PAPER EARNS KUDOS Jean Pierre Kapongo, a PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Biology, received awards for innovative research project and best student presentation at the recent International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Lygus Plant Bugs in Ottawa. His paper was titled “Optimal Concentration of Beauveria bassiana as Vectored by Bumblebee Pollinators to Control Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus lineolaris.” His supervisors are Prof. Peter Kevan and Les Shipp of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
CUNNINGHAM RECOGNIZEDChuck Cunningham, director of Communications and Public Affairs, was recently named an honorary member of the Ontario University Registrars' Association in recognition of his significant contributions to the association.
GRYPHON HONOUREDStudent Jordan Reynolds, captain of the Gryphon men's volleyball team, has been selected an OUA All-Star for the fourth consecutive year and a CIS All-Canadian for the second straight year.
THEY SHOT, THEY SCORED The U of G Grey Gryphons won the 28th annual faculty and staff invitational hockey tournament held Feb. 24 and 25 on campus. Guelph beat out teams from York, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, Western and Lakehead universities. Members of the winning squad were Todd Duffield, Population Medicine; John Kelly, MaRS Landing; Mike Kirk, Alma Research Station; Dave Kribs, Mathematics and Statistics; Kevin McCann, Integrative Biology; Rich Moccia, Animal and Poultry Science; Steve Naylor, OMAF; Doug Powell, Plant Agriculture; Lawrence Spriet, Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences; Al Weersink, Agricultural Economics and Business; and Scott Weese, Clinical Studies.
