Swimmer Evan Van Moerkerke and triathlete Jason Wilson will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio in August.
Category: Around the Ring
OVC receives $23-million provincial investment
The University of Guelph has received $23 million from the provincial government to support critical infrastructure renewal at the top-ranked Ontario Veterinary College (OVC).
Plans begin for relocation of Guelph Turfgrass Institute
New turfgrass plots will soon be growing in the University of Guelph’s Arboretum.
New athletics centre to open in September
The new $45-million Guelph Gyphons Athletics Centre is scheduled to be almost complete by the start of the fall term in September. The renovation is part of a larger project that includes renovating the existing W.F. Mitchell Centre to accommodate recreational and intramural programs.
New sustainable bike shelter doubles as pavilion
A sustainable bicycle shelter built in the heart of campus will double as a pavilion for small events and gatherings. Located on the edge of Branion Plaza, the shelter is environmentally friendly in more ways than one, from its promotion of human-powered transit to its curved green roof.
Student wins national painting prize
Patrick Cruz, a master of fine art (MFA) student, won the 2015 RBC Canadian Painting Competition. The $25,000-prize celebrates promising new Canadian visual artists. It’s the second year in a row that the winner has had a U of G connection.
Coursework: corruption, scandal and political ethics
Political scandals have been around for as long as politics have been around. That might explain the popularity of “Corruption, Scandal and Political Ethics,” a distance education course for credit towards certificates in leadership and in public policy and administration. It’s the second most popular online course offered at U of G. So, what’s the
OVC Pet Trust celebrates 30th anniversary
The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) Pet Trust, the first charitable fund dedicated to the health and well-being of companion animals, celebrates three decades in 2016. In that time, more than $35 million has been raised to support learning, health care and research at OVC.
Physics professor breaks Guinness World Record No. 22
By day, Jason Thomas, B.Sc. ’00, M.Sc. ’02, is a full-time U of G physics professor. Off campus, his alter ego, Burnaby Q. Orbax, is one half of the Monsters of Schlock, a vaudevillian stunt show that also includes his twin brother, Sweet Pepper Klopek (a registered name).
Syrian refugee student arrives
Next to her new winter clothing, that campus guide was a must-have for Kuwatly in early January. Newly arrived at U of G from Lebanon, the Syrian student needed to find her way around a snow-covered campus completely unlike anything she’d left behind in the Middle East. “People are nice here,” she says with a