The University of Guelph community is mourning the death of Dr. Peter Conlon, Biomedical Sciences professor, on August 18, 2025. Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast on Friday, Aug. 22 in Conlon’s honour. Support services and initiatives are available for all faculty, staff and students, including: Multi-Faith Resource Team, 519-824-4120 Ext. 58909 Student Counselling Services, […]
Speaking to the National Post, Dr. Keith Warriner, professor in the Department of Food Science, discussed an increase in food recalls over the past decade. […]
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Dr. Melissa Perreault, professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Ontario Veterinary College, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). CAHS brings together Canada’s leading health and biomedical scientists and scholars to address the country’s most complex health challenges. Fellows come from all disciplines […]
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Encounters with ticks are no longer just a problem for someone trudging through the woods – they can happen right in your own backyard. That is one of the findings from ongoing research studying tick bites from the G. Magnotta Research Lab at the University of Guelph. Launched in 2022, the study is a long-term […]
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Whole foods – components from crops that are usually discarded in modern food production — could be the key to making our food more nutritious, affordable, sustainable and filling. In a new Nature Food study, University of Guelph food scientist Dr. Alejandro Marangoni describes a model that encourages designing food “from field to colon.” This method would […]
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Dr. Ed McBean, professor emeritus in the College of Engineering, spoke to Canada’s National Observer about a downtown Toronto cooling system relying on cold water from Lake Ontario. […]
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Speaking to The Washington Post, Dr. Katie Lebel, professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, discussed how betting on women’s sports is growing its fanbase. […]
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It took less than an hour. Dr. Ali Dehghantanha managed to steal a Fortune 500 company’s sensitive client data and internal project information just by speaking to their AI chatbot. Dehghantanha is a cybersecurity professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence at the University of Guelph. He was engaged by a large […]
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Dr. Mike von Massow, professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, spoke to CBC Kids about the impact of tariffs on candy prices. […]
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Speaking to the Toronto Star, Dr. Ali Dehghantanha, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence and professor in the School of Computer Science, discussed a recent cyberattack on MPs and parliamentary staff. […]
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Speaking to CBC News, Dr. Scott Krayenhoff, professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, discussed ways to manage heat in urban centres. […]
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Speaking to New Science, Dr. Rafael Santos, professor in the College of Engineering, discussed a new mining technology that involves microwaving rocks to offset carbon emissions. […]
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Canadian Canoe Museum earns international spotlight thanks to alumni from U of G’s landscape architecture program When TIME magazine recognized the newly reopened Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough as one of the World’s Greatest Places of 2025, it marked a proud moment for University of Guelph alumni. Behind the design of the museum’s 5.3-acre waterfront […]
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Dr. Mike Dixon, professor emeritus in the School of Environmental Sciences, spoke to The Logic about the possibility of growing food on the moon. […]
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Speaking to The Canadian Press, Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, discussed a recent pistachio recall due to salmonella. […]
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The University of Guelph community is mourning the death of Diana Philbrick, animal facility coordinator/technician from the Department of Human Health Sciences, who passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast on Monday, Aug. 11 in Diana’s honour. Support services and initiatives are available for all faculty, staff and students, […]
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Speaking to CBC Radio-Canada, Dr. Rozita Dara, professor in the School of Computer Science, discussed the use of AI in agriculture. […]
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One of only a few veterinarians in Canada trained in forensic veterinary science, Dr. Shane Bateman is bringing this emerging field to U of G. Dogs in cardiac arrest. Cats with collapsed lungs. The chaos of the emergency room shaped Dr. Shane Bateman’s early veterinary medicine career. Then, the University of Guelph professor realized that […]
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Speaking to CBC’s Cross Country Checkup, Dr. Mike von Massow, professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, discussed the challenges of buying Canadian at the grocery store. […]
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Flags on the University of Guelph’s campuses are being flown at half-mast on Tuesday, Aug. 5, in honour of the late Honourable Hilary Weston, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, who passed away on Aug. 2, 2025. The flags will remain lowered until sunset on the day of the funeral or the memorial service (date to […]