New Initiative to Honour Truscott
The University of Guelph is launching a special justice studies initiative to commemorate and honour the struggles of Guelph resident Steven Truscott and his family.
Truscott is known across Canada for his decades-long battle to prove his innocence after the 1959 murder of his schoolmate Lynne Harper. He was wrongly convicted of the crime at age 14 and spent years in prison before his release in 1969. He was acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2007. read more »
Winter 2010 Call for Nominations: Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Awards
Monday, Jan. 18
The time has come again for the College to celebrate formally its talented teachers. Clare MacMartin, Associate Dean (Academic), announces the call for nominations for the CSAHS 2010 Faculty Teaching Award and the Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Award. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2010. For more information, including nomination forms and awards guidelines, please click on the following message.Popularity Fuels Disclosure on Facebook, Study Finds
Wednesday, Aug. 19
The need for popularity drives young adults to disclose more personal information on Facebook than they normally would reveal, according to University of Guelph researchers.
The study by psychology graduate students Emily Christofides and Amy Muise was published in the journal CyberPsychology and Behaviour in June. Their work, including another study that found Facebook use fuels jealousy in relationships, has attracted international media attention this summer as well as a $50,000 federal grant from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. read more »
Facebook Research Making Headlines
Monday, Aug. 17
Research by two University of Guelph graduate students and a psychology professor continues to make headlines around the world. Their study that found Facebook creates jealousy and suspicion in romantic and sexual relationships was published recently in the journal CyberPsychology and Behaviour. The study by psychology PhD students Amy Muise and Emily Christofides and Prof. Serge Desmarais is the first to provide evidence of a link between Facebook use and jealousy.