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U of G Neuroscientist Named to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

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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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How Tick Data is Busting Myths, Raising New Concerns of Lyme Disease

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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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Less Additives, More Plants: Key to Better Food?

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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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AI Chatbots Are Giving Away Your Company’s Data

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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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Meet the U of G Landscape Architecture Grads Behind New Canadian Canoe Museum

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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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University Mourns Passing of Staff Member Diana Philbrick

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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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Crimes Against Animals Rising, This Forensic Vet Seeks Justice  

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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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University Flags at Half-Mast to Honour Passing of Former Ontario Lieutenant-Governor Hilary Weston 

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The flags in front of the University Centre are at half-mast.

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 […]

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