University of Guelph professor emeritus Barry Smit has received the country’s top senior honour for an academic with his induction into the Royal Society of Canada. Smit, Department of Geography, has been honoured for his decades of work in climate change. “The election to the RSC is an honour that reflects the support and encouragement I […]
The University’s new strategic framework and awards for outstanding staff members were highlights of the 14th annual community breakfast at the University of Guelph today. President Franco Vaccarino launched U of G’s new strategic framework, the result of a process announced at last year’s community breakfast. “This new framework will guide our institutional planning and […]
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Working with U of G staff and faculty, Mansoor Naderi finds ways to push past limitations […]
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Psychology professor Lana Trick hasn’t driven since grad school. But the prospect of saving lives, and preventing injury and costly damage on the roads, will fuel her studies of motorists’ behaviour and performance with a state-of-the-art driving simulator unveiled this week at the University of Guelph. A cross-campus research team of psychologists, computer scientists and […]
U of G student Sasha Boulton is featured today on CBC radio. The biomedical engineering student is in Rio taking part in the first-ever Paralympic Games triathlon. Boulton is a guide for Christine Robbins, a legally blind athlete from Abbotsford, B.C., who hopes to have “the race of my life” during the games. The two […]
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Research on water servicing agreements with First Nations by a U of G professor and a researcher is featured in today’s Globe and Mail. Prof. Brady Deaton, holder of the McCain Family Chair in Food Security in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, and researcher Bethany Lipka wrote an op-ed about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s […]
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A green campaign to use fewer disposable coffee cups will be launched today at the University of Guelph. Organized by students and supported by U of G’s Hospitality Services department, the campaign aims to encourage the use of reusable coffee mugs through customer incentives and an advertising campaign to reduce single-use cups. About 25,000 cups […]
As students prepare for another school year, parents are being advised to pack lunches that aren’t just healthful but that also reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses. Keeping hot foods hot and cold foods cold is one of the easiest and most effective ways to keep everything safe, says Keith Warriner, a food science professor […]
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The University of Guelph awarded its top annual scholarships to incoming students Sept. 2 at the Arboretum Centre. The President’s Scholarships are awarded to first-year students based on high school achievements, leadership abilities and citizenship activities. This year’s recipients are Katherine Bailey, Andrew Shepherd, Hannah Woodhouse, Megan Sullivan, Amber Ziebarth, Catherine Dang and Mackenzie Cameron. […]
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Prof. Jim Petrik keeps a laser-like focus on the science of ovarian cancer. But his knowledge of what he calls an “insidious disease” has prompted the Ontario Veterinary College researcher to extend his efforts beyond the lab. Petrik and his lab members in the Department of Biomedical Sciences have partnered with local cancer survivor Frances […]
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The sights and sounds of progress are unmistakable. Three weeks before the scheduled Labour Day weekend opening of the new 170,000-square-foot Athletic Centre on the University of Guelph campus, the roar of heavy machines and electric saws is deafening. Sparks fly from various locations in the cavernous building. Dozens of construction workers focus on the […]
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The University of Guelph will receive more than $30 million from the federal and provincial governments to enhance research and innovation facilities. The funding will allow the University to undertake one of its largest-ever infrastructure improvement projects, involving six initiatives across campus. “This critical investment will allow us to expand our world-class facilities and the […]
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China is once again imposing restrictions on Canadian canola over concerns of blackleg, a fungal disease that destroys the crop. The Chinese did the same thing six years ago and Canadian researchers, including the University of Guelph’s plant agriculture professors Dave Hume and Mary Ruth McDonald, are wondering if the recent decision is based on science […]
The University of Guelph’s 2016 Community Breakfast will be held for faculty and staff Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the Gryphon Field House (located behind the W.F. Mitchell Athletics Centre on East Ring Road). The annual event is intended to mark the start of the academic year and to celebrate achievements […]
A video capturing a plant “sneezing” out pollen may be the only recording of its kind. University of Guelph emeritus professor Peter Kevan, School of Environmental Sciences, was quoted in a CBC article discussing how Paula Maria Montoya-Pfeiffer, a master’s student at the University of Sao Paulo, captured a plant’s explosive release of pollen on […]
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The University of Guelph will move about 5,000 new students into residences this fall, including a group to live near campus at the newly created Biology House. Some students will move in their belongings Friday, Sept. 2. Motorists should expect minor traffic disruptions that day on the campus ring roads and increased use of campus […]
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Does spreading mealworm margarine on a piece of toast sound like a good idea? University of Guelph professor Alejandro Marangoni, Food Science, isn’t so sure. Marangoni was interviewed for an article in The Washington Post on a new butter substitute made from mealworms. Dutch researchers are studying the viability of mealworms, which are sustainable and easy to cultivate, […]
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Human relationships and interactions form our social network. Crickets are no different, except their networks are simpler — no food photos or political rants plastered all over social media. Studying field crickets in Spain during his PhD at the University of Exeter, David Fisher — now a post-doctoral researcher in U of G’s Department of […]
You dine out, you tip. But according to University of Guelph Prof. Bruce McAdams, it could be time to end that common practice. Interviewed for a CBC article on the elimination of tipping, McAdams offered statistics from a recent study he co-authored that show inequality in wages between servers and kitchen staff. He said servers make about […]
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Prof. Beth Parker, School of Engineering and director of the U of G-based G360 Centre for Applied Groundwater Research, discussed the importance of industry funding to university research in a CBC News article Aug. 25. The story discussed community members’ questions and criticism after the centre received $460,000 from Nestlé Waters for seed money to apply […]
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