College News

Applied, Professional University Grads Most Likely to Repay Loans: U of G Study

Febraury 26, 2013 - News Release

University graduates in applied and professional programs such as business and engineering are more likely to pay back their student loans than their counterparts in liberal arts or in similar college programs, according to a new study from the University of Guelph.

Video Project Asks Students to Redefine Beauty

February 25, 2013 - at Guelph
By: Susan Bubak

Submissions Due: March 1

What do the Elephant Man, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera have in common? Each of these characters – real and fictional – was vilified for being different. That’s because the media often portray people with physical differences as scary.

Campus Event: Reclaiming Beauty Video Project

Submissions Due March 1, 2013

The Reclaiming Beauty Video Project is looking for proposals for a three-minute video produced by you on what you consider to be beautiful and desirable.

Provide an alternative to mainstream media's single representation of the normal, idealized body and the resulting exclusion of men and women living with a body difference or disability. 

Send a one-page written submission with the following information:

Geographers Aim to Reduce Desertification

February 14, 2013 - at Guelph
By Andrew Vowles

A monitoring system devised by Guelph geographers will help preserve arable land and feed a growing population in “the Switzerland of the Middle East.” So says U of G professor emeritus Bill Nickling, who along with Prof. Ze’ev Gedalof has spent four years working on a sustainability project in Jordan.

Prof Offers Hope to Survivors of Domestic Abuse

February 6, 2013 - at Guelph
By: Teresa Pitman

There’s some good news for women who are trying to leave relationships where they have been subjected to abuse or violence. They are often stereotyped as women who will be perennially attracted to abusers: once they get out of one bad relationship, they’ll go on to choose a new partner who will also abuse them.

Not true, says Prof. Ruth Neustifter, a new faculty member in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition.

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