The University of Guelph will receive $3.4 million through two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and renewal of three others. This funding is part of federal support for 186 chairs that have been established or renewed at 48 institutions across Canada, an investment of $158.7 million. Engineering professor Graham Taylor will receive a new Tier […]
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Prof. Jeff Farber appeared in a May 2 CNN story talking about why lettuce is often the culprit behind illness outbreaks linked to E. coli bacteria. A food science professor and director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety at U of G, Farber talks about how leafy greens can become contaminated in the […]
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May 7 to 11 is both national Mental Health Week and North American Occupational Safety and Health Week. To mark these occasions and support the safety and well-being of faculty, staff and students, Wellness@Work and Student Wellness have collaborated to host a week-long series of events and activities. Take time out of your busy day to […]
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The recent Toronto van attack brings the total number of women killed in Canada this year to at least 57, according to a new report led by a University of Guelph professor. “This equals one femicide victim every other day in this country,” said Prof. Myrna Dawson. Dawson talked about the report on May 1 […]
Prof. Scott Weese was interviewed by CBC News for a May 1 story about a provincial wildlife group alleging that Ontario is wasting millions of dollars on what the group calls an unnecessary rabies prevention strategy. A professor and infectious disease specialist at the Ontario Veterinary College, Weese was consulted by CBC as an expert, and spoke […]
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Prof. Nigel Raine appeared in The Guardian on April 27 discussing the European Union’s move to ban the world’s most widely used insecticides within six months to protect wild bees and honeybees that are key to crop pollination. A professor in U of G’s School of Environmental Sciences, Raine told the Guardian that the EU decision could […]
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Prof. Myrna Dawson wrote about the importance of labelling misogynistic acts — including killings — for what they are in an April 27 Policy Options article. A professor in U of G’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dawson wrote that misogyny — a word not typically used in everyday conversations — is becoming a part […]
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The theme of this year’s World Veterinary Day on April 28 is the role of the veterinary profession in sustainable development to improve livelihoods, food security and safety. For many rural people, animals provide a main source of income and the best means to preserve necessary resources to weather agricultural crises, exit poverty, fertilize soil and […]
Imagine a star so dense that it contained all the mass of our sun squeezed into a ball the size of Guelph. Then imagine a second super-dense star no farther than Toronto from the first one. Now set the two stars whizzing around each other about one-third as fast as the speed of light. Detecting […]
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Turning complex science into a one-minute film is no easy feat, but University of Guelph students wowed the judges of the Science, Action! film competition run by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. The top 15 student-produced videos telling the best science stories won cash prizes and a chance to be […]
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The University of Guelph has named Karen Hand as director of research data strategy for the Food from Thought (FFT) program effective April 30. Hand will help lead strategic design, development and management of the program’s vision for an integrated, cross-University big data management strategy and platform for FFT research. “Karen is a fantastic addition […]
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A U of G professor is featured in a new CBC Nature of Things documentary that premiered in April called Myth or Science: The Power of Poo. Prof. Emma Allen-Vercoe, who is world-renowned for her research on the microbial world inside the human gut, was interviewed for the doc. The film looks at real-life experiments using human waste and […]
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Our 2017 United Way campaign was one of our best ever. When the final donations were tallied, together we raised more than $650,000! U of G’s annual United Way campaign is one of the most successful university campaigns in the country. We raise more per person than any other university in Canada. “Our fantastic results […]
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The University of Guelph-based “father of DNA barcoding” has been chosen to receive a top international honour. Prof. Paul Hebert will receive the 2018 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hebert will be the first Canadian to receive the award, given every two years since […]
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The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on April 27 to mark the Day of Mourning in Canada. The flags will remain at half-mast until nightfall on April 28. This is the 27th anniversary of the event, observed on April 28 each year to honour people who have died or been injured on the […]
The University of Guelph community joins others in Canada in mourning following Monday’s tragedy in Toronto. At least 10 people were killed, some of them believed to be students, and more than 15 injured when a man driving a cargo van intentionally struck pedestrians on Yonge Street in Toronto. “This is a shocking and devastating tragedy,” said […]
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CBC Radio’s Ideas With Paul Kennedy rebroadcast a two-part series on the future of food featuring Prof. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute at U of G. “Confronting the ‘perfect storm’: How to feed the future” aired April 13 and “The hidden power of food: Finding value in what we eat” April 20. The series […]