U of G News
University Mourns Passing of Faculty Member
The University of Guelph community is mourning the death of Dr. Peter Conlon, Biomedical Sciences professor, on August 18, 2025. Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast on Friday, Aug. 22 in Conlon’s honour. Support services and initiatives are available for all faculty, staff and students, including: This message is shared with the community following University protocol.
Food Scientist Talks Increasing Food Recalls with National Post
Speaking to the National Post, Dr. Keith Warriner, professor in the Department of Food Science, discussed an increase in food recalls over the past decade.
U of G Neuroscientist Named to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Melissa Perreault, professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Ontario Veterinary College, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). CAHS brings together Canada’s leading health and biomedical scientists and scholars to address the country’s most complex health challenges. Fellows come from all disciplines across…
How Tick Data is Busting Myths, Raising New Concerns of Lyme Disease
Encounters with ticks are no longer just a problem for someone trudging through the woods – they can happen right in your own backyard. That is one of the findings from ongoing research studying tick bites from the G. Magnotta Research Lab at the University of Guelph. Launched in 2022, the study is a long-term initiative to capture as much data as possible about Canadians bitten by deer…
Less Additives, More Plants: Key to Better Food?
Whole foods – components from crops that are usually discarded in modern food production — could be the key to making our food more nutritious, affordable, sustainable and filling. In a new Nature Food study, University of Guelph food scientist Dr. Alejandro Marangoni describes a model that encourages designing food “from field to colon.” This method would incorporate raw plant…