The U of G-invented Yukon Gold potato was featured in an April 23 Maclean’s magazine article. The story discusses the 50th anniversary of the “game changing” potato and one man’s efforts to increase public awareness of the spud, including writing a textbook. The Yukon Gold potato was created in 1966 by the late Gary Johnston, a […]
Inuit community-based project will collect data on all facets of health […]
Soy isoflavones and peptides may inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses, according to a new study from University of Guelph researchers. Soybean derivatives are already a mainstay in food products, such as cooking oils, cheeses, ice cream, margarine, food spreads, canned foods and baked goods. The use of soy isoflavones and […]
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Plant agriculture professor Gale Bozzo is researching how to store apples and pears so they last longer […]
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Nathan Skoufis competes internationally while balancing martial arts training, instructing and academic studies […]
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The University of Guelph’s Board of Governors today approved the 2016-2017 budget plan including the general operating budget. The general operating budget is the largest component of the University’s $725 million in revenue, accounting for $420 million. The budget includes $4 million earmarked for new student assistance programs and about $20 million in new available revenues, resulting mostly […]
Research looking at a program designed to improve healthy behaviours in toddlers was featured by CBC News. Lead researcher Kathryn Walton was interviewed by CBC Radio’s The Morning Edition. She spoke about why parents felt the program reduced their stress levels and helped improve their children’s overall behaviour. Walton and Prof. Jess Haines, Family Relations […]
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New GryPHone Lab provides cross-disciplinary learning opportunities for students and researchers […]
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A University of Guelph mathematics professor will join the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Waterloo, Ont., as a visiting fellow. Prof. Bei Zeng, who studies quantum entanglement and quantum information theory in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was named one of this year’s Emmy Noether Visiting Fellows. The program supports early-career female […]
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“Everything ended.” That’s how Valeria Martinez describes her feelings the day she learned that her beloved Rottweiler, Cujo, had cancer. A bump on Cujo’s leg was diagnosed as osteosarcoma, the same type of bone cancer that killed Canadian icon Terry Fox. Martinez came to the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) for help. At […]
Elementary and high school students will talk science – lots of it – at the University of Guelph over the next two weeks. U of G will host Let’s Talk Science events on DNA and chemistry this month. On April 21 as part of Canada’s DNA Day, students will look at the role of the […]
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Prof. Brady Deaton, Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), was interviewed by the Globe and Mail April 18. Deaton discussed why some farmers are looking to expand their operations and buy land instead of renting it. He studies food production, rural development and farmland ownership. […]
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U of G research on saving the monarch butterfly was featured in an April 16 Toronto Star op-ed co-authored by environmentalist David Suzuki. Prof. Ryan Norris, Integrative Biology, and post-doctoral researcher Tyler Flockhart are partnering with the David Suzuki Foundation to plant more milkweed, which monarchs depend on for survival, in southern Ontario infrastructure corridors. […]
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Prof. Sylvain Charlebois was interviewed by Maclean’s April 16. He discussed the trend to support Canadian grocery products. He was featured on the popular CBC Radio program The Current April 5 as part of a story on high-tech in farming practices. The marketing and consumer studies professor also did a live interview with the Business News […]
Gryphon swimmer Evan Van Moerkerke is on his way to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio this summer. Van Moerkerke, a fourth-year student, earned a spot on the 400m freestyle relay team during the Canadian Olympic trials held in Toronto earlier this month. He also qualified for the 2016 world short course championships taking place […]
Prof. Ross McKitrick, Economics and Finance, was interviewed by CBC News April 15. McKitrick spoke about how Ontario’s green energy strategy affects hydro rates. He studies environmental economics and Ontario energy policies. […]
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A University of Guelph psychology professor has won the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS). Linda Parker received the honour during the ICRS’s annual symposium in Bukovina, Poland, the last week of June. The award recognizes a senior researcher who has dedicated his or her career to cannabinoid and endocannabinoid […]
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A professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics appeared on TVO’s The Agenda April 14. Prof. Glenn Fox was interviewed by host Steve Paikin as part of a segment on land policy and farmland. He discussed the cost of preventing development of farmland. The interview is based on an economic analysis co-authored […]
An educational program offered to parents and young children at community centres may provide benefits beyond its initial goal of reducing childhood obesity, according to a new University of Guelph study. The pilot study found that parents in the Parents and Tots Together (PTT) program reported less stress and better management of their children’s general […]
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Ajay Heble, a University of Guelph English and Theatre Studies professor, is stepping down as artistic director of the Guelph Jazz Festival, which he founded 23 years ago. Heble will retire after the 2016 festival, which will run Sept. 14-18. He has served as artistic director since beginning the festival in 1994. “This has been […]
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