University of Guelph engineering professor Dr. Manjusri Misra has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS) for outstanding contributions to advancing the field of biopolymers, bio-based composite materials.
Misra received the award this week at the group’s 27th annual meeting, held virtually.
It is with sympathy that we share the passing of Frederick Curry, OAC '71, on June 4, 2021.
It is with sympathy that we share the passing of Carole Reeve-Newson, OAC '63, on May 7th 2021.
Since 2014, the Gryphon’s LAAIR (Leading to the Accelerated Adoption of Innovative Research) program has offered researchers who identify market potential in their agri-food inventions an opportunity to understand how their ideas can contribute to Ontario’s $37 billion agri-food industry.
Improving human health is the common theme of two Canada Research Chairs (CRC) – one new, the other being renewed – at the University of Guelph that were included in a cross-Canada research infrastructure announcement today.
It is with sympathy that we share the passing of Ted Shelegy, OAC '64 and M.Sc. '84, on May 13th 2021.
Alumni Affairs and Development and the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) Dean’s Office are pleased to announce Leah Serafini as the new Stewardship and Engagement Manager. She begins in the role on Monday, June 21, 2021.
It is with sympathy that we share the passing of Dr. Blair MacNeill on May 28, 2021. Blair was a professor of plant pathology in the Department of Environmental Biology, which is now the School of Environmental Sciences.
An obituary for Dr. Blair MacNeill will be posted here and a memorial service will be held at a later date.
A University of Guelph ecology professor has won the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction.
Dr. Madhur Anand’s experimental memoir, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir of Halves, was among five finalists in the category.
OAC leadership acknowledges the pain and trauma of Indigenous peoples following the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. We stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities and we mourn this devastating loss.
We must continue to educate and reflect, while we challenge the systems that have oppressed and excluded Indigenous people, practices, and ways of knowing.