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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Undergraduate students have until Feb. 14 to nominate a faculty advisor, program counsellor, or academic advising staff in recognition of their outstanding contributions to undergraduate academic advising. The annual award was created to recognize the work advisers do and the importance of academic advising to an undergraduate’s career. Nominations are evaluated on the evidence of […]

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Master’s students Jessica Kelly and Johanna Wilkes, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), won top honours in the research poster competition at the annual Canadian Agri-Food Policy Conference in Ottawa  Jan. 29 to 31. The conference theme was “Policies and Regulations for a Thriving Canadian Agri-Food System.” Kelly received first prize for her […]

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U of G welcomed an East African delegation to campus Jan. 31. The high commissioners and ministers from Uganda and Kenya met with faculty and researchers and toured campus research facilities. Their visit was part of Guelph East Africa (GEA), an ongoing initiative that includes establishing an institute in Tanzania to help solve regional problems. […]

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Food Science professor Alejandro Marangoni has won the prestigious Supelco/Nicholas Pelick Research Award from the American Oil Chemists’Society (AOCS). The award, which includes a $10,000 prize, honours substantial contributions to basic lipid science over a lifetime of research. It’s considered the most prestigious in the field of lipids; three Nobel laureates are among its recipients. […]

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The majority of Ontarians rank universities highly for their contributions to society in the form of research, science and health care, according to a recent survey by the Council of Ontario Universities. Universities scored highly for how they benefit the province; 88 per cent of Ontarians ranked universities’ contributions as important, just behind hospitals at 92 per cent, and elementary […]

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