Four University of Guelph representatives were recognized Thursday night at the 20th annual Women of Distinction Awards event. The awards from the YMCA-WYCA Guelph honour women who are inspirational leaders. This year’s U of G award recipients were student services manager Cara Wehkamp, chemistry professor Kathryn Preuss and recent graduate Naythrah Thevathasan. Integrative biology professor […]
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‘Ugly’ fruits and vegetables are nutritious and help reduce waste […]
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New food science professor Michael Rogers strives to make food healthier […]
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Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph at the University of Guelph, has been selected as one of four finalists for the prestigious 2015 Equine Industry Vision Award. The award, sponsored by Zoetis, recognizes innovation, leadership and service in North America. Since its inception in 2002, the Equine Industry Vision Award has been presented 13 times […]
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Helping prevent outbreaks of pathogenic Clostridium difficile is the goal of an innovative partnership between the University of Guelph and Guelph General Hospital (GGH). The collaboration reunites a U of G professor and his former graduate student in combating the toxin-producing bacterium. Scott Weese, a pathobiology professor in U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) […]
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Continuous renal replacement therapy can help treat acute kidney failure […]
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A group of 15 U of G students will spend this month volunteering in Dharamsala, India, as part of a service learning project with Prof. Andrea Paras, Department of Political Science, and Himalayan Explorers, an organization that offers adventure travel and service learning opportunities for young people. The students will learn about the positive and […]
A University of Guelph long-distance runner has capped off his athletic career with the country’s top athletics award. Ross Proudfoot was named the top male athlete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Monday night during a ceremony in Calgary. He is the first-ever Gryphon to win the award. He received a trophy and a $10,000 scholarship to […]
Profs. Dennis Baker and Troy Riddell, Political Science, co-wrote an op-ed column in the National Post on May 4. In the column, the authors discuss the concept of mandatory minimum prison terms, and suggest an alternative method of sentencing. Baker studies criminal justice and constitutional law. Riddell studies Canadian public policy and governance, with a […]
Prof. Nathan Perkins says participatory design is essential when creating outdoor environments that inspire physical and mental health […]
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Prof. Meghan McMurtry uses animal hospital tours to research needle fear […]
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The University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) places fourth worldwide and tops in Canada in a new global ranking of veterinary schools. This year’s ranking by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) includes nearly 900 universities in various categories. Veterinary science schools around the world were included for the first time this year. The 4th-place ranking was […]
U of G Prof. Manish Raizada hopes his food security research project will help ensure rural Nepalese have enough to eat […]
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The University of Guelph has appointed a new dean in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS). Prof. Gwen Chapman of the University of British Columbia (UBC) will begin a five-year term Feb. 1, 2016. The announcement was made today by Prof. Serge Desmarais, interim provost and vice-president (academic), who chaired the search […]
Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) appointed Prof. Bob Dony, School of Engineering, as its new vice-president on April 25. The PEO governs the engineering profession in Ontario. “I was very pleased with the support and confidence of my peers on council in giving me the opportunity to serve the engineering profession in this capacity on behalf […]
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A project headed by a University of Guelph graduate student has received three innovation awards. The Lucky Iron Fish Project, headed by biomedical science PhD student Gavin Armstrong, won silver at the April 23 Edison Awards in New York City. The honour is named for the inventor Thomas Edison. On April 16, the Lucky Iron […]
New U of G research reveals disease-fighting potential of soy […]
The 2015/2016 Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) operating budget for the University of Guelph has been approved by the Board of Governors. A special B of G meeting was held today via teleconference to allow members to discuss agenda items — including the operating budget — that were not addressed due to a […]
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 […]