University of Guelph Prof. Robert Friendship is available for interviews on African swine fever, including the threat it poses to Canada, and how ongoing outbreaks in Asia and Europe are affecting pork producers in Canada. Friendship is a veterinarian who specializes in swine and has been a faculty member at the Ontario Veterinary College for […]
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By Margot Irvine, Associate Professor, School of Languages and Literatures […]
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Winter semester exams are almost over and Student Housing Services is getting ready for the mass move-out of 2,500 residence students between April 18 and 23. Move-out is likely to create traffic congestion on campus and on roadways leading to campus. To help keep things moving and help families get close access to the residences, […]
Physical Resources will conduct its annual campus electrical shutdown April 27 and 28. The shutdown runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. This shutdown will affect all non-essential power, including normal building lighting and most electrical outlets. Essential and emergency power and lighting will not be affected. Essential electrical outlets can be identified by […]
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Keep thawing and re-freezing an item from your freezer, and soon it won’t be worth eating. But if you’re a Canada jay, the consequences of freeze-thaw – more frequent and more unpredictable with climate change – on overwintering food stores may mean lower chances of breeding successfully the following year, according to a new […]
To recognize Earth Day on Monday, April 22, the University of Guelph has the following researchers working on protecting and preserving animal, plant and insect species. They are available for media interviews. Laura Graham (species protection of elephants, rhinos, giraffes, polar bears, tigers) Adjunct professor, Animal Biosciences Email: lgraha01@uoguelph.ca Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53786 Graham, who is in U of G’s Col. K.L. Campbell […]
Consumer appetites for vegetarian food are growing and big food companies are taking notice, says Dana McCauley, one of Canada’s leading food trends experts. Several food giants recently announced they are investing in plant-based protein products. McCauley, associate director of new venture creation at the University of Guelph’s Research Innovation Office, told BNN Bloomberg that […]
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A University of Guelph expert on bees and pollinators is available to discuss the recent Health Canada decision to restrict some uses of neonicotinoid insecticides. Prof. Nigel Raine, from the School of Environmental Sciences, has spent years studying how pesticides and other agrochemicals affect the diversity of bee species, which are important pollinators of food […]
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The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and that means we’re in the semester’s home stretch! Find a wide variety of supports to help bust stress, succeed academically and manage your well-being. Send our students good luck messages and study advice on social media using #GoodLuckGryphons! Stress busters at the library Take a […]
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Several women with University of Guelph connections will be honoured in this year’s YMCA-YWCA of Guelph annual Women of Distinction celebration. Of the 20 women being recognized this year, half are U of G faculty, staff or alumna. Women of Distinction celebrates women who are role models, pioneers and exceptional achievers in Guelph and Wellington […]
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By Jess Haines, Associate Professor of Applied Nutrition […]
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The University of Guelph welcomed news that the provincial budget released Thursday contained no further reductions to higher education funding. U of G will proceed with its budgetary planning and present a preliminary operating budget to the Board of Governors in May, says Charlotte Yates, provost and vice-president (academic). “As part of integrated, University-wide planning […]
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A childhood story about two siblings who get stuck while time travelling, improvised by a team of three University of Guelph creative writing students, has won this year’s Toronto International Festival of Authors’ Lit Jam. The interactive storytelling competition involves prompts from audience members that spark the imaginations of team members. Among the post-secondary creative […]
Ever stopped to wonder what those bumps on the back of a crocodile are made of? Or those plates of armour on an armadillo? Or the bumpy scales of a lizard? They’re called osteoderms, small pieces of bone that grow directly within the skin. While many lizard species have osteoderms, little is known about how […]
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Finding ways to keep non-urban women safe from intimate partner violence is the research goal of Danielle Bader, a University of Guelph student who has reached the finals of the annual Storytellers challenge run by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). This communications contest run by the federal granting agency challenges post-secondary students […]
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By Sarah Rotz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen’s University; and Prof Mervyn Horgan, Department of Sociology, University of Guelph and Visiting Fellow at Yale University […]
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University of Guelph provost and vice-president (academic) Charlotte Yates commented on a Global News Online story about why the gender pay gap remains alive and well in Canada and other advanced economies. Yates said one barrier to closing the pay gap is that biases continue to favour typically “masculine” qualities, such as aggression and assertiveness […]
America will only become a fairer nation once its warring political factions gain a deeper understanding of each other’s concept of justice, says University of Guelph psychology professor Dan Meegan. Meegan discussed his new book with TVO’s The Agenda. He also contributed a commentary to The Atlantic. Human beings are hardwired to recognize and react […]
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If you accurately follow the food safety instructions in some of the new popular Canadian cookbooks, you could make yourself sick, according to a new University of Guelph study. Prof. Jeffrey Farber and his students analyzed the food safety instructions in 770 recipes involving meat or seafood from 19 popular Canadian cookbooks and found they […]
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U of G Psychology Prof. Dan Meegan appeared on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss his new book, America the Fair: Using Brain Science to Create a More Just Nation. An expert in neuroscience and applied cognitive science, Meegan has long explored how we make decisions. Most recently he has been researching the […]
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