A $1-million gift to the University of Guelph to protect pollinators honours the farming history of an Ontario family and the memory of Donald Pinchin. The donation will create the Pinchin Family Chair in Bee Health and the Don Pinchin Scholarship in Honey Bee Research and Beneficial Insect Health. Don Pinchin, who died in July 2015, […]
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If you live in Guelph, you might have an opportunity to take part in a University of Guelph research project that involves tagging and tracking local squirrels in and around the city. U of G scientists have launched a new project to combine field and laboratory investigations with citizen science monitoring techniques to study local […]
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Librarian Peggy Pritchard’s book, Success Strategies for Women in STEM, inspires female scientists around the world […]
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WATCH CONVOCATION LIVE Thousands of University of Guelph graduands will cross the stage during 2016 summer convocation ceremonies June 13-17. Several faculty members and students will receive awards for teaching, service and academic achievement as more than 3,400 graduands cross the stage. Top faculty awards will be presented to professor emeritus Maurice Nelischer, School of […]
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The University of Guelph community joins others around the world in mourning following the weekend tragedy in Florida. More than 50 people were killed early Sunday morning in a gay nightclub in Orlando, the worst mass shooting in American history. “Such senseless acts of violence and loss of human life are saddening and shocking,” said […]
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Story by Anna Wassermann, a U of G student writer with SPARK (Students Promoting Awareness Research and Knowledge) At the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), advanced surgical procedures for removing tumours are getting companion animals back on their paws. But sometimes tumours present themselves in odd and inaccessible locations, and innovative techniques are needed to locate […]
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Psychology professor Barbara Morrongiello is among 15 inaugural chairs named to the new Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) College of Reviewers. More than 100 candidates from across Canada applied for the positions. CIHR created the College to provide an internationally recognized resource for ensuring excellence in peer review for Canadian health research. Morrongiello and […]
Prof. Jeff Farber, Food Science, was interviewed by Canadian Living June 12, and by CTV News – Kitchener and CBC Radio stations across Canada May 30 and 31. In the Canadian Living interview, he spoke about recalls of food and ways consumers can protect themselves. In the CTV and CBC interviews, he discussed Health Canada’s recent […]
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Prof. Lianne Foti, Marketing and Consumer Studies, was interviewed by Radio-Canada International June 12, and CTV News Channel and CTV News – Kitchener June 6. She was discussing a U of G survey she co-authored looking at how Canadians are changing their shopping habits when it comes to purchasing fruits and vegetables. Foti studies sustainable […]
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Microbiology master’s student Richard Preiss and PhD student Angus Ross were featured in a CBC News article June 11. They discussed a business they started which looks to develop Ontario yeasts for micro-brewing. They started the business with help from the University of Guelph’s Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship. […]
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Big data research at the University of Guelph will get even bigger. The University has joined a collaborative research and development consortium in advanced computing and big data analytics. The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) brings together academic researchers, government and industry leaders to work on advanced computing and “big data” projects with […]
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Two University of Guelph innovations, a vaccine and a compostable coffee pod, received Innovation of the Year Awards at this year’s Gryphons LAAIR event. Two U of G research teams received the inaugural award after tying for top spot. The awards will be presented each year at the Gryphon’s LAAIR (Learning to Accelerated Adoption of […]
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The University of Guelph-based Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO) will help sponsor Canada’s largest “bioblitz” this weekend, along with the Royal Ontario Museum, the Toronto Zoo and Bird Studies Canada. The 24-hour event will be held in the Credit River watershed, from Port Credit to the Oak Ridges Moraine, from noon Saturday until noon Sunday. […]
Few things make Prof. Jennifer McWhirter cringe more than seeing people acting lackadaisical about the danger of skin cancer. McWhirter, Department of Population Medicine, is a member of the Ontario Sun Safety Working Group and studies beauty ideals, tanning, health communication and ways to prevent skin cancer. This is National Sun Awareness Week, and national […]
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Actor Will Sasso will film a new movie this week at the University of Guelph. Filming of The Grizzlies will run June 8-10 at U of G’s soccer complex, with one of its fields turned into a lacrosse field. The Canadian production is based on a true story about how a lacrosse team in a […]
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Fostering students’ mental health and well-being is the goal of a new document recently approved by the University’s Board of Governors and Senate. The Student Mental Health Framework will guide all decision-making in student mental health, said Brenda Whiteside, associate vice-president (student affairs). “Like other universities in the province, we are increasingly concerned about student mental […]
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Engineering professor Ed McBean recently led a Canadian delegation to assess solutions to water problems in China. McBean, holder of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Water Supply Security, attended the 11th annual Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC) in Jinan, the capital of eastern China’s Shandong province. Along with other Canadian delegates, he […]
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Iodine is a little known essential nutrient: we all need some to be healthy, but not too much. Iodized table salt currently provides most of the daily requirement, but cow’s milk is another important source. That’s especially true as people reduce their salt intake for health reasons, says population medicine professor David Kelton. Too much […]
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The University of Guelph has a new road map to guide planning for the months and years ahead. The strategic renewal framework was unanimously approved by the Board of Governors June 3 and the University’s Senate June 1. “This was a community effort and a hugely rewarding process,” said president Franco Vaccarino. “I would like […]
On July 8, 1917, renowned Canadian artist Tom Thomson, 39, disappeared during a canoe trip on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park. His body was discovered eight days later. Today his death is still shrouded in mystery: was it an accident, suicide or murder? Where are his remains really buried? An instructor at the University of […]
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