CME News

January 25: U of G Enhancing Ties, Facilitating Solutions in East Africa

Article featured in The University of Guelph News.

University of Guelph leaders will travel to Tanzania this month to host a workshop on improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in East Africa.

There they hope to strengthen U of G’s long-standing connections and help engage a wide range of stakeholders in solving regional problems.

U of G representatives – including president Alastair Summerlee; Kevin Hall, vice-president (research and external partnerships); and Rich Moccia, associate vice-president (strategic partnerships) – will lead discussions on water, agriculture, energy and other topics.

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January 24: Could Dirty Money Help Revive the Economy?

Article featured in The Voice of Russia.

Open your wallet and look inside. Are the banknotes crisp and pristine or crumpled and covered in grime? Do you keep the dirty ones or spend spend them as soon as possible? One study has revealed exactly how consumers behave with their mucky money. The findings are offering evidence that the physical condition of cash in the consumer's pocket has an impact on how quickly they spend it. An economy limping out of recession may actually benefit from the circulation of a little more of the filthy lucre; literally! Professor Theodore J. Noseworthy from the University of Guelph, who co-authored the study, spoke to VoR about what really happens to all that tainted cash.

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January 23: How to be out of the office but still at work

Article featured in The Globe and Mail.

Dr. Sara Mann, Associate Professor of Strategic Human Resource Management & Organizational Behaviour comments on the shifting standard for a five-day-a-week office arrangement.

It was a snowy, bitter morning in Toronto, but lawyer Allan Rakowsky was getting ready to head out for a round of golf after finishing a consultation with a Bay Street client. The fact that he was in Florida was business as usual for him and his client back in Canada.

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January 22: Flex Your Entrepreneurial Muscles

The 2013 Nicol Entrepreneurial Competition challenges entrepreneurial-minded students to develop business plans for innovative products and services.

Who Qualifies: Teams can consist of 1-3 students, the majority of whom must be full-time undergraduates from any faculty or field at the University of Guelph.

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January 17: The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Bill Laidlaw: Banking on Food

Bill Laidlaw talks to Steve Paikin about the proliferation of food banks in Ontario. Click here to watch the video.

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