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Several campus roads and parking lots will be closed over the Labour Day weekend as the University of Guelph welcomes new students moving into residence. Move-in weekend starts on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 28 and runs all day on Friday, Aug. 29 and Saturday, Aug. 30. Guelph drivers can expect heavier traffic on Gordon Street between Stone Road and College Avenue as students move…

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Speaking to The Canadian Press, Dr. Ali Dehghantanha, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence and professor in the School of Computer Science, discussed how chatbots can access private company data.

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Dr. Shayan Sharif, interim vice-president (research and innovation), spoke to The Globe and Mail about the decision to cull 400 ostriches in B.C. over avian flu concerns.

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In a commentary for the Toronto Star, Dr. Timothy Dewhirst, professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, argues some companies use “maple-washing” to emphasize a Canadian identity amid the push to buy Canadian.

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Speaking to The Globe and Mail, Dr. Mike von Massow, professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, discussed how lifting countertariffs on American goods could impact grocery prices.

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New University of Guelph students are getting ready to arrive on campus for the 2025-26 school year. Whether moving into residence or settling into Guelph and nearby communities, they’re about to dive into an unforgettable Orientation Week (O-Week) packed with energy, connection and support. Ella Holt is one of this year’s O-Week leaders. Her own introduction to U of G in 2021…

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Speaking to CBC News, Dr. Mike von Massow, professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, discussed how the Buy Canadian movement has impacted imports of Florida orange juice.

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Dr. Scott Weese, chief of infection control at the Ontario Veterinary College, spoke to CBC News about a rise in cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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It can be a fuzzy feeling of grogginess, compounded by headaches or even vomiting. It can make you dizzy, or disrupt your sleep despite constant fatigue, and sometimes it steals your appetite or leaves you short of breath. Altitude sickness is a common ailment; however, understanding what causes it, or how to improve its treatment, are questions researchers like Dr. Mike Tymko…

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The University of Guelph community is mourning the death of Dr. Peter Conlon, Biomedical Sciences professor, on August 18, 2025. Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast on Friday, Aug. 22 in Conlon’s honour. Support services and initiatives are available for all faculty, staff and students, including: This message is shared with the community following University protocol.

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Speaking to the National Post, Dr. Keith Warriner, professor in the Department of Food Science, discussed an increase in food recalls over the past decade.

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Dr. Melissa Perreault, professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Ontario Veterinary College, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). CAHS brings together Canada’s leading health and biomedical scientists and scholars to address the country’s most complex health challenges. Fellows come from all disciplines across…

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Encounters with ticks are no longer just a problem for someone trudging through the woods – they can happen right in your own backyard. That is one of the findings from ongoing research studying tick bites from the G. Magnotta Research Lab at the University of Guelph. Launched in 2022, the study is a long-term initiative to capture as much data as possible about Canadians bitten by deer…

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Whole foods – components from crops that are usually discarded in modern food production — could be the key to making our food more nutritious, affordable, sustainable and filling. In a new Nature Food study, University of Guelph food scientist Dr. Alejandro Marangoni describes a model that encourages designing food “from field to colon.” This method would incorporate raw plant…

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Dr. Ed McBean, professor emeritus in the College of Engineering, spoke to Canada’s National Observer about a downtown Toronto cooling system relying on cold water from Lake Ontario.

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Speaking to CBC News, Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, and Dr. Keith Warriner, professor in the Department of Food Science, discussed a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios.

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Speaking to The Washington Post, Dr. Katie Lebel, professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, discussed how betting on women’s sports is growing its fanbase.

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It took less than an hour. Dr. Ali Dehghantanha managed to steal a Fortune 500 company’s sensitive client data and internal project information just by speaking to their AI chatbot. Dehghantanha is a cybersecurity professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence at the University of Guelph. He was engaged by a large professional services firm to…

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Dr. Mike von Massow, professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, spoke to CBC Kids about the impact of tariffs on candy prices.

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Speaking to the Toronto Star, Dr. Ali Dehghantanha, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence and professor in the School of Computer Science, discussed a recent cyberattack on MPs and parliamentary staff.

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