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SOUNDS PROF. DAN MEEGAN, Psychology, is investigating how sounds and signals that stimulate brain activity affect patients who are suffering from neurological disorders and are undergoing physical rehabilitation. Meegan is using an electromyography system to monitor how the brain reacts when a magnetic pulse is administered outside the patient's skull. He's hoping that if he can present someone who has a motor problem with a certain type of sensory rhythm, it might modify that signal in some way, affecting the motor pathway.
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PROF. HARALD Bauder, Geography, has found that Canada's immigrant and minority populations are increasingly settling in the suburbs rather than in major cities. Most new Canadians still head for Canada's gateway cities of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, he says, but they are now bypassing the downrown core because of higher living costs.
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Honorary degree recipient Sir David Attenborough, left, accepts congratulations from chancellor Lincoln Alexander at summer convocation. A well路 known British biologist, naturalist and filmmaker, Attenborough drew a large crowd of admirers when he spoke in War Memorial Hall later the same day. During three days of convocation ceremonies, honorary degrees were also awarded to renowned Canadian historian John M. Beattie; Michel Georges
BULLRING GETS A JAVA JOLT LL -N IGHTERS ARE NO longer on the menu, but the former Bullring pub is now open most days and evenings as a student-run coffee shop and lounge. The building has been renovated to provide patrons with a new spot on campus to unwind and grab a coffee, light lunch or dinner. Project manager Michael Teppo says the coffee shop will attract many of the thousands of students streaming in and out of Rozanski Hall, the new classroom complex located just metres away along a concrete walk. The glass entryway of the complex neatly reflects the Bullring's distinctive red roof and cupola and yellow-brick fa~ade. The Central Student Asso-
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ciation runs the coffee shop as a tenant of the University. It's open six days a week and available for Sunday rental for special functions .
PREAINVESTS IN YOUNG FACULTY EV EN MORE U OF G professors have received Premier's Research Excellence Awards (PREAs), designed to allow gifted young faculty to expand the scope of their research and attract talented people to their research teams. To date, 26 Guelph faculty have won the awards, worth more than $4 million when matching funds are included. These researchers receive $100,000 each from PREA and $50,000 in matching funds from U of G: France-Isabelle
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SECOND TERM FOR RIDGETOWN DIRECTOR ARY ABLETT, M.Sc. '78 and PhD '87, director of Ridgetown College, has been reappointed for a second fiveyear term. An expert in soybean genetics and breeding, he was first appointed director in 1997 when Ridgetown became part of the University under the enhanced partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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