Research Communications and Marketing staff received two awards Oct. 5 at the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation annual conference in Agassiz, British Columbia. The 2012-2013 Agri-Food Yearbook, highlighting the OMAFRA-U of G partnership, received a silver award in the category for general periodicals. Produced under the direction of Owen Roberts, director of research communications, the yearbook […]

Read More… from Research Communicators Win CFWF Awards

Guelph physicists Ralf Gellert and Iain Campbell are among authors of a new paper about Martian geology published last week in the journal Science. The paper discusses soil samples collected by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, and compares those results to samples taken by earlier rovers. An instrument […]

Read More… from New Paper Describes Mars Soil Samples

Over the summer, three U of G chefs participated in two separate culinary competitions and came back wearing gold and silver medals. Chef Vijay Nair was part of the first-place Team Ontario at the Canadian College and University Food Service Association Conference held in Charlottetown, P.E.I., while Guelph Chefs Gord Cooledge and Andrew Falkingham earned […]

Read More… from U of G Chefs Win Culinary Medals

The University community is invited to explore REDLAB, a multimedia studio and expressive arts institute, during its official launch Oct. 17. The Re-­visioning Differences Media Arts Laboratory (REDLAB) is directed by Prof. Carla Rice, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Care, Gender and Relationships. The lab, located […]

Read More… from Learn About REDLAB

Technology created by U of G professors Amar Mohanty and Manjusri Misra is featured in an online publication produced by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The story appears in CFI’s online newsletter Research Action. It looks at how the  company Competitive Green Technologies (CGTech) is working with farmers to produce a grass that can […]

Read More… from Profs Featured by CFI

An instructor with the University of Guelph-Humber’s MFA program in creative writing and one of its graduates have been short-listed for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. Instructor Michael Winter was selected for his novel Minister Without Portfolio. MFA graduate Elisabeth De Mariaffi was chosen for her collection of short stories How to Get Along With […]

Read More… from Guelph-Humber Congratulates Two on Giller Nominations

Victory in a national food development competition was a snap for two U of G undergrads. Maggie Clark and Camille Shniffer won first place in the contest in late August. The students developed NutriSnaps crackers made from lentil, pea and pinto bean flours flavoured with rosemary and sea salt, sundried tomato and herbs, and roasted […]

Read More… from Guelph Students Win Pulse Competition