Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Chris Buddle was interviewed on about the use of laptops in the classroom. A new study suggests that taking notes on a laptop leads to poorer marks citing distraction. Buddle says that "laptops and technology can play a pretty powerful role in the classroom..."
Listen to the entire program or to Professor Buddle's comments that begin at approximately 16:00 mins into the episode.
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Professor Lawrence Goodridge, Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety and Food Science professor, was about his $9.8 M听 Salmonella research project while attending recent International Association for Food Protection meetings in Portland, Oregon.
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A $1-million gift from Macdonald College of 涩里番 alumnus J. William Ritchie, BSc(Agr)'51, will provide major support for 涩里番鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in its efforts to open its Macdonald campus to more visitors and provide a unique, hands-on education into the critical role of agriculture in the food supply chain.
Take a look in your pantry: the miracle ingredient for fighting obesity may already be there. A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at 涩里番.
涩里番 scientists, led by Ajjamada Kushalappa of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, have teamed up with researchers from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia to develop nutritious, high-yielding, and more disease-resistant potatoes for food-insecure indigenous communities in Colombia.
Whether it is for research into clean energy sources, the future of wireless communication or a better understanding of the processes involved in language learning, over 160 established 涩里番 researchers and more than 80 graduate students will benefit from support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) over the next five years.
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