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 Jian Zhou was recently awarded the William N. Kinnard Young Scholar Award by  ARES, the American Real Estate Society – a leading real estate research and education organization whose mission is to influence real estate through leadership and decision making.  Jian was nominated by Associate Professor and REH Advisor, Jane Londerville, and received the award in recognition of his high quality research contributions to the real estate discipline achieved in the first ten years of receiving his PhD.  

Professor Sylvain Charlebois, acting dean of the College of Management and Economics (CME) — along with marketing students Ben Bickers and Maggie Chen, and accounting student Dave Howard — will attend an “Education in Canada” reception Friday in Sao Paulo. The event is part of an unprecedented visit to Brazil by 30 Canadian university presidents who will have the chance to meet high-ranking government and university officials in Brazil this week.

It’s been 12 years since a Canadian appeared in the Olympic marathon, and now two runners with ties to the University of Guelph will line up in London this summer. The 2012 men’s Canadian Olympic marathon team announced today includes U of G graduate Reid Coolsaet and Eric Gillis. Both are elite members of the Speed River Track and Field Club in Guelph. Read more about these athletes

That’s a question that intrigues University of Guelph business professor Jamie Gruman, co-founder of the newly-created Canadian Positive Psychology Association that’s holding its first conference in July in Toronto.

Professor Gruman comments on the topic in today's Guelph Mercury.  

According to today's Guelph Mercury, the Guelph offices of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will receive 30 to 35 job losses as the federal government enacts measures to eliminate its deficit. The union representing the employees revealed this week that veterinarians, biologists and agricultural scientists will be impacted. Acting CME Dean Sylvain Charlebois comments on this issue

Acting CME Dean Sylvain Charlebois writes in The Record, that as a result of the Stephen Harper government’s focus on deficit reduction, the Ministry of Agriculture is facing cuts that will exceed 10 per cent, resulting in significant job loss for the department over the next three years. Food safety inspectors in particular are expected to be severely affected.

When you spend much of your time at work, it’s important to feel good about what you do, says Jamie Gruman, a professor in the University of Guelph’s Department of Business, who studies well-being in the workplace.

Helping improve workplace well-being is one purpose of the Canadian Positive Psychology Association (CPPA), a new organization co-founded by Gruman to share knowledge and foster collaboration in positive psychology. In this field, scientists study personal characteristics, behaviours and relationships that help individuals and communities to thrive.

Find out how UofG Marketing Management student, Stefan Kovacevic, earned one of five coveted internships with MasterCard, through a "social interview" process. The interactive call for submissions came through Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and YouTube and MasterCard received more than 500 submissions. Read full story.

The latest Grainews issue focuses on the University of Guelph's unique MBA program in food and agri-business management. Nothing stays the same, they write, be it in agriculture, business, international trade or learning. And the University of Guelph has a unique Masters of Business Administration program that reflects that notion. Read the full Grainews article

It’s not your ordinary waiting room. The walls are covered with posters explaining the steps to take to solve various problems and answering questions like: “Do I really need Jerome’s signature?” and “Why is Jerome taking so long?” A small table holds puzzles, books and other items to keep you entertained while you wait. As you pick up one of the puzzles and start twisting it in your hands, the problems you arrived with don’t seem quite so urgent. You feel calmer. That’s one of Jerome’s goals.