Prof. Shoshanah Jacobs, with U of G’s Department of Integrative Biology, helped answer a listener question on CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks about why Canada geese waste energy honking during flight. Jacobs explained that while honking expends energy, it marks the birds’ position in their V-formation, which in turn makes flight less of an energy […]
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Prof. Andria Jones-Bitton, a professor in the Department of Population Medicine, was featured in a Globe and Mail article about the mental health struggles of farmers and growers. Jones-Bitton discussed a survey she and colleagues conducted that found about 45 per cent of farmers across Canada have high stress, while 35 per cent meet the […]
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Canadian cookbooks are not being used effectively to inform consumers about safe food handling and preparation techniques. By Jeffrey M. Farber, professor of Food Science. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Sean Fox, the curator of the University of Guelph Arboretum, was featured in a CBC News story about how the saplings recovered from an elm tree on Parliament Hill are faring at the arboretum. The 100-year-old American elm that stood on Parliament Hill had to be cut down in April during renovations to Centre Block. […]
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Promoting health and community engagement for largely overlooked and often-stigmatized LGBTQ2 seniors is the goal of a University of Guelph research project receiving nearly $100,000 in federal funding. The funding was announced today in Ottawa by Minister of Seniors Filomena Tassi. The U of G project is one of two pan-Canadian research initiatives to be […]
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It’s been 50 years in the making, but the anaesthetic and illicit party drug ketamine is now having a clinical comeback. By Brett Melanson, PhD Student in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science […]
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“An unbelievable catalyst”: That’s how Prof. Evan Fraser describes this week’s news that a Guelph-Wellington bid including the University of Guelph has won a $10-million award in the federal government’s Smart Cities Challenge. The local bid was announced Tuesday as first place in its category at an Ottawa event attended by city officials, including Mayor […]
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Food science expert Prof. Lawrence Goodridge appeared in an online article on GlobalNews.ca about how climate change could make our food less safe to eat. A recent report from the Public Health Agency of Canada concluded that changes to the world’s climate could mean more frequent outbreaks of food-borne illness, and Canadians need to be ready […]
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After an international search, the School of Engineering has appointed Kevin Keener as the inaugural Barrett Family Foundation Chair in Sustainable Food Engineering. Backed by a $5-million gift from the Barrett Family Foundation, the chair is intended to develop an innovative research program in sustainable food engineering and lead food engineering research and training at […]
Prof. David Hooker, Department of Plant Agriculture, is available to discuss how wet conditions across much of Ontario this spring are delaying spring planting for farmers. Hooker researches crop science at U of G’s Ridgetown Campus to improve corn, soybean and wheat production. This spring has been a particularly frustrating one for most growers in […]
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Paul Kelly, the apiary manager of U of G’s Honey Bee Research Centre, was interviewed for the Global News podcast Super Awesome Science Show. Kelly, who has worked with bees for more than three decades, explained that the threats to bee health have changed vastly over that time. He said bee populations have been hit […]
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The University of Guelph community is mourning the death of Lisa Simard, a staff member in Alumni Affairs and Development, who died May 13. Visitation will take place: Wednesday, May 15 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge A funeral mass and celebration of life are […]
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Novel clinical approaches to fighting bacterial infections and cancer are the goals of two University of Guelph researchers receiving almost $450,000 in funding under a new federal granting program. The U of G scientists are among 157 early-career researchers across Canada to receive $38 million in the inaugural round of the New Frontiers in Research […]
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University of Guelph philosophy professor Karyn Freedman is featured in a Winnipeg Free Press story on the power of sport to help heal after a devastating trauma. Freedman described how joining a women’s hockey league has brought her a sense of community and freedom that has helped her to heal from a brutal rape she […]
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Charlotte Yates, provost and vice-president (academic), offered insight for a CBC News Online article about why more Canadians are going car-free. She told columnist Don Pittis that there’s a shift in consumer demand among young urbanites who are delaying car ownership, or abandoning it altogether by not even getting driver’s permits. She said many young […]
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A post-doctoral researcher with U of G’s School of Environmental Sciences was featured in a Global News article about biodiversity loss in Canada, and what Canadians can do to help protect it. Alana Pindar, who studies the impacts of climate change on bee species, recommended Canadian gardeners move past the idea of a backyard with […]
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Charcoal may be the solution to reducing ammonia pollution and lowering greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer for crop plants, according to a groundbreaking study by a University of Guelph soil scientist. U of G professor Adam Gillespie, along with Cornell University researcher Johannes Lehmann and other co-authors, discovered that naturally occurring charcoal in soil can […]
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The University of Guelph’s normal business operations will be reduced on Monday, May 20 for the statutory holiday. Normal operations resume Tuesday, May 21. Some service areas will be open on May 20, such as: Athletics Centre Ontario Veterinary Health Sciences Centre Animal Hospitals (for emergency service only) Animal Health Lab University Centre (food outlets […]