After postings at the University of Edinburgh, Guelph alumnus is appointed U of G’s Scottish Studies Foundation Chair […]
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A University of Guelph master’s student won the provincial 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition this week with her thesis on skin receptors and feet. Meghan Yip beat out 19 entrants from universities across Ontario for this competition, in which grad students have up to three minutes to explain their research project in an engaging and […]
Eugene Benson’s work will close out the Toronto Operetta Theatre’s 30th season […]
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Statia Elliot, director of the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, and Arthur Hill, professor and chair in the Department of Food Science, have been named 2015 Fellows of the Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI). Fellows demonstrate professional achievements and support of industry-specific training and institutional education. The OHI serves as an industry advocate on […]
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Few Ontarians eat enough dark green and yellow vegetables despite their nutritional benefits, according to a University of Guelph study. Although nutritionists say these vegetables are good for health, the majority of Ontario consumers avoid them, the study found. As part of a multi-year study, Profs. Sunghwan Yi and Vinay Kanetkar, Marketing and Consumer Studies, […]
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Two studies published today in Nature will help with re-assessing the status of the European Union moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides intended to protect bees, and could influence related policy decisions in Ontario, said a University of Guelph professor whose News & Views analysis of both research papers appears in the same issue […]
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Hannah will spend one semester at U of G developing innovative ways to address current and emerging environmental issues […]
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A special meeting of the Board of Governors has been scheduled for Sunday, April 26. The meeting is being held to allow the Board to address agenda items that were not addressed as a result of the disruption caused by student protestors at the April 16 meeting of the Board. All Board members were surveyed […]
Prof. Doug Goff, Food Science, was interviewed by CBC Radio’s The Current on April 21. Goff was discussing the claims made by one author that milk and all dairy products are an unnecessary part of the human diet. Goff studies dairy nutrition, and is currently conducting research on the effects of milk in a healthy […]
CBC lists Prof. Madhur Anand’s book as one of 10 ‘trailblazing’ Canadian poetry volumes to read […]
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A team of University of Guelph students recently won fourth place and the admiration of their competitors at a North American agricultural marketing contest in Kansas City, Mo. Ten students in agricultural business and science (all in U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College) placed fourth out of 28 teams at the National Agri-Marketing Association student […]
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The new head of Canada’s largest municipal police force is a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Guelph-Humber’s justice studies program. Mark Saunders was named Monday as the incoming chief of the Toronto Police Service (TPS). He will graduate in June from Guelph-Humber with a bachelor of applied arts degree in justice studies. Appointed TPS […]
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Stephen Lewis’ mental health journey leads to research into self-injury and fostering emotional well-being among youth […]
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University of Guelph president Franco Vaccarino heads to China today as part of an agri-food trade mission organized by the Ontario government. The mission, which runs until April 25, will be led by Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal and Michael Chan, minister of citizenship, immigration and international trade. The visit […]
Powered by student contributors, Spoon University puts a fun spin on nutrition and food […]
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Today’s planned meeting of the University of Guelph’s Board of Governors will be rescheduled due to a disruption by student protesters. A new date for later this month is forthcoming. B of G had previously moved the meeting to April 16 to enable students to attend before the end of examinations. The meeting — which […]
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Prof. Susan Brown, Department of English and Theatre Studies, finds digital tools give her new ways to explore and ask questions about the Victorian literature she studies. “It’s more interactive and gives us multiple ways to organize and order the material,” she says. “There is also a very creative aspect to this, as we learn […]
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A team of U of G students earned top honours at the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) held in Syracuse, New York, April 9-11. It is the fifth win for Guelph in 10 years. OAC fourth-year students Laura Donkers, Myranda Morrison, Courtney O’Neill and Kevin Reijnen competed against teams from eight other schools and […]
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A team of U of G engineering students recently reeled in third prize at the Canadian Engineering Competition, held at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Competing in the senior design category, team members Matt Border, Steven Davis, Evan Fitzpatrick and Kyle Montgomery were tasked with designing, implementing and presenting an autonomous ice-fishing device in nine hours. […]
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Coping with stress takes practice, but it can become a positive habit […]