The University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA) presented five distinguished professorial teaching awards and a service award at a ceremony Oct. 25. Honoured for teaching were Profs. Evie Adomait, College of Management and Economics; John Dawson, College of Biological Science; Brad Hanna, Ontario Veterinary College; Jay Lampert, College of Arts; and Jack Trevors, Ontario Agricultural […]

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Political science professor Adam Sneyd will be lecturing on a new topic Oct. 30 – zombies – all for a good cause. The 300-plus students in Sneyd’s politics of development and underdevelopment course dared him to auction off a lecture in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Dare Campaign, which helps to fund the fight […]

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Starting Nov. 5, the Sustainability Office and a School of Environmental Sciences thesis group will be running the first-ever “Adopt-a-Bin” community recycling monitoring program at the University of Guelph. More than 200 volunteers are needed to monitor all of the recycling and garbage bins on campus, approximately 140 bins in 61 locations. Adopt-a-Bin participants will choose […]

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A retired Biomedical Sciences professor, who was a faculty member of the University of Guelph for 35 years, has died. Peter McGeary Mann passed away Oct. 20 at the age of 85. Mann was passionate about nature, aviation and stamps. He regularly wrote articles, edited many publications and was the Archivist for the Model Aeronautics […]

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In partnership with the community, U of G’s community police provide services aimed at preventing crime and solving problems that affect students, staff, faculty and visitors. The Campus Community Police provide immediate updates and information via Twitter and on the police website, where you’ll also find tips for personal safety and crime prevention, crime bulletins […]

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University of Guelph president Alastair Summerlee has accepted a report from the Institute on Governance (IOG) that reviews the operations of Guelph’s Human Rights and Equity Office (HREO). The consulting firm began the review in August, guided by a steering committee chaired by Don O’Leary, U of G vice-president (finance and administration). HREO is responsible […]

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Incentive prize draws sponsored by the University’s United Way committee will be held each Friday for the next four weeks: Oct. 12, 19 and 26 and Nov. 2. To be eligible for the draws, members of the University committee should submit a United Way pledge form to their area canvasser or drop it off at […]

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