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Marketing and Consumer Studies students Justin Manarang, Sophie Arkell and Ronnel Santos will travel to China in April 2015 to conduct research on the expansion of ESKA Water into China. The students recently won the Bridges to International Practice live case competition as part of assistant professor Lianne Foti’s International Marketing class. Students spent the semester working with ESKA Water president and CEO Jim Delsnyder on creating marketing strategies for the company’s expansion.

Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of the College of Business and Economics, was recently interviewed by CTV News Kitchener about cheating at Canadian universities. A leading researcher on the topic, Christensen Hughes spoke to the data from the 2012 Academic Integrity Survey that reported the percentage of students participating in academic misconduct.

According to the University of Guelph's 2012-2013 Academic Integrity Report, the majority of cases of academic misconduct taking place within the College of Business and Economics are related to group work. Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of Guelph's business school and leading researcher in academic misconduct, and Kerry Godfrey, associate dean, academic, were both interviewed by the Guelph Mercury about the findings.

Food price increases of 0.3 to 2.4 per cent are expected in the coming year, but meatlovers will have to deal with higher price jumps. Increases of three to five per cent are expected for meat, fish, seafood and vegetables.

Fourth-year real estate and housing student Sergio Morales is preparing for a winter semester that will prove to be anything but typical. While many senior students are focusing on completing their courses and searching for job opportunities, Sergio is looking forward to starting his first term in public office as councillor of Barrie’s Ward 9.

A food safety report examining 17 developed countries was released today by the Conference Board of Canada and the Food Institute at the University of Guelph. Authored by marketing professor Sylvain Charlebois and Jean-Charles Le Vallée, the report looks at data in 10 areas including food-borne-illness rates, food recalls and dietary consumption studies.

Entrepreneurship at the University of Guelph recently received a huge boost from the provincial government with a $400,000 grant from the On-Campus Entrepreneurship Activities (OCEA) program. This funding will help to expand the Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship (CBaSE) and its support of U of G students in their entrepreneurial endeavours.

Buying a home is an expensive investment, but those in Canada who bought 10 years ago have made a wise decision. People think about housing prices going up, but Prof. Paul Anglin reminds us that sometimes, prices fall. Read Buying a house or condo in Canada? Here are five things to consider

The Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship (CBaSE) recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, and the addition of a new team member, Student Enterprise Program Manager and two-time University of Guelph alumna Amy Faria. Since graduating with her M.Sc. in Marketing and Consumer Studies, Faria has spent time teaching, traveling and volunteering internationally.