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University Professor Emeritus, Mathematics, Dr. William R. Smith has been awarded the title of doctor honoris causa by the University of J. E. Purkyně in the Czech Republic, one of the institution’s highest honours. The honourary doctorate recognize Smith’s exceptional contributions, leadership and lasting impact in the field of mathematics, as well as his international reputation as a scholar and collaborator. The honour was formally conferred at a ceremony on November 27, 2025.

Creative Encounters at the University of Guelph has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Actua Experience Award – National Girls Program, recognizing its sustained commitment to engaging girls and gender-diverse youth in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). 

U of G Professors implement MathMatize, a platform that offers randomized math skill quizzes.

U of G researchers explore how adding more genres reduces AI’s accuracy in classifying music tracks.

Chemistry PhD candidate Samantha Binkley earned first place in the student poster competition at the University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE) Annual R&D Workshop, held on December 8-10, 2025. The workshop included a dedicated one-day program showcasing graduate student research through presentations and posters.

Dr. Leanne Chen and master’s student Brendan Paget use computational modelling to advance nickel oxide for cleaner fuel-cell energy.

Dara's appointment positions her to lead AI4Food and support cutting-edge, responsible AI work in the agri-food sector.

Industry experts, faculty and students gathered at U of G’s cybersecurity facility to help shape programs that meet evolving employer and AI-driven security needs.

Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Shanoon, a post-doctoral scholar in the AI Lab in the School of Computer Science, has been awarded Best Presentation at the 2025 8th International Conference on Digital Medicine and Image Processing (DMIP) in Tokyo, Japan. Held at the University of Tokyo from November 27–30, DMIP is a leading international conference where researchers and professionals from around the world share new work in digital medicine, image processing and related fields.

Could life begin differently? A new University of Guelph project aims to find out with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Elm Research Laboratories. 

Dr. Derek O’Flaherty, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, will lead the Guelph arm of the three-year, $800,000 collaboration, which aims to investigate how life might emerge from genetic materials other than ribonucleic acid (RNA), expanding our understanding of what is possible for life in the universe.