Retired Prof. Samuel Sidlofsky died Aug. 6 at the age of 84. He was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His department started a retirement tribute prize when he retired in 1991, and it’s now awarded annually in honour of all retiring department faculty. A department scholarship in his name […]

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Claude Naud has been appointed director of the University of Guelph ─ Kemptville Campus. In this role, he will provide vision and direction for all activities at Kemptville’s main campus and its affiliated research stations in Winchester, New Liskeard and Emo. Naud’s five-year term begins Aug. 23. The announcement was made by Ontario Agricultural College […]

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Prof. David Kribs has been appointed chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He begins his three-year term Sept. 1. A faculty member at Guelph since 2003, Kribs has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including taking part in a number of international summer schools. His current research program is based in […]

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Paul Finlay, a PhD student in Physics and recipient of U of G’s Brock Doctoral Scholarship, was recognized for the best graduate student presentation at the International Nuclear Physics Conference in Vancouver in early July. Master’s student Evan Rand won second place in the graduate student poster competition. Both belong to the nuclear physics research […]

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The Office of Open Learning has created the Virginia L. Gray Memorial Bursary to honour its former director who died in May. Gray’s career at U of G spanned 38 years. Her commitment to lifelong learning helped to transform the University into an internationally recognized provider of continuing and distance education programs. She also served […]

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Charles Lawrence has been named as the program head for the University of Guelph-Humber’s justice studies programs. He will oversee both the B.A.Sc .and BAA programs. For the past 12 years, Lawrence was the manager of training and development for the training and education unit of the Toronto Police Service. He has also held a […]

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The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre is planning a special event as part of national Culture Days in September. It involves having several hundred people forming a human art chain. The volunteers will hold hands and weave a human chain inside the gallery, around the building and throughout the grounds. It’s a gesture to build tolerance […]

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Political science professor Craig Johnson will be in London July 13 advising the UK government. He will discuss the use of international development assistance to manage and reduce the risks of population displacement caused by climate change. Johnson will present a co-authored paper on how to use cash transfers, asset transfers and other forms of […]

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