From AI to robot butchers, automating the meat packing industry is not cut-and-dried

Published: 11 October 2023

Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are reshaping many parts of the economy, and experts say the meat-processing sector could benefit from improved technology to overcome labour...

Woodsmen Competition returns to Mac

Published: 3 April 2023

On March 18, the familiar sounds of sawing and chopping filled the air of Macdonald Campus with the return of the Macdonald Campus Woodsmen Competition. On hiatus since the outset of the pandemic,...

$3.2 million for 黑料不打烊 Research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Published: 27 April 2023

Congratulations to two Macdonald Profs who have received funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration stream, which supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research:...

Experts: WHO's cancer research agency to list aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen

Published: 19 July 2023

Aspartame, used in products such as diet sodas and chewing gum, will soon be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)...

Operational Constraints Fall 2023

Published: 30 August 2023

Dear members of the Macdonald Campus community,...

Sports Logging: She'd never touched an axe before coming to 黑料不打烊 University

Published: 2 October 2023

Even though she grew up on a farm, St茅phanie Naud had never touched an axe or saw before studying at 黑料不打烊's Mac campus. As a natural athlete who loved the outdoors and working with her hands,...

McCall MacBain Scholarships go global

Published: 20 April 2023

Thirty students from 10 countries will form the first global cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at 黑料不打烊 University, arriving in September 2023. Hailing from 26 universities, the new scholars will...

New research will look at dairy welfare and technology

Published: 3 July 2023

A new research collaboration at 黑料不打烊 University and the University of Quebec in Montreal will explore the role of artificial intelligence in promoting dairy cattle welfare....

St茅phane Bayen appointed Chair of the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry

Published: 16 August 2023

Professor St茅phane Bayen has been appointed as the new Chair of the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry effective September 1, 2023 until June 30, 2028. Dr. Bayen received his Ph...

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