I am deeply saddened to report to our community that we have experienced two instances of hate graffiti of a racist nature in our student residences. The University of Guelph takes all acts of hate very seriously and refers all incidents to the City of Guelph police. The residence community responded quickly. In addition to […]
Prof. Wayne Caldwell Elected to Planning Association
Prof. Wayne Caldwell, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, has been named president of the Association of Canadian University Planning Programs. The group consists of 18 universities offering programs in urban and regional planning toward accreditation by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Caldwell’s term will begin in October at the CIP national conference. […]
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Preeclampsia Foundation Supports Guelph Researcher
Prof. Coral Murrant, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, has received one of two $25,000 grants from the Preeclampsia Foundation. The awards provide initial funding for novel research pertaining to the causes, diagnosis and treatment of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Murrant is working to understand the processes that determine blood flow control to the placenta and […]
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Improv Lets Kids with Disabilities Make Music Like Pros
Music coach says there are fewer ways to be wrong and more ways to be creative […]
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Student Project Leads to Lucrative Career and TV Stardom
Television host Scott McGillivray still fixes leaky faucets for his Guelph tenants […]
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Prof Receives National Recognition for Promoting Ecohealth
Prof. David Waltner-Toews, Population Medicine, was honoured with the inaugural Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Ecohealth award in recognition of his role in promoting the emerging field of ecosystem approaches to health. He was nominated by the Canadian Community of Practice for Ecosystem Approaches to Health. Waltner-Toews received the award at the EcoHealth 2010 […]
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Food Sleuths Use Science to Search for Clues
Agriculture and food lab tests for food allergens […]
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Teenagers Need a Clear Sense of Identity
New family studies prof looks at why some at-risk youth succeed in society while others don’t […]
Art Historian Reads Other People’s Mail
Sally Hickson uses 500-year-old letters to paint a new image of the Italian Renaissance […]
Guelph Student Heads to Climate Forum in China
A University of Guelph student has been selected by the British Council of Canada as one of the five young Canadians who will be attending climate forums on finance and media in Shanghai, China, Sept. 1 to 7. David Lawless was chosen through a national competition for International Climate Champions. The second-year ecology student will […]
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Prof Elected to European Academy
Environmental sciences Professor Jack Trevors has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Founded in 1990, the organization focuses on three core areas: developing knowledge, disseminating scientific information and implementing major multinational projects across academic disciplines and national borders. Its more than 1,200 members are researchers, philosophers and artists from Europe, Asia […]
Performance Evaluations Aren’t Always Honest
Psychology prof says managers may try to encourage an employee or avoid confrontation […]
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Marketing Student Appears in Disney Movie
Hiking in Rockwood led him to a casting call for background actors […]
If You Dig Potatoes, Read On
Master’s student looks for varieties with even more healthful nutrients […]
Student Off to Livestock Congress
U of G student Amanda Brodhagen is among 20 students from around the world selected to participate in the International Livestock Congress in Calgary next week. “I have a lot to prepare but I’m really excited. I’ve never been out West before,” says Brodhagen, a fourth-year political science student who was raised on a beef […]
What’s the Right Retirement Fund, and How Do We Know?
Marketing prof studies how consumers make savings choices […]
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Computer Scientists Challenge the Human Eye ─ and Lose
But new software can perceive real-world colours almost as well as people […]
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Retired Sociology Prof Dies at Age 84
Retired Prof. Samuel Sidlofsky died Aug. 6 at the age of 84. He was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His department started a retirement tribute prize when he retired in 1991, and it’s now awarded annually in honour of all retiring department faculty. A department scholarship in his name […]
Little Research Lab on the Prairie
Prof helps restore some of southern Ontario’s native prairie […]
New Director Named for Kemptville Campus
Claude Naud has been appointed director of the University of Guelph ─ Kemptville Campus. In this role, he will provide vision and direction for all activities at Kemptville’s main campus and its affiliated research stations in Winchester, New Liskeard and Emo. Naud’s five-year term begins Aug. 23. The announcement was made by Ontario Agricultural College […]