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Quintal will spend three months in Germany working at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

Seafood is a major global commodity and a critical source of income, nutrition, and livelihood worldwide. Yet high demand, opaque supply chains, and lax labelling regulations incentivize opportunistic fishers, wholesalers, and retailers to commit seafood fraud. This can include mislabelling, substituting, and/or adulterating seafood products. The effects of seafood fraud create a negative consumer experience and erodes trust in supply chain management, making it difficult for consumers to make informed choices, access accurate information within the industry, and encourages harvesters to engage in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

U of G Professor has developed a CONSE model framework to predict NBA player points per game.

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.

Dr. Xiaodong Lin and team won a Best Paper Award for their paper VerifyNet: Secure and Verifiable Federated Learning in 2025 from the IEEE Signal Processing Society.

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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.