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.

Fourth-year course builds partnerships between students and communities. Every year, researchers and more than 70 fourth-year University of Guelph students connected to the Project in Environmental Sciences course descend upon the university’s surrounding communities.http://yourontarioresearch.ca/2018/01/fourth-year-course-builds-partnerships-students-co

USRA Jobs - School of Environmental Sciences

• Aquatic and terrestrial risk assessment of neonicotinoid insecticides and fungicides
• Automatic radio tracking of pollinator movements at a landscape scale: foraging and dispersal.
• Microbial respiration of uranium during climate fluctuation

2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantship (URA) positions

URA Jobs - School of Environmental Sciences

You must have an email approval from SFS to participate in the URA program. Please review the application process.