Campus Friends (CF), an initiative that offers post-secondary experiences on the University of Guelph campus to adults with developmental disabilities, will continue in virtual form in the 2020-21 academic year. A partnership between Community Living Guelph Wellington and U of G’s Experiential Learning Hub, this program has run on campus since 2016. It connects U …
Putting wastewater monitoring and social media analysis together could detect community outbreaks that might have otherwise gone undetected. By Prof. Lawrence Goodridge, Department of Food Science
Healing from a heart attack? Eating some yogourt, popping a probiotic pill or eating at the right time of day might help you heal better, according to a new University of Guelph study. The study shows that paying attention to what and when heart patients eat affects the body’s circadian system driving day-night rhythms, meaning …
Challenging times call for creative and collaborative solutions, and that’s how the University of Guelph will be celebrating the graduating class of 2020. Although the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prevents the University from holding in-person convocation this month, members from all of its colleges have created a virtual celebration for winter, summer and fall graduates of …
By Prof Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing & Consumer Studies, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
How do you bring a small forest in the middle of a city to students around the world? Two biology professors at the University of Guelph have created a Digital Forest for just such a purpose. Profs. Shoshanah Jacobs and Alex Smith have long used GigaPan technology as a teaching tool in their popular Discovering …
By Prof. Meghan McMurtry, Department of Psychology and clinical and health psychologist, pediatric chronic pain program, McMaster Children’s Hospital; and Prof. Kathryn Birnie, University of Calgary and psychologist in pediatric pain
Adjusting to a new life in Canada is challenging enough for the 40,000 or so Syrian refugees who have arrived in this country since 2015, particularly those who settled in small towns or rural areas. But how have they fared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s what a team of researchers from the …
By Prof. Byram W. Bridle, Department of Pathobiology; Samira Mubareka, clinician-scientist, laboratory medicine and pathobiology, University of Toronto; and Prof. Shayan Sharif, Department of Pathobiology and associate dean, research and graduate studies
A new $1-million gift from the Gosling Foundation will enable the University of Guelph to continue conserving valuable and endangered plant species threatened by climate change, disease and loss of biodiversity in Canada and worldwide. The new gift follows previous donations totalling $7 million from the foundation to establish and sustain the Gosling Research Institute …
With coronavirus testing demands rising under a second wave of COVID-19 infection in Canada, a portable SARS-CoV-2 test kit based on University of Guelph research has been approved by Health Canada for easy and rapid point-of-care use in workplaces and other public areas. Approved for use last week by the federal agency, the Hyris bCUBE …
Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 on university campuses could be achieved by testing the sewer system in specific areas of those campuses. That is what University of Guelph research collaborators Prof. Lawrence Goodridge in Food Science, Prof. Ed McBean in Engineering, Prof. Andrew Papadopoulos in Population Medicine, and Prof. Heather Murphy in Pathobiology are about to …
A team of researchers at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) has launched a study to better understand how household changes from the COVID-19 shutdowns have affected pets. Through an online survey, the researchers hope to learn how the changes brought on by the pandemic have impacted Ontario pet owners and their animals. …
Pumpkin spice latte season is here, and University of Guelph researchers are investigating ways to ensure this seasonal drink is made with suitably frothy milk. At times, Canadian baristas have problems foaming milk for their customers’ lattes. It is known that limp lattes are caused by uncharacteristically high amounts of free fatty acids (FFA) in …
Got a cat that always seems hungry? New University of Guelph research suggests you might want to reduce — not increase — how often you feed them. Animal nutrition specialists in U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) have found that feeding cats one large meal a day may help …
By Vadim Karatayev, postdoctoral fellow, School of Environmental Sciences; Prof. Madhur Anand, SES, and director of Global Ecological Change & Sustainability Laboratory; Prof. Chris Bauch, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo
Many graduates look forward to the moment they cross the stage at convocation as an important milestone in their academic life as well as an opportunity to celebrate with family and friends. This fall, the University of Guelph will bring that moment to them. U of G convocation organizers are holding an event called #GuelphGrad …
The uncertainty created by lockdowns and quarantines means consumer confidence is fragile. By Profs. Marion Joppe and Lianne Foti, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management
University of Guelph researchers are the first to discover that adolescents react differently to ecigarette vapour than adults. Led by Prof. Jibran Khokhar, Department of Biomedical Science in U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College, the rodent-based research measured behavioural responses related to vaping. “This is the first study to show that rodents find e-cigarette vapour …
Rural Canada is home to more than 18 per cent of the national population and it plays a critical role in the national economy. By S. Ashleigh Weeden, PhD candidate, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development