New turfgrass plots will soon be growing in the University of Guelph’s Arboretum. Site preparations are under way for grass plots to be planted in the north section of the Arboretum this month. Once mature, the grasses will become part of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (GTI), relocating to the Arboretum in 2018. “Our goal is […]
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The future of the hotel industry is in the hands of today’s students, and U of G commerce student Aaron Laurie’s team won first place and $5,000 for their futuristic vision in the #hotelNEXT competition at the Canadian Hotel Investment Conference in Toronto. Together with teammate (and brother) Willam, a McMaster University commerce student, they […]
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A University of Guelph master’s student in creative writing has won the 2016 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Adnan Khan will receive the $10,000 prize, awarded each year to an emerging Canadian writer working on a major project. Khan was selected by author Rosemary Sullivan, whose non-fiction book Stalin’s Daughter won this year’s RBC Taylor […]
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How business can help create a sustainable world will be the focus of the 2016 Canadian small business conference, being held for the first time at the University of Guelph. The Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) conference will take place at U of G May 25-27. Delegates from industry and academia are […]
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Sparking conversation about issues faced by Canadian indigenous communities – from safe drinking water to pollution to flooding – is the purpose of a new podcast launched today by a team led by a University of Guelph student. The “Water Dialogues” podcast aims to bring together western science and indigenous perspectives, said Lindsay Day, a […]
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Profs. Bob Hanner, Integrative Biology, and Sylvain Charlebois, Marketing and Consumer Studies, were interviewed on TVO’s The Agenda May 17. They were discussing the growing practice of food fraud and what can be done about it. Hanner uses DNA barcoding to identify various species, and was involved in a 2013 study analyzing mislabeled seafood. Charlebois […]
If the grass is always greener on the other side of your fence, Prof. Katerina Serlemitsos Jordan can help you make your neighbours green with envy with a healthy lawn. An avid golfer, she decided to pursue a PhD in turf pathology and now works with golf courses, athletic fields and sod farms to diagnose […]
Prof. Jordi Diez, Political Science, was interviewed by the New York Times May 17 for a story looking at gay marriage in Mexico. Diez discussed the recent announcement by Mexico’s president to legalize gay marriage across the country. Diez studies Latin American politics, gay and lesbian rights in Latin America, and public policy-making in those […]
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An almost entirely accidental discovery by University of Guelph researchers could transform food and biofuel production and increase carbon capture on farmland. By tweaking a plant’s genetic profile, the researchers doubled the plant’s growth and increased seed production by more than 400 per cent. The findings were published in the March 2016 issue of Plant […]
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Gary Johnston bred Yukon Gold at the University of Guelph in 1966, elevating the potato to ‘”something special” […]
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Two School of Environmental Design and Rural Development professors will share their experience and skills outside of Guelph over the coming year. Prof. Wayne Caldwell, interim dean of the Ontario Agricultural College, is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities commission on global food security. The commission aims to address growing domestic […]
Carole Ann Lacroix, assistant curator of the Ontario Agricultural College Herbarium, was interviewed in the Toronto Star May 12. Lacroix discussed the importance of removing weeds and the difficulty in differentiating between weeds and flowers. Lacroix completed her master’s in invasive plant biology, and is past president of the Field Botanists of Ontario. […]
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The University of Guelph’s athletics department has won three Ontario University Athletics (OUA) awards for marketing and communications. The awards were presented at the OUA annual general meeting May 11. GryphVision was named best in webcast production for production quality, graphics, special features and on-air talent. An 18-member team produced more than 70 webcasts this […]
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Prof. Jim Uniacke, Molecular and Cellular Biology, was interviewed by Radio Canada International May 9. He discussed a study finding that cells make proteins in very different ways than shown in previous lab experiments conducted under higher oxygen levels than found in the body. Uniacke studies protein synthesis and how cells function. […]
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Even as the food industry and regulators get better at preventing and responding to the food-borne pathogen listeria, the greying of North America’s population could make outbreaks of the bacterium much more dangerous in the future, say researchers at The Food Institute of the University of Guelph. A nut and seed mix at Publix in […]
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The Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) is getting a new director. Shauna McCabe, currently the executive director of the Textile Museum of Canada, begins Aug. 1. McCabe has spent more than 15 years as an arts administrator, and is a former professor and Canada Research Chair at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. “We are […]
Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) research into cancer in pets was the subject of a Canadian Press story May 10. It was featured in the Toronto Star, CTV News, City News, the Ottawa Citizen, Metro News and other publications. The story looked at OVC research into osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in dogs and breast cancer in cats. […]
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A University of Guelph-Humber graduate was featured in a Toronto Sun story May 9 on experiential learning. Media studies graduate Sarah Racioppa discussed the applied learning component of her program, which included a 240-hour placement that helped her gain contacts and learn new skills. She said the experience was the highlight of her studies. […]
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The City of Guelph and University of Guelph will co-host this year’s Town and Gown symposium called “Trending to the Future: Open Communities.” The three-day annual event, open to Town and Gown Association of Ontario members, will take place May 9 to 11 in Guelph. Members will attend workshops and the association’s annual general meeting, […]
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According to the Chicken Farmers of Ontario, there were about 14,000 non-commercial flocks of chickens in 2014. That’s a lot of small farms and residential coops, and the numbers are increasing as more cities change their bylaws to allow birds to be kept in the backyards of urban homes, too. “People are interested in living […]
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