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Congratulations to Lucas for winning the University of Oregon Outstanding Early Career Award! This is the highest research award at the University of Oregon for early career faculty. Lucas was a former SES PhD student with Dr. Madhur Anand.

This year SES has a student competing in the 3MT Community Choice category, presenting on Modelling an Invasive Species. The voting for the 3MT competition is now open, so if you have a moment, please watch the video and help support SES’s Jenny Liu.

2018 3MT - Community Choice Award Nominee - Jenny Liu Modelling an Invasive Species https://www.facebook.com/uofgGradStudies/videos/1732926906730767/

PLANT/PIXEL Soft Turns  8eleven Gallery April 4 — April 22, 2018 Opening April 4th, 7-11pm Auxiliary Programming, Workshop with Serena Lee April 7 2-4pm

We would like to congratulate Richard on being elected as new IUSS officer for the period 2018-2020. 
 

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The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation recently announced that six U of G researchers will receive funding for wide-ranging studies, including precision agriculture, electric vehicles and functional foods. Each award is worth up to $100,000. Article https://news.uoguelph.ca/2018/03/six-u-g-profs-recognized-early-researcher-awards/

The Arboretum is currently accepting applications for our 2018 Arboretum Summer Grounds Crew. This 18 week opportunity is open to University of Guelph students and recent graduates with a pay-rate $14 per hour (Monday – Friday, 35 hours per week).
Members of the Summer Grounds Crew will assist staff in all aspects of the maintenance of the grounds, gardens, woody plant collections and nursery at The Arboretum. Responsibilities include:
• Equipment operation, including mowers, wood chippers and tractors.

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Disaster strikes. A swarm of giant wasps are devouring everything around them, causing worldwide dystopia. But there is one hope: a tiny island off of Lake Ontario may have avoided the chaos. It’s up to Jack to get to the island, break into the hive where the wasps are hibernating, and free the human hostages inside.