U of G faculty, staff and students can get information about ongoing construction projects in the City of Guelph via a new website: http://guelph.ca/remastered/. The Guelph Remastered site includes lists of road closures and detours as well as updates and information about current and future infrastructure improvement projects. There are about 25 major projects that […]
U of G Library Approved for Statistics Canada Data Centre
The University of Guelph Library will soon be home to a Research Data Centre (RDC) branch that will allow U of G researchers to access microdata from population and household surveys conducted by Statistics Canada. The branch will open this fall and will be staffed by a Statistics Canada employee 20 hours per week, enabling […]
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Fewer Cars on Campus During Commuter Challenge
University of Guelph participants managed to reduce close to 2,500 kilograms of carbon emissions and travel 8,700 kilometres using sustainable modes of transportation during this year’s Commuter Challenge. The annual campaign is a national week-long event aimed at reducing the number of single-occupancy vehicles driven to work each day by encouraging people to find green […]
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Pride Toronto Festival Features Guelph-Humber Poet
Master’s student Nancy Jo Cullen will receive Writer’s Trust award […]
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U of G Researchers Mentor a Future Scientist
High school student Brian Krug has worked in four U of G labs […]
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Guelph Grows an Old-Growth Forest
Environmental science professor applauds the local effort […]
Prof. Thomas Koch Featured Speaker at Toronto Conference
Thomas Koch, a U of G adjunct biomedical sciences professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, will be a featured speaker at the first annual International Models of Human Diseases conference June 29 at the University of Toronto. Talks will focus on how a range of different models can be used to further research into cures […]
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Former Prof Speaks Fondly of the Textiles Building
The Textiles Building is being demolished and will be no more. It was never a particularly elegant building, much overshadowed by the magnificent red brick buildings across the way that housed the Macdonald Institute. But I always had a fondness for it because it was there, in its earlier incarnation as crop science, that I […]
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Prof. Rob McLaughlin Honoured by Governor General
Recently retired professor Rob McLaughlin, former dean of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), is among the recipients of an inaugural Governor General’s Award in Celebration of the Nations Table. The honour recognizes and celebrates efforts to improve the quality, variety and sustainability of Canada’s food table. The new award includes five categories for achievement in […]
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SPARK Students Claim Six ACE Awards
U of G’s Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge (SPARK) program has been honoured by the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) with six awards. They were presented recently during ACE’s annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Advance magazine, the official publication of the Guelph-based Advanced Foods and Materials Network, won a silver medal. The publication […]
U of G Helps Raise $14,000 at Wheels in Motion
The University of Guelph community helped raise more than $14,000 to provide services, equipment and opportunities for people with spinal cord injuries during the seventh annual Wheels in Motion June 20. The annual national fundraiser was held on campus attracting more than 100 participants and volunteers. About half of the “Quality of Life” funding raised […]
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Guelph Student Adopts the Arctic
Tristan Pearce has learned to read the sea ice and travel by the stars […]
Marketing Management Students Win International Competition
A team of four U of G marketing management students took top spot at the annual International Agribusiness and Food Management Association (IAMA) student case competition held in Boston earlier this month. Matt Ball, Amy Nodwell, Nicole Beechey and Steven Clark beat out 13 international teams, including some comprised solely of MBA and PhD students. […]
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Engineering Student Designing a Better Water Ski
Former ski instructor works with Guelph prof to reduce muscle strain in skiers […]
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Literature Is a Witness to Struggle
Haitian-born professor returns to his homeland to study Haitian literature […]
Where’d You Get Those Peepers?
Guelph biologist finds an audience for evolutionary tales about eyes […]
U of G Prof Shares Patent for New Vaccine
A U of G chemistry professor will share a U.S. patent for his work in developing a promising new carbohydrate-based vaccine against diarrheal disease. Prof. Mario Monteiro worked with Dr. Patricia Guerry from the Naval Medical Research Centre’s Infectious Diseases Directorate to develop a novel vaccine for Campylobacter jejuni. This bacterium is a leading cause […]
Ontario Supports Program to Attract Indian Graduate Students
The Government of Ontario has announced $250,000 in new funding for a program that aims to attract Indian undergraduate students to Canada and promote the benefits of graduate work at Canadian universities. MITACS Globalink was launched last year after a successful pilot program with the University of British Columbia, Simon Frasier University and the University […]
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Build a Healthy Life from the Rooftop Down
Entrepreneurs focus grad studies on environmental and human well-being […]
Football Gryphons Strengthen Offensive, Defensive Coaching Staff
The Department of Athletics has announced the addition of Kevin MacNeill and Perry Marchese to the Guelph Gryphon football coaching staff. MacNeill, former assistant coach of the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds, has been named defensive co-ordinator, and Marchese, former assistant coach of the Bishop’s University Gaiters, is Guelph’s new offensive co-ordinator. MacNeill spent […]
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