Saturday is National Cat Day, and while you are hugging your feline in celebration, take a moment to assess the girth of your furry friend. Nearly 60 per cent of cats in North America are obese, which University of Guelph researchers say is a serious health issue. “People have the image of Garfield in their […]
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University of Guelph president and vice-chancellor Franco Vaccarino wrote an op-ed column published in the Globe and Mail‘s Report on Business section Oct. 26. Writing as government ministers and officials from Canada, the United States and Mexico meet this week to discuss trade, development and co-operation under the annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord, Vaccarino discussed challenges […]
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Prof. Mike Von Massow, Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, was interviewed on CBC Radio Montreal – Radio Noon Oct. 26 and CBC Radio’s Ontario Today Oct. 24. He discussed supermarket and household food waste, and took calls from the audience. A member of the Guelph Food Waste Research Project, Von Massow studies food waste, sustainability and […]
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Prof. Amy Greer, Department of Population Medicine, was interviewed on CBC Radio – P.E.I. Oct. 26 at 4:10 p.m. Guelph time. She discussed an equine data collection project in the Maritimes in which U of G researchers are looking at preventing and controlling infectious diseases in horses. Holder of a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Population […]
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How do you create an opera for singers who can’t safely be in the same room with each other? That was one of the challenges faced by playwright, poet and librettist David James Brock, MFA ’06, as he worked on Breath Cycle, an opera for singers with cystic fibrosis (CF). Having more than one person […]
The University of Guelph’s Macdonald Hall — once the oldest residence on campus – will reopen Oct. 28 as the new home of the College of Business and Economics (CBE). Celebratory events will include an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for all students and members of the U of G community. During […]
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What makes a healthy family? Find out at the inaugural Creating Healthy Families Together conference at the University of Guelph Saturday, Oct. 29. The free public event will take place at the Summerlee Science Complex from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Organized by U of G researchers leading the 20-year-long Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS), […]
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An Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) professor and a staffer were the focus of a Globe and Mail story Oct. 22 on women in veterinary medicine. For the past decade, women have held about 80 per cent of the spots in Canadian veterinary schools. Prof. Michelle Oblak, Clinical Studies, and Elizabeth Lowenger, manager of student affairs at […]
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About one-third of post-secondary students are 25 or older, and many have long-term partners and children to complicate their work-life-school balance. Prof. Tricia van Rhijn, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, has researched the challenges and benefits for these older students and found there’s an increase in divorce rates when one partner goes back […]
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The University of Guelph was announced today among the winners of the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) awards for U of G’s India field school. U of G will receive the Panorama Award for Outstanding International Education Program in the academic category. The awards ceremony will take place during CBIE’s 50th anniversary annual conference […]
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Paul Uys, senior external director of the Food Institute of the University of Guelph, was interviewed Oct. 20 on CTV’s Your Morning. Uys discussed growth potential for meat substitutes and environmental issues associated with farm animals. He worked at Loblaw Companies Ltd. for 25 years, where he headed the product development department for several brands and […]
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For the first semester in a while, Mike Ridley is not teaching a course in U of G’s first-year seminar (FYS) program. The former chief librarian and chief information officer has delivered several perennial favourites to first-year students at U of G, including courses called “Twitter: #Profound or #Pretentious,” “Beyond Literacy” and “The #Stationary Crew.” […]
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Cow antibodies may hold the secret for making novel vaccines against human diseases from gut infections to HIV to cancer, according to a new paper by University of Guelph scientists. In an advance over existing vaccine technologies, the study found that the team’s engineered antibodies grafted with a microbial antigen improved immune response against a […]
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Now that another school year is well underway, thousands of children are walking to school each day across Canada. University of Guelph researcher Barbara Morrongiello is working to help keep them safe. Drivers need to pay extra attention to children crossing the street because they’re still learning how to evaluate traffic, says Morrongiello, a psychology […]
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There is still time to purchase tickets to this year’s College Idol, the University of Guelph’s annual talent show supporting the United Way. The event, which features performances by U of G faculty, staff and students over lunch, will be held Oct. 28 in Peter Clark Hall. Tickets must be purchased by Oct. 24. Doors […]
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Prof. Kate Parizeau, Geography, was interviewed for a World Food Day story that ran in Postmedia newspapers across Canada, including the Toronto Sun, Oct. 16. The story looked at the importance of reducing food waste in households. Parizeau discussed how her research team found that two-thirds of discarded food could still be eaten. She studies food […]
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The Food Institute of the University of Guelph also examined the issue of climate change and food. Cutting food waste will help combat climate change, say three University of Guelph professors this World Food Day. The United Nations World Food Day will take place Oct. 16 under the theme “Climate Is Changing: Food and Agriculture […]
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Possible repercussions from exploding Note 7 smartphones for Samsung’s dominant position in South Korea were the focus of an op-ed article in the Globe and Mail Oct. 13 co-authored by Prof. Timothy Dewhirst, Marketing and Consumer Studies. He said the issue will renew calls in that country to rethink family-owned business conglomerates, called chaebols. Dewhirst studies brand strategy, […]
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The University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) will have new cutting-edge surgical facilities for companion animals, thanks to a $2.5-million leadership gift from La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso. The gift was made through the Friends Together for Longer fundraising campaign of OVC’s Pet Trust, and will support the $9-million project to create new surgery and […]
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Alison Wearing’s preparation for a career as a writer and performer began more than 30 years ago as a preteen. When her classmates would ask about her weekend, Wearing would make up stories about her adventures. It was the 1980s and she was living in small-town Peterborough, Ont., and Wearing felt she couldn’t tell them […]
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