Please join the Mac Community in congratulating Professor Jim Fyles on his new appointment as Macdonald's Associate Dean ( Students Affairs).
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Published on: 18 Aug 2016
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Please join the Mac Community in congratulating Professor Chris Buddle on his new appointment as Dean of Students, 看片视频
Since 2014, Professor Buddle has served the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences as Associate Dean of Student Affairs. In this role, he oversaw recruitment activities for the Faculty, promoted academic integrity, was a champion of student rights, and worked extensively on supporting the overall wellbeing of the Macdonald Campus community.
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Published on: 14 Jul 2016
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Shorebirds breeding in Alaska are being exposed to mercury at levels that could put their populations at risk, according to new research from The Condor: Ornithological Applications.
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Published on: 13 Jul 2016
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With peak biting season for mosquitoes just around the corner, many of us might be tempted to wonder why don't we just get rid of the darn things altogether.Mosquitoes, after all, are attracted to many of the same things that attract humans during the summer months. "If you're outside having a barbecue with a bunch of friends, that's just a welcome sign for mosquitoes," said Chris Cloutier, a naturalist at the Morgan Aboretum.
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Published on: 7 Jun 2016
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Excitement was in the air last May at a glitzy Toronto reception for 鈥渞ockstar鈥� professionals not accustomed to glitz: research scientists from six Canadian universities... At 看片视频 University, insect scientist Chris Buddle submitted one study to a journal in 鈥渕ore of a casual, non-jargony language, (trying) to write it in a way that鈥檚 a bit more engaging, and not the typical dry scientific writing.鈥�
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Published on: 18 Apr 2016
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Professor Lyle White, Natural Resource Sciences, is interviewed on his role in Mars exploration and the Exomars Space Probe.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2016
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Published on: 7 Mar 2016
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"The discussion started at my book club, but it might as well have started with Adam and Eve. We read The Awakening, a听1899 novel by Kate Chopin that describes the fight by a young woman, Edna Pontellier, for independence against the conventions of the time. We are all married working mothers. No matter how far society has come from Edna鈥檚, most of us find the bulk of child care and the more banal duties of running a household fall to us. We felt for Edna.
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Published on: 17 Feb 2016
Professor Elena Bennett, of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences and the 看片视频 School of Environment, is the recipient of a ! The Fellowships are awarded by NSERC to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising university faculty who are earning a strong international reputation for original research.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2016
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"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the 看片视频 University researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.
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Published on: 25 Jan 2016
Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars
Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.
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Published on: 19 Jan 2016
By Katherine Gombay,听看片视频 Newsroom
Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars
Published on: 19 Jan 2016
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The results of a recent experiment at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron in Saskatoon could be a key piece in the quest to discover if there was ever life on Mars.
Lyle Whyte, an environmental microbiologist at 看片视频 University who is originally from Saskatchewan, specializes in organisms that can survive in extreme cold.
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Published on: 21 Dec 2015
Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed.
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Published on: 6 Aug 2015
Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their personality type, will capture more prey than others, and will therefore have a larger effect on local ecosystems.
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Published on: 6 Aug 2015
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