For the second year in a row, New York City will get a taste of Guelph and Canada from a University of Guelph chef and winners of U of G’s Good Food Innovation Awards. Vijay Nair, U of G’s executive chef, is part of a team of chefs who will cook at the James Beard […]
Prof. Andrea Breen, Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, was interviewed for a column that appeared on Canada.com and other publications May 24. The column by Marc and Craig Kielburger looked at the benefits of multi-generational families living together. Breen, who studies identity development, adolescence and early adulthood, discussed the benefits and challenges of this trend. […]
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Prof. Linda Mahood, History, was interviewed by the Toronto Star May 21. She discussed the history of hitchhiking and why it is no longer as popular as it was in the 1970s. Mahood is currently writing a book on hitchhiking in Canada. Her research focuses on 19th and 20th century British and Canadian history, and […]
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Study examines the way companies communicate privacy information and how consumers understand privacy implications […]
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Tarek Saleh has been appointed chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Ontario Veterinary College. He begins Sept. 1. Saleh is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Science at Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. He earned a doctorate from the University of Western Ontario and was […]
More than 3,000 athletes, coaches and family members will visit Guelph next week for the 2016 Ontario Special Olympics Spring Games. The provincial Spring Games May 26-28 will welcome participants and coaches from across Ontario and involve more than 600 local volunteers. The Special Olympics provide competitive opportunities for athletes ages eight and older — […]
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New turfgrass plots will soon be growing in the University of Guelph’s Arboretum. Site preparations are under way for grass plots to be planted in the north section of the Arboretum this month. Once mature, the grasses will become part of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI), relocating to the Arboretum in 2018. “Our goal is […]
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The future of the hotel industry is in the hands of today’s students, and U of G commerce student Aaron Laurie’s team won first place and $5,000 for their futuristic vision in the #hotelNEXT competition at the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference in Toronto. Together with teammate (and brother) Willam, a McMaster University commerce student, they […]
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A University of Guelph master’s student in creative writing has won the 2016 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Adnan Khan will receive the $10,000 prize, awarded each year to an emerging Canadian writer working on a major project. Khan was selected by author Rosemary Sullivan, whose non-fiction book Stalin’s Daughter won this year’s RBC Taylor […]
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How business can help create a sustainable world will be the focus of the 2016 Canadian small business conference, being held for the first time at the University of Guelph. The Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) conference will take place at U of G May 25-27. Delegates from industry and academia are […]
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Sparking conversation about issues faced by Canadian indigenous communities – from safe drinking water to pollution to flooding – is the purpose of a new podcast launched today by a team led by a University of Guelph student. The “Water Dialogues” podcast aims to bring together western science and indigenous perspectives, said Lindsay Day, a […]
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Profs. Bob Hanner, Integrative Biology, and Sylvain Charlebois, Marketing and Consumer Studies, were interviewed on TVO’s The Agenda May 17. They were discussing the growing practice of food fraud and what can be done about it. Hanner uses DNA barcoding to identify various species, and was involved in a 2013 study analyzing mislabeled seafood. Charlebois […]
If the grass is always greener on the other side of your fence, Prof. Katerina Serlemitsos Jordan can help you make your neighbours green with envy with a healthy lawn. An avid golfer, she decided to pursue a PhD in turf pathology and now works with golf courses, athletic fields and sod farms to diagnose […]
Prof. Jordi Diez, Political Science, was interviewed by the New York Times May 17 for a story looking at gay marriage in Mexico. Diez discussed the recent announcement by Mexico’s president to legalize gay marriage across the country. Diez studies Latin American politics, gay and lesbian rights in Latin America, and public policy-making in those […]
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An almost entirely accidental discovery by University of Guelph researchers could transform food and biofuel production and increase carbon capture on farmland. By tweaking a plant’s genetic profile, the researchers doubled the plant’s growth and increased seed production by more than 400 per cent. The findings were published in the March 2016 issue of Plant […]
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Gary Johnston bred Yukon Gold at the University of Guelph in 1966, elevating the potato to ‘”something special” […]
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Two School of Environmental Design and Rural Development professors will share their experience and skills outside of Guelph over the coming year. Prof. Wayne Caldwell, interim dean of the Ontario Agricultural College, is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities commission on global food security. The commission aims to address growing domestic […]
Carole Ann Lacroix, assistant curator of the Ontario Agricultural College Herbarium, was interviewed in the Toronto Star May 12. Lacroix discussed the importance of removing weeds and the difficulty in differentiating between weeds and flowers. Lacroix completed her master’s in invasive plant biology, and is past president of the Field Botanists of Ontario. […]
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The University of Guelph’s athletics department has won three Ontario University Athletics (OUA) awards for marketing and communications. The awards were presented at the OUA annual general meeting May 11. GryphVision was named best in webcast production for production quality, graphics, special features and on-air talent. An 18-member team produced more than 70 webcasts this […]
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Prof. Jim Uniacke, Molecular and Cellular Biology, was interviewed by Radio Canada International May 9. He discussed a study finding that cells make proteins in very different ways than shown in previous lab experiments conducted under higher oxygen levels than found in the body. Uniacke studies protein synthesis and how cells function. […]
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