Ed Roth

U of G Celebrating Grads With Special Virtual Event October 23, 2020
Challenging times call for creative and collaborative solutions, and that’s how the University of Guelph will be celebrating the graduating class of 2020. Although the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prevents the University from holding in-person convocation this month, members from all of its colleges have created a virtual celebration for winter, summer and fall graduates of […]
Deirdre Healey
Search Committee Struck for Provost and VP Academic October 23, 2020
A search committee has been established to select a new provost and vice-president (academic). Charlotte Yates, former provost and vice-president (academic), became president Aug. 2. Gwen Chapman, dean of the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, was named interim provost and VP (academic) while the University conducts a formal search to fill the position […]
Lori Bona Hunt
Province Invests in U of G Research to Build Resiliency in Agri-Food Sector October 22, 2020
The government of Ontario is investing $6.52-million in University of Guelph research to help find ways to prevent or control costly crop diseases and pests, improve soil health and water quality and quantity and boost productivity and profitability for farmers. These research projects are funded through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a longstanding collaboration between […]
Deirdre Healey
U of G Art Historian Pens Commentary on Symbolism of Flies October 21, 2020
U of G art history professor Sally Hickson of the School of Fine Art and Music contributed a commentary to Conversation Canada that received more than 1.2 million reads in two days. The piece discussed the symbolism of house flies, in the context of the fly that landed on U.S. vice president Mike Pence’s head […]
Angela Mulholland
Globally Significant Technologies Receive U of G Innovation of the Year Award October 21, 2020
Two University of Guelph technologies being widely used to protect lives during COVID-19 and to preserve the environment will share the University’s Innovation of the Year Award for 2020. When the pandemic began this year, food science professor Keith Warriner and post-doctoral researcher Mahdiyeh Hasani repurposed their food disinfection technology to clean N95 masks used […]
Rob O'Flanagan
TVO Speaks With U of G Rural Internet Access Expert October 21, 2020
Prof. Helen Hambly Odame of the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development spoke to TVO online about the ongoing issue of the “digital divide” that separates those in cities with high-speed broadband internet access and those in rural and remote regions with poor – or no –access. The federal government promised in its throne […]
Angela Mulholland
In These Uncertain Times, Some Marketing Appears Overly Optimistic, or Desperate October 21, 2020
By Prof Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing & Consumer Studies, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics The post In These Uncertain Times, Some Marketing Appears Overly Optimistic, or Desperate appeared first on U of G News.
Angela Mulholland
U of G Learning Forest Goes Global, Virtually October 19, 2020
How do you bring a small forest in the middle of a city to students around the world? Two biology professors at the University of Guelph have created a Digital Forest for just such a purpose. Profs. Shoshanah Jacobs and Alex Smith have long used GigaPan technology as a teaching tool in their popular Discovering […]
Angela Mulholland
Marketing Professor Pens Commentary for Toronto Star on Pandemic Uncertainties October 19, 2020
Prof. Timothy Dewhirst of U of G’s Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies contributed a commentary to the Toronto Star about why so many companies are sending out what he calls “overly optimistic” marketing communications. He noted that certain sports teams and travel companies are urging customers to buy season’s memberships or book travel for […]
Angela Mulholland
Province Funds New Field Crop Services Building at U of G’s Ridgetown Campus October 19, 2020
The University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus has received $6.5 million from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs toward construction of a new field crop services building. Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, made the announcement today at Ridgetown Campus. Funded through the Agricultural […]
Deirdre Healey