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GERMANY HONOURS OAC PROF’S CONTRIBUTIONS
Prof. Larry Schaeffer, Animal and Poultry Science, has been awarded the 2009 Hermann-von-Nathusius- Medaille. First presented in 1930, the medal recognizes scientific contributions to practical animal husbandry in Germany. The award comes on the heels of news that Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators has selected an article by Schaeffer as the 2009 most cited paper in the area of genome selection. Titled “Strategy for Applying Genome-Wide Selection in Dairy Cattle,” the article appeared in the Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
FIELD HOCKEY GRYPHON ISCIS, OUA PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Third-year Gryphon Brienne Stairs of Kitchener has been named women’s field hockey player of the year by both Canadian Interuni- versity Sport (CIS) and Ontario University Athletics (OUA). She is the first Gryphon to claim the CIS Liz Hoffman Award since it was created in 1992. A three-time OUA all-star, the biomedical sciences student led the country in scoring for the second straight year and helped the Gryphon team capture its second OUA title in three years.
HISTORIAN GIVES TALKS
Prof. Susan Nance, History, spoke last month at the Western Literature Association meeting in South Dakota on “Commercial Folk Animals: Rodeo Rough Stock and the Interdependence of Local and National Mass Cultures Before 1950.” She also gave a talk at the International Society for Anthro- zoology meeting in Missouri titled “Always Wild: The Show Business Origins of the 20th-Century Study of Animal Psychology.”
OAC GRAD STUDENTS EARN KUDOS FOR BEAN RESEARCH
PhD candidate Greg Perry and master’s student Kelli Durham of the Department of Plant Agriculture won the student awards for best oral presentation and best poster, respectively, at the biannual meeting of the Bean Improvement Co- operative in Colorado last month. Perry, whose adviser is Prof. Peter Pauls, spoke on the “Development and Screening of BiBac Libraries From Two Sources of CBB Re- sistance in P. vulgaris.” Durham, who is advised by adjunct professor Ali Navabi and Pauls, presented a poster titled “Phenotypic and Genotypic Evaluation of Common Bacterial Blight Resistance in a Resistant Intercross Population of Phaseolus vulgaris.”
RETIREMENT PARTY SET
A farewell reception will be held Nov. 26 for Peter Landoni, associate registrar (student financial services), who is retiring after 36 years at U of G. It runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in Room 442 of the University Centre. RSVP by Nov. 19 to Rose Diamante at Ext. 52296 or to peter_rsvp@registrar.uoguelph.ca. Anyone wishing to donate towards a gift should forward contributions to Diamante by Nov. 19.