world. In a new ranking released this week, U of G places ninth globally among graduate business programs with a sustainability focus. The 16th annual Better World MBA Rankings by the Toronto-based Corporate Knights — a media, […]
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Prof. Rozita Dara, an expert on data governance, is available to discuss Canada Post’s privacy breach involving 4,500 Ontario cannabis customers. Canada Post publicly admitted to the breach after the province’s only outlet for legal recreational marijuana notified clients alerting them to the fact that their personal information had been inappropriately accessed, according to a Toronto […]
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This year, in observance of Remembrance Day: Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast from Friday, November 9 through Sunday, November 11 A wreath will be placed at the base of the University Centre flags A service will be held starting at 11 a.m. on November 11 in Branion Plaza President Vaccarino will lay a wreath […]
On Nov. 13 from 7 a.m. til noon, about half of the parking spaces available in P12 (by the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre) will be reserved for guests to campus. Alternate parking can be found in: P13 in the south end of campus P19 in the north end of campus, and P30 in the far […]
U of G’s football team will head to the 111th Yates Cup this Saturday in London, Ont., to face the defending Vanier Cup champions and No. 1-ranked Western Mustangs. The game will take place at Western’s TD Stadium with kickoff at 1 p.m. This will mark the first meeting of the 2018 season between these two […]
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Be part of the action this Saturday and cheer on the Guelph Gryphons as they take on the Western Mustangs at the Yates Cup OUA football championship game in London, Ont.! On Nov. 10, the departments of Athletics and Student Housing are offering a FREE bus trip and game ticket for up to 300 community […]
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Prof. Jamie Gruman was featured in a Nov. 6 Global News story about the benefits of spending your vacation at home, rather than shelling out for a fancy trip. Author of Boost: The Science of Recharging Yourself in an Age of Unrelenting Demands, Gruman talked about how many of us feel pressure to go somewhere if […]
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Prof. Lynn McDonald appeared in a Nov. 6 CBC News story about solitary confinement in a Saskatchewan prison where one inmate has been held for 44 days and counting. The inmate, Noel Harder, is a former police witness for a major police investigation. The story was picked up by MSN.ca. McDonald, a former MP and […]
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Prof. Catherine Carstairs was featured in the Huffington Post and on MSN.ca on Nov. 2 in articles about the history of racism and marijuana prohibition. Carstairs, a professor in the Department of History at U of G, talked about how Canada’s criminalization of cannabis could have been an attempt to tie the product to certain immigrant […]