Two of the five jury panel members of Canada’s most prestigious literary award this year have University of Guelph ties. Sociology professor Cecil Foster and alumna Alison Pick were selected to the jury for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for excellence in Canadian fiction. Last year, the winner won $100,000, with each finalist receiving $10,000. […]
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Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the loss of Tom Powers, a retired professor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, who passed away on Jan. 11. He received a BA from Harvard College, an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a PhD in business from Georgia State University. From 1979 to 1987, […]
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U of G researchers study adapting perennial grasses for biofuel purposes […]
Peter Smith is getting ready to roll up his sleeve to donate blood – for the 100th time. The weed science technician in Plant Agriculture began donating blood as a teenager and hasn’t stopped. He’ll be joined by other Plant Agriculture colleagues as well as students, staff and faculty at U of G’s blood donor […]
Using a federal grant, some spare parts and a little ingenuity, University of Guelph researchers have fashioned a high-tech microscope to study live cells for health, environmental and food applications. Researchers will use the new microscope for live 3D cell imaging. The team spent $200,000 from an infrastructure grant from the John Evans Leadership Fund […]
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Prof. John Hacker-Wright, Philosophy, wrote an op-ed in the Toronto Star on Jan. 13. In the article, he says the terror attacks in France should be condemned, but also argues the cartoons that provoked the attacks should be defended while not being endorsed. Hacker-Wright studies ethics and the philosophy of action. Prof. David MacDonald, Political […]
U of G PhD student proves 20-year-old math conjecture […]
The University of Guelph is flying its campus flags to half-mast today in memory of two students who died over the winter break. Haider Almayahi, a master’s student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics died Dec. 24. A funeral service was held in Hamilton Dec. 29. David Rutherford, an undergraduate studying biological science, died […]
Jamie Lafontaine says community education is key to promoting public health […]
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Erin Houle, a fourth-year landscape architecture student at U of G, has been selected to play for Team Canada at the 2015 Field Hockey Indoor World Cup. The tournament will be held in Germany from Feb. 4-8. Houle, a 2013 All-Canadian and 2014 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) All-Star, is coming off a broken hand that […]
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Gisèle LaPointe has joined U of G this month from Laval University as the holder of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) Professorship in Dairy Microbiology in the Department of Food Science. Her position is funded by a $2-million gift from DFO. LaPointe spent 2009 at U of G as an invited professor at the […]
A University of Guelph student’s research project is among 10 finalists in a prestigious national research competition on biomedical innovations. Evan Wright, a third-year engineering student, will present his research on wound simulation and a drug screening platform to a judging panel from the Sunnybrook Research Institute in downtown Toronto on Jan. 9. The winning […]
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Sixty-second film selected to play on Toronto subway screens […]
It reads like a movie script – ash falling from the sky, thick smoke shutting down airports and businesses, road closures trapping remote northern villages. But this is not from a script; rather, it is a University of Guelph-led study of what could happen through peat burning. In an international paper released in the January […]
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A University of Guelph administrator and a faculty member will take part in the Guelph Lecture – On Being Canadian Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. at the River Run Centre. U of G is one of the sponsors of the annual lecture, which aims to inspire community conversation on what it means to be Canadian […]
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Raine joins U of G’s roster of prestigious bee and pollination researchers […]
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University of Guelph professors lend their expertise on the big stories of 2014, what to expect in 2015 and what you can do to make changes in your own life through New Year’s resolutions. Professors discuss the latest trends and make predictions in politics, photography and technology. In addition, tips are given on how to […]
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Denmark student launches new business thanks to U of G studies […]
The future looks bright for students at the University of Guelph. New lighting fixtures are being installed in both hockey arenas, as well as the gymnasiums. Installation is scheduled for completion in early January. The metal halide, high-intensity discharge lamps that have been hanging in the Gryphon Centre and Athletic Complex for more than 25 […]
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A new study by an international research team including University of Guelph scientists is the first to show how bacteria use a “molecular ruler” in making chains of sugar molecules for their protective coats like a tailor measuring fabric. The finding might ultimately help in developing drugs to fight bacterial infections, said Prof. Chris Whitfield, […]
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