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JOURNAL NAMED AMONG TOP 100 OVER LAST CENTURY
Botany (formerly the Canadian Journal of Botany), which is edited by Profs. Larry Peterson, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Barry Shelp, Plant Agriculture, has been selected as one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last 100 years, as voted by the biomedical and life sciences division of the Special Libraries Association on the occasion of its centennial.
SCHOLARLY BOOK WINS PRIZE
The Canadian Association of University and College Professors of French has awarded Prof. Margot Irvine, Languages and Literatures, its 2009 prize for best scholarly book published by one of its members. Published in 2008, the book is titled Pour suivre un époux: les récits de voyages des couples au XIXe siècle.
OAC STUDENTS WIN NATIONAL EVALUATION COMPETITION
A team of students from the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) emerged as the top team at the Canadian Evaluation Society’s national evaluation case competition in Ottawa this month. Coached by Prof. Harry Cummings, the team consists of Allison Gratz, Sandra Moreau, Karen Nelson and Eva Otanke. This is the fourth SEDRD team Cummings has coached to victory in the last 10 years.
PROF AWARDED FELLOWSHIP
Prof. Mary DeCoste, Languages and Literatures, has received a Craig Hugh Smyth Fellowship for research at Villa I Tatti at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy. She will be in residence at the centre for three months beginning in January 2010.
OHL HONOURS TOP STUDENT
U of G B.Comm. student Tim Priamo, a member of the Guelph Storm, has received the Roger Neilson Memorial Award from the Ontario Hockey League as the top academic player in a post-secondary program. Priamo will play for the Gryphon hockey team in the fall.
U OF G STAFF GIVE TALKS, WIN SILVER AT CCAE CONFERENCE
This year’s speakers at the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) conference in Hamilton included Joanne Shoveller, vice-president (alumni affairs and development); Celeste Bannon Waterman, executive director of advancement services; and two members of Communications and Public Affairs (C&PA): director Chuck Cunningham and associate director Lori Bona Hunt. U of G brought home two CCAE awards — a silver medal to Deirdre Healey of C&PA for best English news release and a silver medal to Alumni Affairs and Development for best alumni event for Hockey Day in Gryphonville. It was organized by Gail Kendall, Tom Sawyer and Sam Kosakowski.