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The College of Business and Economics broke ground yesterday on a new partnership with Reid's Heritage Homes and their development of net zero energy homes in Guelph. Homes built as part of the national program will include energy conserving features and create at least as much energy as they consume. This partnership will see real estate and housing and marketing management majors examine home design and consumer attitudes towards these net zero homes.

After starting his academic career as a refugee student under the World University Service of Canada, Khalil is enjoying the fruits of his labour and following his passion for teaching and making a difference through research.

Students from the University of Guelph’s accounting program have placed second in the Free Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Tax Clinics Challenge (government/academic category) for the second consecutive year.  Working with CPA Ontario and the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition, approximately 30 students joined forces to provide free tax return services to members of the Guelph community.

President Barack Obama spoke yesterday at the UN Climate Summit about government initiatives intended to battle climate change. But in this article from Fox News, Chip Knappenberger writes about the global warming hiatus, something economics professor Ross McKitrick says has been happening for 19 years.

Business students looking to get a head start on preparing for their careers have a growing resource in the Business Career Centre. Now entering its second year, the centre has launched a new webpage (www.uoguelph.ca/business/careers) and expanded its roster of career-related activities while working closely with Co-operative Education and Career Services (CECS).

The internet has done a lot to simplify our ability bank, communicate and, of course, shop. According to Statistics Canada, the value of online orders placed by Canadians rose 24 per cent between 2010 and 2012 to $18.9 billion. Now buying almost anything is as simple as entering your credit card number and clicking the purchase button. So how does this affect compulsive shoppers?

The University of Guelph is preparing to welcome some of Canada’s most celebrated chefs and restaurateurs to campus on September 29 to discuss future of Canadian food.

The Food Day Canada Chefs’ Forum, hosted in partnership with the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and the College of Business and Economics, will unite this elite group of experts, who are also recipients of the University’s Good Food Innovation Award.

What is driving our food prices down? According to this report from Yahoo! Canada Finance, the answers aren't so pretty. Cheaper food prices can often mean that cost-saving additives are present in the products we purchase. Professor Sylvain Charlebois speaks on this issue and the choices we make in the supermarket.

Multiple members of Drew Harden’s family may have attended the University of Guelph before him, but the M.Sc. in Marketing and Consumer Studies student has had no problem charting his own course. As the recent recipient of $20,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Training Grant in Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention (PICDP), Drew has made his unexpected return to academia into a life-changing opportunity to pursue his research passion.

Read on to learn more about Drew and his research.

Since graduating with her Bachelor of Commerce, Tara Perkins has embarked on a journalism career that has seen her interview high-profile individuals like Conrad Black, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Jim Flaherty and Paul Martin.