Past Events

Please join us as we celebrate the 10th year of the Campus Author Recognition Program. This year we will be joined by Thomas King, celebrated author and Professor Emeritus, who will be reading an excerpt from his book, The Back of the Turtle , for which he was awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction in 2014. 

 The National Field Exhibition and tour on woody biomass harvest and utilization will include presentations/exhibits by researchers, developers, and biomass specialists showcasing high-yield afforestation, biomass production and agroforestry management regimes, operational practices, commercial harvesting technologies, and climate change adaptation option

Our next speaker in the MCB Distinguished Speaker Series is Dr. Rheal Towner, Director, Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.  His seminar is entitled: “Assessment of in vivo free radicals in various pre-clinical diseases models:  From diabetes to neurological disorders” and Dr. David Josephy is faculty host.    Everyone is welcome to attend.

Brought back by popular demand! Plant Agriculture Living Ornaments.....In support of United Way.....See attached flyer Regular Size - $10ea or 6 for $50 (Red or Green) Large Size - $20ea or 4 for $60 (Red or Green)

Presentation Time: 10:00a.m. Presenter: Inderjot Chahal Presentation Title: Soil health and nitrogen dynamics as influenced by wheat straw management and cover crop residues in the cover crop-tomato rotation in southwestern Ontario

Presentation Time: 10:35a.m. Presenter: Megan Cowan Presentation Title: Identifying errors in the eddy covariance method: Closing the energy budget

Presentation Time: 11:35a.m. Presenter: Jemaneh Habtewold Presentation Title: Mitigation strategies for methane emissions from stored dairy manure slurries: Effects on methanogens and methanotrophs

Presentation Time: 11:10a.m. Presenter: Joanne Garnett Presentation Title: Utilizing the Haney Soil Health Tool to Determine Soil Health and Predict Fertilizer Requirements for Southern Ontario

This Friday's SES Fall 2015 Seminar Series will feature Guest Speaker Dr. Josh D. Neufeld from the Dept. of Biology at the University of Waterloo, presenting "Enigmatic ammonia-oxidizing archaea from the Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant."  Join us Friday, October 30 at 3:30pm in Alexander Hall - Room 218, everyone is welcome to attend!

All SES students, staff and faculty are welcome to join your GSC on Wednesday October 28th at noon for FREE pizza, candy, and pumpkin carving in the Bovey Greenhouse Café. Sign up with kdaoust@uoguelph.ca by October  23rd to reserve a pumpkin!