Farouq Ayiworoh, a master's student in capacity development and extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "An Exploratory Case Study of HIV/AIDS Related Stigma in Rural Ghana." The adviser is Prof. Helen Hambly Odame. All are welcome to attend. Time: 9 a.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 143

Calen Hamelin, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "The Potential of Lost Space: Identifying, Classifying and Transforming Urban Food Void Space." The adviser is Prof. Larry Harder. All are welcome to attend. Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 125

Alexander Waffle, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Urban Agricultural Hot Spots: Taking Advantage of the Urban Heat Island for Production of Warmer-Climate Crops." The adviser is Prof. Robert Brown. Time: 1 p.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 143

Tim O'Brien, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Remote Sensors: An Effective Interpretation Tool for Wetland Mapping." The adviser is Prof. Cecelia Paine. All are welcome to attend. Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 202

Adina Bujold, a PhD candidate in the Department of Pathobiology, will defend her thesis on "Role of Actinobacillus suis Adhesions in Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Tonsils of the Soft Palate of Swine." The adviser is Prof. Janet MacInnes. Examination committee: Prof. Eva Nagy, chair Prof. Janet MacInnes, Pathobiology Prof. Marc Coppolino, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Allison Taziar, an M.Sc. thesis candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend her thesis on "The Suitability of Sulfentrazone and Pyroxasulfone for Ontario Dry Bean Production." All are welcome to attend. Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Crop Science, Room 202

Kearney Coupland, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Models of Good Design: The Role of Landscape Architects in Public Interest Design."  The adviser is Prof. Karen Landman. All are welcome to attend. Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 143

Shirene Singh, a PhD candidate in the Department of Pathobiology, will defend her thesis on "Enhancement of Avian Influenza Virus Vaccines in Chickens Through Identification and Application of Novel Mucosal Adjuvants." The adviser is Prof. Shayan Sharif. Examination committee: Prof. Patrick Boerlin, chair Prof. Shayan Sharif, Pathobiology Prof. Eva Nagy, Pathobiology Prof. Byram Bridle, Pathobiology Prof. Arshud Dar, VIDO,

Scott Mazurkewich, a PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on "Characterization of the 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate hydratase and the 4-carboxy-4-hydroxy-2-oxoadipate/4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoglutarate aldolase from Pseudomonas putida." His adviser is Prof. Stephen Seah. Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Science Complex, Room 1511

Martin King, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy, will defend his thesis on "Scientific Explanation: Towards a Neo-Deductivist Account." His adviser is Prof. Andrew Wayne. Time: 10 a.m. Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 346

Corey Dawson, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "The Role of Landscape Architecture in Landform Grading: Terrain Complexity Index." The adviser is Prof. Robert Corry. All are welcome to attend. Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 125

Christian Stewart, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "Path as Place: Exploring the Concept of Place in Toronto's Grade-Separated Pedestrian Network."  The adviser is Prof. Nathan Perkins. All are welcome to attend. Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 143

Interested members of the University community are invited to attend the final oral examination of Olutobi Oluwole, Department of Biomedical Sciences, who will defend her thesis on "Testis Specific Protein Y Encoded and Genome Wide Copy Number Variation and Changes in Individual Bulls." Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: http://www.uoguelph.ca/campus/map/biomedicalsci/ OVC Biomedical Sciences, Room 1642

Megan Thomas, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend her thesis on "Connecting Youth With Nature: Exploring the Viability of a Nation-Wide Youth Conservation Program in Canada". The adviser is Prof. Sean Kelly. All are welcome to attend. Time: 11:30 a.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room

Han "Joe" Yao, a master of science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis on "A study of the mechanical forces induced by low-energy (10-100 eV) electron irradiation of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)." Time: 10 a.m. Location: Science Complex, Room 1511

Zhenhua Xu, a PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on "The Role of Anthocyanins and the GATA Transcription Factors GNC and CGA1 in the Plant Response to Stress." The adviser is Prof. Steven Rothstein. Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Science Complex, Room 1511