Prud'homme Beer Certification: Level 1 Beer Enthusiast
2017-05-01 - 2017-05-24
This introductory course in beer education is designed for participants interested in developing their beer knowledge. The focus will be on brewing ingredients and processes, tasting concepts, pouring and serving concepts (including an introduction to draught systems), and food and beer pairings.
Open to the public, this four-week course will take place on Wednesday nights from June 7 to 28. The registration deadline is May 24.
Location: Macdonald Stewart Hall, PJ’s Restaurant

Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference
2017-05-02 - 2017-05-03
This year’s conference theme is “Enhancing Teaching and Learning: The Evolution of the Lecture.”
Highlights include:
– plenary speaker Prof. Joe Kim, McMaster University: “Teaching for Now and Later: Key Factors in Creating Durable Learning”;
– plenary panel: “Large Scale Successes: Winning Strategies for Big Classes”; and
– more than 50 concurrent presentations and workshops.
Location: Rozanski Hall

Biomedical Sciences Guest Seminar
2017-05-03
Dr. Carl Walkley, associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, presents “Application of Murine Models of Osteosarcoma for Preclinical Target Discovery and Validation.”
Walkley completed a bachelor of pharmacy at the University of South Australia in 1999 and a PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, in 2003. He then undertook post-doctoral training with Prof. Stuart Orkin at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital Boston.
In 2008, Walkley returned to Australia and now co-leads the Stem Cell Regulation Unit at St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. His focus is on the generation and application of innovative preclinical models of human cancer as target discovery and preclinical validation platforms, myelodysplastic syndrome and osteosarcoma. His laboratory also has a long-standing interest in understanding RNA editing and the ADAR1 protein.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: OVC Biomedical Sciences, Room 1642

Rain Barrel Fundraiser for Child Care & Learning Centre
2017-05-03 16:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto)
The Child Care & Learning Centre at the University of Guelph has partnered with RainBarrel.ca to host a rain barrel fundraiser.
Rain barrels are $55 each and must be pre-ordered online at www.RainBarrel.ca/uofguelph/. Rain barrels will be available for pick up on May 3 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Child Care & Learning Centre.
For more information, contact Starlene Ruttan at sruttan@uoguelph.ca or 519-824-4120, ext. 52682
Location: Child Care & Learning Centre, 125 Arboretum Rd., Guelph
