Three minutes. That’s all the time you have to explain your complex research in plain language to an audience not in your field. Could you do it? Meghan Yip can. She was one of 14 University of Guelph graduate students who recently competed in the annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The contest gives graduate […]
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Portal links academics and business world to help change and improve lives through food […]
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Following this weekend’s news that Hillary Clinton will run for the United States presidency, officials from the Toronto public affairs section of the American consulate general will visit the University of Guelph Tuesday to discuss aspects of Canada-U.S. relations. The visiting delegation will consist of public affairs officer Hilary Renner, Claudia Valladolid, program assistant (cultural/academic), […]
The University of Guelph will receive nearly $2 million over five years from Industry Canada through renewal of two prestigious Canada Research Chairs (CRC). A Tier 1 chair in molecular microbiology held by Prof. Chris Whitfield, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, was renewed for the second time. Whitfield was one of Guelph’s first five […]
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Prof. Nathan Perkins is featured in this month’s Research Matters, an online newsletter produced by the Council of Ontario Universities.The article is part of a special “Home and Gardens” edition. It focuses on Perkin’s research on the benefits of interacting with natural environments, and highlights his projects including Guelph’s Homewood Health Centre. Perkins has worked […]
A simple and effective portable tool to predict avian flu outbreaks on farms has been created by University of Guelph researchers. U of G researchers devised a real-time way to analyze chickens and other farm birds for avian flu. The tool uses a small blood sample and relies on a simple chemical colour change to […]
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Nina Lee Aquino brings a new vision to Toronto’s iconic Factory Theatre […]
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Morgan Jackson, a PhD candidate in the School of Environmental Sciences, has won a top prize in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) “Science, Action!” video contest. Jackson’s entry features his NSERC-funded research on flies (Diptera), conducted through the University of Guelph’s Insect Collection. In the video, Jackson explains that flies […]
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More “tilted towns.” More sinking forests. And large amounts of greenhouse gases pumped out of huge expanses of land in the Canadian North. Those are among the potential fallouts of thawing permafrost that could accelerate warming of the Earth’s climate, says a University of Guelph scientist who co-authored a new international report published today in […]
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Small gallery has strong reputation in Toronto and across Canada […]
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Dreams can cause increased cravings in recovering drug addicts, according to a new University of Guelph-led study, with the researchers recommending more focus be paid to the role of dreams in addiction treatment. The researchers documented dreams and cravings of 86 recovering addicts from two residential treatment facilities in Ontario. They found that “drug dreams” […]
U of G has appointed the first CEO for the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO). Mario Thomas begins a three-year term April 13. Thomas has worked in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector for more than 25 years with a focus on business development and commercialization. Most recently, he was president of Proteocyte Diagnostics Inc., an […]
Natural process converts chicken manure into value-added products […]
Five University of Guelph discoveries that are being recognized as life-changing breakthroughs need your vote. Ontario universities and researchers want the public to decide which inventions and discoveries over the past 100 years in this province have been the most “game-changing.” There’s a list of 50 breakthroughs to choose from – and vote upon – […]
When students have questions about which courses to take, academic advisers have the answers. In recognition of their role in helping students succeed, the B.Sc. Academic Advising team will receive the 2015 Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising Medallion at the June convocation ceremony. The team, consisting of Rob Guthrie, Bonnie Lasby, Kelly Lucas and Heather […]
U of G researchers will help local task force develop strategies to manage ‘community cats’ in Guelph […]
When it comes to survival of the fittest, it’s all about your mother – at least in the squirrel world. New research from the University of Guelph shows that adaptive success in squirrels is often hidden in the genes of their mother. “Some squirrels are genetically better at being mothers than others,” said Andrew McAdam, […]
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By outfitting tiny birds with even tinier tracking “backpacks,” an international research team – led by a University of Guelph professor — has confirmed what many scientists had long suspected: the blackpoll warblers annual migration route includes a three-day, nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean. For more than 50 years, scientists have debated about whether […]
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Food science professor Alejandro Marangoni has been named a fellow of the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS). The AOCS Fellow Award recognizes achievements in science through industrial achievement, leadership, education, administration, communications or regulatory affairs. As the Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Aging at U of G, Marangoni studies the physical properties of […]
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Prof. Jonathan Schmidt has assembled an art show of masks and photographs that invites visitors to think about nature […]