U of G’s chapter of Right to Play received a cheque for more than $1,000 last week from Guelph’s Tri-City Martial Arts club. The money was raised during a November regional karate tournament to benefit the charity, which helps children in developing countries. Right to Play is an international humanitarian organization using sport for development, […]

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A celebration of the life of University professor emerita Parvathi (Pari) K. Basrur will be held Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. in Rozanski Hall. Prof. Basrur died Nov. 10 at the age of 83. The celebration will recognize her long and distinguished career in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and her service to the community. […]

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A U of G postdoctoral student was recognized today for his research that may help cure a skin disease. Oualid Haddad, Department of Integrative Biology, was one of five researchers honoured during a ceremony in Ottawa hosted by Mitacs, an agency that works with federal and provincial governments to co-ordinate industry-university research projects and promote […]

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The ads are black and white and bold, with messages from David Suzuki, Bill Gates and Bono asking prospective graduate students “What do you think?” about today’s most pressing global issues. The messages are getting across – loud and clear – boosting graduate enrolment by 300 per cent in the Department of Food, Agriculture and […]

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There are few experiences in life that can change you fundamentally as a person. There are even fewer instances where you can point to a certain moment in time and say with conviction, “that was the moment my entire life changed.” For me and 50,000 others around the globe, that life-changing moment was when we […]

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