The 32nd annual Organic Agriculture Conference runs Jan. 1 to Feb. 3 at the University of Guelph.  The conference theme is “Organics: What’s the Buzz?” The program includes a full-day orchard program on Thursday and half-day seminars on Friday, ranging from pollination and permaculture to the impact of GMOs. Full-day workshops on Saturday include themed […]

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How volunteerism and relationships affect empathy, and the effect of tourism and national parks and protected areas on African countries are among topics covered in the 11th edition of the University of Guelph’s electronic journal of undergraduate research. SURG (Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph) highlights studies by undergraduate students from all disciplines on campus […]

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University of Guelph staff received three gold awards and an honorable mention in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II Accolades Awards program. Citations will be presented at the District II annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA., March 3 to 5. Gold awards were received in the following categories: Special events […]

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The annual FarmSmart Conference for farmers and others members of the agriculture sector will be held on campus Jan. 19 in Rozanski Hall. This is the 15th year for the educational program, which is organized by Golden Horseshoe and Heartland Regional Soil and Crop Improvement Associations in partnership with the Ontario Agricultural College, the Ontario […]

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Prof. Alejandro Marangoni, Food Science, has won the 2013 Stephen S. Chang Award, the most prestigious honour from the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS). This award recognizes an eminent scientist, technologist or engineer with significant and distinguished accomplishments in basic research. Marangoni has developed healthier zero-trans, low-saturate substances used in baking.He also studies oleogels, novel […]

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Joseph Lam, a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Keith Cassidy, a professor emeritus in the Department of History, are the latest member of the University of Guelph community to receive  Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medals. Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne as Queen of Canada, […]

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