Charlotte Yates, provost and vice-president (academic), appeared on TVO’s The Agenda March 21. Yates took part in a panel discussion on Ontario’s troubled steel industry. The panel debated whether government should offer funds to bail out producers, including examining if the situation is comparable to the auto industry bailout and the aid offered by Quebec […]
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A soy-based drinkable yogurt, specialty rolling papers made from soy fibre and an alternative soy-based fuel source are among the winners in this year’s Project SOY (Soybean Opportunities for Youth) competition. The 20th annual event, held March 18, showcased 13 projects created by University of Guelph students from the Guelph and Ridgetown campuses. “Project SOY […]
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Prof. Nigel Raine, Environmental Sciences, was interviewed by the Business News Network March 18 on pesticide effects on bumblebees and crop pollination. Holder of the Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation, Raine studies pesticides, bees and pollinator conservation. […]
Prof. Paula Menzies, Population Medicine, was interviewed by the Toronto Star March 19 about an unknown virus causing deformities in newborn sheep. Menzies studies sheep and goat disease and health management. […]
Animal biosciences professors Tina Widowski and Ian Duncan, who are faculty researchers with the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) at U of G, were interviewed for a radio documentary broadcast on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition March 20. The show looked at the treatment of animal welfare and government livestock regulations. […]
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The University of Guelph will receive $23 million from the provincial government to support critical infrastructure renewal at the top-ranked Ontario Veterinary College (OVC). The funding was announced Friday by Reza Moridi, minister of training, colleges and universities, and Liz Sandals, minister of education and MPP for Guelph. The money will support renovation and expansion […]
Homeless youth can benefit from owning pets but not without a few challenges, according to a new study from the University of Guelph. Led by researchers from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), the team found that homeless youth with pets are less likely to engage in potentially harmful behaviour, more likely to open up to […]
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Several U of G faculty, students and alumni will be recognized by the Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI) at its upcoming industry events. Prof. Bruce McAdams, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, was named Educator of the Year (2015) for his work with the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) certification programs, Garden2Table and his […]
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Experienced bumblebees prefer not to share their foraging knowledge with newbies, according to new research involving a University of Guelph professor. The study by environmental sciences professor Nigel Raine and researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) was published March 16 in the journal PLoS One. “Understanding how bees find and compete for flowers […]
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Valerie Lamenta, the goaltender for the University of Guelph’s women’s hockey team, was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) player of the year Wednesday night. She is the first Gryphon in history to win the Brodrick Trophy and only the third goalie to receive the honour since the sport made its CIS debut in the 1997-98 season. […]
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Advances in bioproducts for the automotive industry will be the topic of a full-day forum at the University of Guelph March 23. Hosted by the University of Guelph’s Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC), “Auto21 Knowledge Translation and Transfer” will showcase challenges and opportunities in using biomaterials for lightweight automotive parts. This inaugural event is […]
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A noted artist, photographer and sculptor will deliver this year’s Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art. Fred Wilson will speak about his museum installations of the past 25 years at War Memorial Hall on March 23. The free event begins at 6 p.m. Wilson, a 62-year-old Brooklyn-based artist, will discuss his recent sculptures in bronze […]
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Prof. Nigel Raine, Environmental Sciences, was interviewed by CBC News March 16, and March 14 by the Canadian Press, Yahoo News and the Daily Mirror. Raine discussed a study he co-authored on how pesticides affect bumblebees’ ability to forage for pollen. Raine studies pollination and crops, bees and pesticides. Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, Marketing and Consumer […]
A team of University of Guelph students has won second place in an international food development competition. The food science students — Jennifer Chow, Emily Lim, Gloria Wang and Shelley Kowalik – took part in the Research Chefs Association Student Culinology® Competition held in Denver, Colorado, last weekend. Student teams had to develop a retail […]
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College Royal will celebrate its 92nd year with more than 30,000 people expected at the University of Guelph March 19 and 20. The free event, running this year with the theme of “Rock ‘n Royal,” is North America’s largest student-run university open house. College Royal will feature live music in the University Centre courtyard and […]
Low levels of pesticides can impact the foraging behaviour of bumblebees on wildflowers, changing their floral preferences and hindering their ability to learn the skills needed to extract nectar and pollen, according to a study co-authored by a University of Guelph professor. The study, published March 14 in Functional Ecology, is the first to explore […]
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University of Guelph students raised more than $70,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society during the annual Relay for Life, surpassing their fundraising goal by more than $20,000. Teams of students participated in the 12-hour relay that was held in the Gryphon Field House March 12 and 13. Relay for Life takes place across Canada and the United […]
According to Canadian Blood Services, someone in Canada needs blood almost every minute of every day. To help fill this need, the U of G Campus Community Police is co-sponsoring a weeklong blood donation event for Canadian Blood Services March 17-24. The event will wrap up with a blood donor clinic in Peter Clark Hall […]
A University of Guelph graduate student hopes her study of monarch butterfly declines will ramp up views in a video contest by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Integrative biology master’s student Grace Pitman is one of 33 students selected in the current round of NSERC’s Science Action! video contest. The […]
If you’ve ever picked tomatoes before, you know what to look for: tomatoes that are red and firm. It’s a more challenging exercise for robots working in greenhouses. They need to be programmed to recognize what a ripe tomato looks like, grasp it with the right amount of pressure and package it without damaging it. […]