Marking the 50th anniversary of the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management (HFTM), a $1-million donation by an alumnus will transform the program’s food lab into a state-of-the-art facility. The gift comes from Michel Eric Fournelle, who graduated from the former hotel and food administration (HAFA) program in 1992. The new …
Federal Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor visited the University of Guelph today with Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield to learn about research and teaching on campus. Meeting with president Franco Vaccarino and Daniel Atlin, vice-president (external), they discussed U of G strengths in One Health, an interdisciplinary approach for solving public health issues by focusing …
Members of Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB) will be on the U of G campus this week as part of a study tour. Twelve international members of the group will participate. They will learn about veterinary practices from U of G faculty and visit the University’s research farms. The animal health professionals have worked with VWB …
There’s beauty in concrete? Ask Wilfred Ferwerda, co-curator of a new University of Guelph Library exhibit about the concrete building boom of the late 1960s that reshaped the look and feel of a then-fledgling campus and that continues to define today’s U of G. “Brutalism at Guelph: Concrete in a new light” opens June 21 …
The University of Guelph has received $2.4-million from the federal government through two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and the renewal of an existing chair. Prof. Emma Allen-Vercoe, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will receive a new Tier 1 chair in Human Gut Microbiome Function and Host Interactions. Prof. Christine Baes, Department of Animal …
Caroline Mousseau, a student in the University of Guelph’s master of fine art program, has been selected as this year’s winner of the Joseph Plaskett postgraduate award in painting. The $30,000 award will allow Mousseau to spend six months in Europe after her graduate studies to paint and to view artistic works in museums. She …
University of Guelph English and Theatre Studies Prof. Dionne Brand has won the $20,000 Trillium Book Award for Ontario’s best English-language title. Brand received the honour for her poetry collection The Blue Clerk, which was published by McClelland & Stewart. The Ontario government established the Trillium Book Award in 1987 to recognize literary excellence and …
The largest University of Guelph alumni event of the year is set to take place June 21-23, when hundreds of graduates return to the campus they once called home for Alumni and Reunion Weekend. Members of the graduating classes of 1959 and 1969 will gather for their 60- and 50-year reunions, along with members of …
The University of Guelph has strong interest in the development of the Guelph Innovation District (GID) lands, which went on the market this week. The 328.6-acre tract is adjacent to the University’s Arboretum at the northeast corner of Stone Road East and Victoria Road South. This week, the Ontario government put the GID lands up …
Anthony Clarke, a longtime University of Guelph faculty member and administrator, has been named dean of the College of Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. He begins his appointment Aug. 1. “Anthony has made numerous contributions to U of G during the past three decades as a scholar and administrator,” said Charlotte Yates, provost and vice-president …
University of Guelph researchers will help to ensure safe, sustainable drinking water for Wellington County’s growing population through groundwater studies to be funded by almost $11 million from the federal government and local government and industry partners. The new funding will enable U of G investigators monitoring local bedrock aquifer wells to learn more about …
An accomplished local executive, a celebrated theoretical physicist and a First Nations farming leader are among those to be celebrated with honorary degrees at the University of Guelph’s summer convocation. The ceremonies will take place between Tuesday, June 11 and Thursday, June 13, with seven honorary degrees conferred. Three U of G professors will also …
Several University of Guelph faculty members and students will be recognized for teaching, service and academic achievement during convocation ceremonies for almost 3,000 students June 11-13. Top faculty awards will be presented to Profs. Nikki Martyn, Peter Krell and Alan Sullivan. Martyn will receive the John Bell Award, named for a former classics professor and …
To mark Local Food Week, the University of Guelph is highlighting the award-winning local food initiatives of campus Hospitality Services. Local Food Week aims to encourage consumers to support local agriculture and food processing. Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ernie Hardeman, kicked off the event Monday. “Local Food Week is a great …
Five University of Guelph varsity student-athletes – all women – will represent Team Canada in the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, this summer along with two Guelph Gryphons coaches. U Sports announced this week that the athletes and coaches were selected to attend the event, which takes place between July 3 and 14. …
U of G’s Nathan Skoufis, 25, is making a big name for himself in the karate world. The fourth-year business student is now a member of Team Canada. In recent weeks, Skoufis’s progress up the karate competition ladder picked up speed. This spring, he won his sixth straight title at the Power Nationals Canadian Martial …
Portable technology for easy identification of insects, food or animal tissue has won the inaugural innovation showcase and pitch competition run by Gryphon’s LAAIR (Leading to the Accelerated Adoption of Innovative Research) at the University of Guelph. On May 21, a judging panel chose the LifeScanner species identification kit developed by Biolytica Inc. as the $7,500 …
As many as 1 million species of living things worldwide are at risk of extinction, says a United Nations report released this month. Now, a University of Guelph biologist hopes his new position with one of Canada’s largest land conservation groups will help the country meet national and international commitments to protect natural spaces and …
Five University of Guelph students who have shown academic excellence and commitment to community engagement have been awarded Arrell Food Institute graduate scholarships worth $50,000 a year. The scholarships, now in their third year, were created to support research focused on agriculture and food. Two of this year’s students will study the business and history …
Three University of Guelph PhD candidates studying mental health, permafrost and bee health have received Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, one of the most prestigious doctoral awards in Canada. The awards are worth $50,000 a year for three years and are provided through Canada’s three main granting agencies. Commenting on the awards, Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield …