How do you bring a small urban forest to students worldwide during a pandemic? Make it digital. In 2009, Dr. Alex Smith began using GigaPan photography technology to record weekly habitat panoramas in U of G’s Dairy Bush. The 8.5-hectare hardwood forest on the University campus is a research site for students in a popular biodiversity
The University of Guelph has recommenced its presidential search, naming a presidential selection committee and launching a community survey in support of the search process. In October 2019, the University had begun a search for its ninth president and vice-chancellor. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020 the University’s Board of Governors suspended that search
About 5,000 new grads are joining the University’s alumni family this month through a virtual convocation. Under COVID-19 restrictions, U of G is holding a single online event for grads of all seven colleges, numbering nearly 3,900 students for summer convocation and 1,100 for winter. The June 24 event features a main video recording on
Just over 600 first-year students received a friendly phone call or online chat as part of U of G’s House Calls program, which was modified due to the ongoing global pandemic. Run by U of G’s Student Housing Services, the unique program begun in 2016 involves staff, faculty and student-staff volunteers who typically pay door-to-door
Since early December 2020, two vice-presidents and a college dean have been appointed to help lead the University of Guelph. Sharmilla Rasheed joined U of G as vice-president (finance and operations) in December. Earlier, she was vice-president (financial and information services) and chief financial officer of St. Joseph’s Health Centre. On Jan. 1, Dr. Mazyar Fallah joined U of G
Fostering innovation and inspiring women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) careers is the goal of the new Tremaine Visiting Speaker Fund for Women in Science at U of G. The fund will bring women science leaders to U of G for week-long visits each year to speak and participate in research or outreach activities
The University of Guelph’s College of Arts (COA) and College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) are launching an online bachelor of arts general degree. Registration for the three-year online degree is now open for the fall semester. Dr. Gwen Chapman, provost and vice-president (academic) and former dean of CSAHS, said she is “thrilled
Teaching children about endangered plants is the goal of a new University of Guelph program that aims to provide rare plants in zero-maintenance glass vessels to schoolkids across Ontario. Under an event called Conservation Through Propagation to be run by the University this fall, custom-made Living Glass orbs containing endangered Canadian plants will be sent
Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches to environmental protection will come together in a new degree program that is the first of its kind in Canada. The four-year bachelor of Indigenous environmental science and practice program (BIESP) will be launched in the fall. Based in the Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) School of Environmental Sciences, the program emphasizes
U of G provided $4 million in new funding to support international students and reduced student compulsory fees during the COVID-19 pandemic.