The University of Guelph will receive nearly $2 million from the provincial government for research ranging from studying current and emerging viruses, to investigating heart health, to using genomics to improve health and food safety, to designing the next generation of nuclear reactors. The announcement was made on campus today by Liz Sandals, MPP for […]
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A University of Guelph professor and cancer researcher has made this year’s “Top 10” list of most influential Hispanic Canadians. Alicia Viloria-Petit, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), was honoured Thursday during an event in Toronto. Luis Almagro Lemes, secretary general of the Organization of American States, […]
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The University of Guelph was recognized by the local United Way with major awards for its 2016 campaign. The announcements were made today during a luncheon hosted by United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin. This year, the U of G community has raised $625,000, with donations still being counted, for one of its most successful United […]
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An initiative by the Department of Plant Agriculture to compile, save and efficiently distribute important Canadian hop varieties was featured in the National Post Dec. 15. Prof. Praveen Saxena said the team aims to create a genetic library to propagate on demand high-quality hops for brewing beer. Saxena and his colleagues will produce clones of cultivars […]
Research at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer was the subject of a CTV story Dec. 15. The story featured work by Prof. Paul Woods, Clinical Studies, on osteocarsoma in dogs. Woods is helping to run a clinical trial with the U.S. National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium. This […]
A University of Guelph professor is among the nominees for the 48th annual NAACP Image Awards. Lawrence Hill was nominated this week in the Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction category for his novel The Illegal. The NAACP Image Awards celebrate accomplishments of people of colour in television, music, literature and film, and also honour individuals […]
The holidays can be a difficult time for new Canadians, especially immigrants and refugees who find themselves in a country where they don’t speak the language, and may not have any friends or family. University of Guelph psychology professor Saba Safdar is studying the refugee experience in Canada, Germany and Spain from a social, economic […]
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A memorial fund honouring the memory of alumna Grace Glofcheskie, who died a year ago, was featured on CTV News Dec. 13. Appearing during the segment was Lisa Hood, associate director with Alumni Affairs and Development, which worked with the Glofcheskie family to create the endowed scholarship. Also interviewed was fourth-year biomedical sciences student Heather […]
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Can humans and the natural world co-exist? As human uses increasingly threaten the Earth’s natural spaces, a new ecological model developed by University of Guelph researchers suggests that so-called mosaic ecosystems may be near a “tipping point” and that conserving these landscapes requires taking a longer and more balanced view. From harvesting forests to growing […]
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Like a taut spring, master’s student Baraka Gitari hops around his supervisor’s plant agriculture lab to show off the components of his nanoscience project. Here’s an incubator for growing bacteria. Here’s an autoclave for sterilizing growth medium. And here in the cooler is a bottle of Canadian maple syrup. Wait: maple syrup? That ingredient is […]
A cookbook born out of lessons learned from the Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS) at the University of Guelph will help busy families, say the study’s researchers. The GFHS is following families for 20 years to see whether lifestyle behaviours and strategies adopted early in life have long-term health benefits. The study’s researchers and students […]
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Insects love to mate, says University of Guelph professor Peter Krell. He will use that fact of bug life – along with new Genome Canada funding announced today – for studies intended ultimately to yield a pioneering “antenna in a box” for battling invasive insects that threaten to devastate parts of Canada’s multibillion-dollar forestry sector […]
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University community members are being invited to help in selecting the next University of Guelph chancellor. Community members may submit the names of individuals who fit the Senate’s chancellor profile by emailingchancellor@uoguelph.ca. Suggestions are welcome before Jan. 3. The chancellor profile can be found on the Secretariat’s website. The chancellor is the ceremonial head of […]
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Undergrad earns Best Demo award Madison McCarthy, a U of G undergrad engineering student, recently received international accolades for his work that prevents isolated wireless network failures and helps ensure crucial data can get where it needs to be. Together, McCarthy and engineering professor Petros Spachos received the IEEE Best Demo Award for their paper […]
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University of Guelph research puts a health lab right in your pocket Your smartphone can share photos with your friends, hail you a taxi, and reserve a table at your favourite restaurant. And one day, thanks to a partnership between the University of Guelph and Google, it could also save your life. The top drawer […]
First-year biology student Sara Kuwatly was profiled in the Globe and Mail Dec. 8 as part of a feature on the challenges of Syrian refugees who have recently moved to Canada. Kuwatly, who fled with her family from the war-torn region, discussed how she is adjusting to living in Guelph and away from her family, as well […]
A research program led by biomedical sciences professor Tami Martino, director of the U of G Centre for Cardiovascular Investigations, was featured Dec. 7 in Circulation, a top cardiovascular disease-prevention journal produced by the American Heart Association. Martino’s research into the best time to give a recovery drug to patients was discussed in the report, […]
The potential role of gut bacteria in autism was discussed by Prof. Emma Allen-Vercoe, Molecular and Cellular Biology, in an interview with Today’s Parent Dec. 6. Today, one in 68 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, compared to one in 150 in 2000, and Allen-Vercoe said the complex relationship we have with the gut ecosystem […]
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Prof. Karyn Freedman, Philosophy, wrote a column for the Huffington Post Dec. 6 looking at a recent letter by a group of Canadian authors defending a writer accused of several offences, including sexual misconduct and bullying. Freedman said the letter makes it more likely that marginalized voices will be sidelined forever. Her book One Hour […]
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A book by a University of Guelph history and European studies professor has made the “best books of the year” list published by a national British newspaper. The Guardian named Alan McDougall’s People’s Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany among the best sport books of 2016. The book, published by Cambridge University Press, […]