A four-day study tour in the Netherlands showed animal science professor Tina Widowski that the Canadian food animal industry faces some of the same challenges as its European counterparts – and that solutions working in the Netherlands may provide ideas and inspiration for Canada. Widowski is director of U of G’s Campbell Centre for the […]

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A faster, cheaper way to capture more information about nature’s diversity is the main benefit of next-generation technology described by a team of researchers including U of G biologists in a paper published this week in Molecular Ecology Resources. The group has shown that next-generation sequencers plowing through numerous genetic samples at a time may […]

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The 2013 edition of Emerge magazine, produced by fourth-year students in the media studies program at the University of Guelph-Humber, has received 15 digital journalism awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York City. The magazine more than doubled the number of awards it won in 2012. The digital awards include first place […]

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Starting next fall, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving Monday will become a study break day at the University of Guelph. The University will be open, but no classes will be scheduled. The study break day was approved Monday by the University’s Senate. The proposal was made by the Central Student Association (CSA), and approved by Senate’s […]

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Starting in the Fall 2014 semester, the environmental management major of the bachelor of bio-resource management (BBRM) degree will be based at the Guelph campus. Previously, students spent the first two years of the program at the University’s Ridgetown campus and moved to the Guelph campus to complete their third and fourth years. The change […]

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Profs. Peter Sikkema and Darren Robinson, weed-management specialists in the Department of Plant Agriculture at Ridgetown Campus, were recently honoured by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and the Canadian Weed Science Society (CWSS), respectively. Sikkema received WSSA’s most prestigious honour, a Fellow Award.  A U of G faculty member since 2003, he has […]

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Psychology professor Barbara Morrongiello is taking part in a special event on Parliament Hill Feb. 24 that will highlight university research focused on children and youth. She is among seven professors from Canadian universities who will be presenting their research to government leaders. All of the research projects involved community agencies that work with children […]

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How many university students can boast that their admission offers were hand-delivered by a six-foot-tall mythical creature? That’s what happened for some prospective University of Guelph students Wednesday when their admission offers were brought to their homes by Guelph’s mascot, Gryph. Gryph, accompanied by staff from Admission Services, surprised a handful of local student hopefuls […]

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