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A world-renowned University of Guelph scientist has been honoured by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for research helping to reduce the environmental impacts of plastics in Canada and abroad.

Dr. Amar Mohanty, director of U of G’s Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) and an internationally recognized leader in bioplastics and biocomposites used in everything from car parts to consumer goods, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Miroslaw Romanowski Medal.

Deus Mugabe, PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, is researching Canadian soybean breeding and genetics with a twist.

He considers his approach to his PhD program a bit unconventional.

To the Anishinaabe people, a person in a forest is just one being among a great many beings, says Brad Howie, a University of Guelph graduate student and member of Nipissing First Nation in northeastern Ontario.

Howie will share his understanding of the Anishinaabe philosophy and science of our place in the natural world during a Saturday afternoon walk through Victoria Woods of the University’s Arboretum.

Growing up, my primary school would have a special day every year where students got to dress up as their future career choice. My peers would always show up to Career Day in polished outfits, with jovial expressions, ready and eager to answer the question, “What are you dressed as?” or “What do you want to be when you’re older?” In first through third grade, I remember not being too pressed to dress as anything serious because I had no idea what I wanted to do in the future. I was just enjoying the fun of it!

As an economics student, I never would have imagined getting experience in a field like communications. Upon starting my studies in the food, agricultural and resource economics (FARE) program, I couldn’t describe what the communications career choice even entailed. But one thing I knew for sure was that becoming an economist was out of the question for my future. 

Tom Smith, a technician in the Department of Plant Agriculture, received the Hidden Hero Recognition Award at the U of G Community Breakfast. Smith has worked for 37 years in peanut, canola and dry bean breeding. Working with Dr. Peter Pauls, he designs and executes field trials for variety development and for graduate student experimental projects.

Two University of Guelph professors have been named to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists .

Dr. Melissa Perreault, Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Asim Biswas, School of Environmental Sciences, will join eight other U of G faculty members named to the prestigious group since its establishment in 2014.

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Tyler Black, a PhD candidate in the School of Environmental Sciences, is studying the impacts of marine diesel oil spills on marine bivalves. 

He was recently awarded a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for his PhD research.

Austin hails from the small town of Carlisle, Ontario just 30 minutes south of Guelph. During his undergraduate studies in international development at the University of Guelph (U of G) he completed a specialization in agricultural development and began to see himself pursuing a lifelong career in the field. The master's in capacity development and extension program allowed him to target his research skills in an area of rural development he was most interested in. Austin is currently researching new strategies for capacity development of agriculture in rural Ghana and hopes to see his findings put into practice in the future.

A group of landscape architecture graduate students are improving life by offering front-line workers the gift of rest.

While reflecting over the winter break in early 2021, Everett Dejong, founder of the One Bench One Tree project, decided something must be done to thank front-line workers for everything they have given during the COVID-19 pandemic.