Two University of Guelph English professors have been shortlisted for the Trillium Book Awards, Ontario’s premier prize for literary excellence. Dionne Brand was shortlisted for her novel Love Enough, and retired professor Thomas King made the list for his novel The Back of the Turtle. Both are nominated in the English-language category. The finalists were announced today, […]
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A look at how people drive, bus, cycle and walk to U of G and around campus […]
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Consuming slightly more fructose can lead to addictive behaviour and potential health risks, according to a new University of Guelph-led study. Researchers at U of G and Rockefeller University in New York City compared the effects of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), sucrose and saccharin in rats, and found similarities in animals fed HFCS and in […]
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Robin Begin, director of campus community police and fire prevention, has been named manager of students at risk in the Office of Student Affairs. With the recent integration of health, wellness and counselling support services on campus, Student Affairs needed to provide additional leadership and support for student mental health and safety issues, says Brenda […]
Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, known as a champion of survivors of child and sexual abuse, will receive the 2015 Lincoln Alexander Outstanding Leader Award from the University of Guelph. Kennedy will be recognized May 27 by U of G’s College of Business and Economics (CBE). The award honours exemplary and dedicated Canadian leaders whose […]
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Although employers are often unable to detect deceit, behavioural cues can help determine if a job candidate is being truthful […]
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Inventions by two University of Guelph students were among the top 10 Ontario university student entries in a design competition this month intended to remove barriers for people with disabilities. Zoe Wimmer and Mark Goldberg were recognized by the Council for Ontario Universities’ (COU) annual Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition. They will showcase […]
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A University of Guelph engineering professor has been recognized with a national award by Engineers Canada. Prof. Suresh Neethirajan received a 2015 Young Engineering Achievement Award as part of the awards the organization hands out each year. Neethirajan was recognized for reaching “global stature through his outstanding research and accomplishments in the area of biological […]
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A national report released this week on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified (LGBT+) people in the workplace was authored by two University of Guelph graduate students. Thomas Sasso and Amy Ellard-Gray, both psychology PhD students, prepared the report for the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) and for Pride at Work […]
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U of G appoints inaugural accessibility officer and marks accessibility awareness events on campus […]
A University of Guelph student will receive a year’s free tuition as one of three winners of an Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) prize for photography. Alison Postma, now studying studio art at U of G, was selected for the 2015 Aimia |AGO Photography Prize. The annual national contest, which began in 2013, recognizes three […]
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Prof. Nigel Raine was featured on National Public Radio May 20, commenting on the action plan of the Obama administration to reverse the decline of honeybees in the United States. The plan calls for, among other things, restoring millions of acres of bee-friendly habitat lost to development and farming. Raine, an environmental sciences professor who studies pollination ecology, […]
Agri-food research at the University of Guelph will be enhanced through a new grant and scholarship supported by the former George Morris Centre. The George Morris Centre, an agri-food think tank, ceased operations at the end of 2014. Earlier, the centre announced plans to transfer its net assets to U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College. […]
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It sounds like science fiction, but University of Guelph researchers have found that crops can “talk” and “make decisions” about their growth – and that a pesticide can change their plans and improve their growth. The research team led by Prof. Clarence Swanton, Plant Agriculture, found in two studies that crops communicate and react to […]
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A U of G student-led team of entrepreneurs placed in the top 10 among 58 post-secondary institutions across Canada in the 2015 Enactus Canada Student Entrepreneur National Competition. The team was also named the National Rookie Champion, an honour that goes to the start-up team whose project helps empower people in their community. With the […]
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Fourth-year project evolves into Emerge Magazine and spinoffs that include a national awards program […]
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Shawn Camp, coach of the University of Guelph men’s hockey team, has been named the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) FOX 40 Male Coach of the Year. The annual award recognizes the top male and female OUA coaches for all sports. Camp was named the winner Thursday during the OUA general meeting in Collingwood. In addition, […]
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Professor emeritus Jim Stevens has been using the campus facility since it opened in 1958 […]
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A few seconds is all it takes to vote for the People’s Choice winner of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition – less time than it took for them to present their research. The annual event invites graduate students to explain their research in three minutes or less to a panel of non-expert judges. Meghan […]
OVC professor Stefan Keller hopes to update and improve lymphoma testing in cats and dogs, and extend it to other animals […]
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