The newly renamed Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) has published a transitional report to advise the University community on recent developments within the office, particularly those prompted by its 2012 operational review. Formerly known as the Human Rights and Equity Office (HREO), the unit has renewed its mandate to promote an inclusive campus […]

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Chemistry professor Peter Tremaine will receive this year’s Hugh M. Huffman Memorial Award for long-term contributions to thermodynamics involving calorimetry or thermochemistry. He will receive the award during The Calorimetry Conference in July. Tremaine studies water under high temperature and pressure with applications in next-generation nuclear power reactors intended to help meet clean-energy needs of […]

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Prof. Alfons Weersink, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), was named a fellow of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) on May 31. Criteria for the honour include significant contributions to the agricultural economics profession and the institutions of Canadian agricultural economics. FARE department chair Alan Ker says one external reviewer made this […]

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Jordan Klaiman, a 2014 PhD graduate, has been awarded a two-year post-doctoral fellowship from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. He is one of only 13 recipients across the country. Klaiman’s PhD advisor was integrative biology professor Todd Gillis, a member of the University’s collaborative Cardiovascular Research Group. Klaiman worked with trout to study […]

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The University of Guelph received two gold, a silver and three bronze awards this week at the annual conference of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE). The Prix D’Excellence awards program recognizes outstanding staff achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, communications, marketing, development, advancement services, stewardship, student recruitment and overall institutional Advancement. […]

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A team of University of Guelph graduate students have received national recognition for their work on using biomaterials to make car parts. The team won first place May 28 in the AUTO21 Highly Qualified People (HQP) poster competition, taking home a $4,500 prize. The competition had more than 50 teams from across Canada. Judges included […]

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Prof. Marta McCarthy was recently appointed president of Choral Canada – the Association of Canadian Choral Communities (ACCC) – and will be conducting the Ontario Youth Choir this summer. Considered the national voice for Canadian choral music and musicians, ACCC members include conductors, composers, arrangers, choral administrators, music educators and choristers. McCarthy was elected president-elect […]

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Environmental biology student Brooke MacKenzie is working in Canada’s forestry industry this summer after winning a contest hosted by the Forest Products Association of Canada. She won an internship position with Weyerhaueser Timberlands Forestry of Grand Prairie, Alta., through a social media contest: the Green Dream Internship. This is the second time the Canada-wide contest […]

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