The University of Guelph-based “father of DNA barcoding” has been chosen to receive a top international honour. Prof. Paul Hebert will receive the 2018 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hebert will be the first Canadian to receive the award, given every two years since […]
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The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on April 27 to mark the Day of Mourning in Canada. The flags will remain at half-mast until nightfall on April 28. This is the 27th anniversary of the event, observed on April 28 each year to honour people who have died or been injured on the […]
The University of Guelph community joins others in Canada in mourning following Monday’s tragedy in Toronto. At least 10 people were killed, some of them believed to be students, and more than 15 injured when a man driving a cargo van intentionally struck pedestrians on Yonge Street in Toronto. “This is a shocking and devastating tragedy,” said […]
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CBC Radio’s Ideas With Paul Kennedy rebroadcast a two-part series on the future of food featuring Prof. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute at U of G. “Confronting the ‘perfect storm’: How to feed the future” aired April 13 and “The hidden power of food: Finding value in what we eat” April 20. The series […]
University of Guelph mathematics student Michael Griffiths is showing he has the right formula to excite the sophisticated taste buds of judges on the popular CTV television series MasterChef Canada. Chosen from hundreds of cooks from across the country, the applied mathematics and statistics graduate student recently advanced to the show’s top 10. MasterChef Canada […]
A founding organization of the fair trade label, and an expert on climate change and nutrition, will receive the inaugural Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards at the University of Guelph. Solidaridad, based in the Netherlands, and Harvard University professor Samuel Myers will each receive $100,000 at the inaugural Arrell Food Summit hosted by U of G May 22-24. […]
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Next month, Animal Care Services will launch a new program to support animal research teams at U of G. The new post-approval review program works to support research teams, review animal activities and support training efforts. It will also help share knowledge and innovations between projects to benefit animal-based research across U of G. The […]
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Physical Resources will conduct its annual campus electrical shutdown April 28, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Select buildings on campus will be without power during the shutdown. What WILL be affected A full list of buildings included in the shutdown is at the end of this article. The shutdown will turn off: Heating Ventilation Air […]
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What kind of data do you need to make informed decisions in your work and research? How do you need to access that data? Institutional Analysis and Research (IAR) is collaborating with CCS to develop a data strategy for U of G. The strategy will help support decision making by providing accessible, comprehensive and reliable […]
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By Michael von Massow and Alfons Weersink […]
Prof. Scott Weese is featured in April 17 Washington Post and CBC News stories about a study that found roughly one in four mice in New York City tested positive for at least one antimicrobial-resistant gene. In the articles, Weese says this result isn’t surprising, as pets, food animals and wildlife can carry a wide range of resistant […]
To recognize Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, U of G News highlights researchers working on protecting and preserving Earth. They are available for media interviews. Prof. Merritt Turetsky, Department of Integrative Biology Climate Change and Wildfires An ecosystem ecologist, Prof. Merritt Turetsky investigates the impact of climate change on the Canadian landscape, including the […]
It’s not only the baldness prevention and freckle remover formulas that are making copies of The Canadian Receipt Book fly off the shelves. The new volume, a facsimile of a very old, rare book discovered in the University of Guelph Library archives, also includes curatives for pig leprosy and inflammation of the haw, and more pudding […]
By Thanasis Stengos […]
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Two University of Guelph researchers will receive grants totalling nearly $1.3 million from the Walmart Foundation. Both grants will support food waste reduction projects by U of G professors Mike von Massow, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, and Mario Martinez, School of Engineering. Cutting household food waste and developing a nutritional supplement from […]
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UPDATED: April 19 at 9 a.m. Exams on April 21 will be written in the following locations. Exams originally scheduled for April 14 at 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. – write in the main gym in the W.F. Mitchell Centre (listed as AC 122A on the exam schedule). Exams originally scheduled for April 14 at 2:30 p.m. […]
Data is at the heart of successful, high-quality research. A data management plan (DMP) can help protect your research data and extend the reach of your research. What is a data management plan? Data management plans describe how researchers will work with project data. A strong data management plan helps: improve project efficiencies reduce the risk of […]
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Prof. Merritt Turetsky is featured in a Toronto Star story about a new study showing global carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires declined in the last 90 years as populations grew. However, this same trend did not play out in Canada. In the article, Turetsky points to climate change as one of the reasons for more fire […]
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Instead of waking up before dawn to milk cows manually, many dairy farmers now use robots to milk — and those robots do more than just milk cows. They can also provide valuable information about the animals’ overall health. University of Guelph researchers tracked data captured by robotic milking systems to monitor cattle health, and found indicators […]
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Prof. Graham Taylor, School of Engineering, has been selected by Google’s California head office as a visiting faculty member with the company’s team of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers in Montreal. Beginning in September, Taylor, a machine learning expert, will spend an eight-month research leave with Google’s AI team in Montreal. He plans to explore machine […]
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