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Three students wearing graduation caps, gowns and lilac coloured diploma in dental hygiene stoles. One student holds a smartphone and takes a selfie with the other two students.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate

May 17, 2023 — 
Manitoba’s newest physicians, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists will graduate on May 18, 2023, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies.

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Catherine sits in a dental chair and wears a bib. Dr. McCoy stands next to her and wears scrubs, gloves and a face mask.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Loyal patient at UM dental school clinic praises 57 years of care

April 19, 2023 — 
Catherine Hyska sat patiently in the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s clinic waiting room. She’s spent a lot of time in that space over the years. The 93-year-old has been a patient at the dental school since 1966.

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Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy gives his presentation. A banner behind him reads "Faculty of Graduate Studies" and umanitoba.ca/graduate-studies".

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad students shine at Three Minute Thesis final

April 5, 2023 — 
Three minutes isn’t much time to explain complex research and novel ideas, but a trio of Rady Faculty of Health Sciences graduate students excelled at presenting their work clearly and concisely in just 180 seconds.

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Dr. Laura MacDonald writes on a whiteboard.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Eager to Educate

January 6, 2023 — 
Laura MacDonald [Dip.D.Hyg./81, M.Ed./87, PhD/21] was recently in a videoconference with students from the bachelor of science in dental hygiene program. When the learners finished their presentation, MacDonald, who was working from home, gave them a standing ovation at her dining room table.

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Individual portraits of the winners side-by-side.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Six grad students receive Rady Dean’s Prize

December 6, 2022 — 
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to six exceptional graduate students in 2022.

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Dr. Kelekis-Cholakis is turned towards Samady. They are both wearing masks.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Awards Evening celebrates dentistry, dental hygiene successes

November 24, 2022 — 
Rovielle Rantael was overwhelmed but also felt a sense of accomplishment when she received the news she won a pair of prestigious scholarships.

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Portrait of Dmytro Shulyakov. He is wearing face mask.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

B.Sc. (Dent.) program ‘excites’ dentistry students about research

September 7, 2022 — 
Dmytro Shulyakov had little research experience heading into dental school, so he enrolled in the bachelor of science in dentistry (B.Sc. (Dent.) program to see what it was all about.

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Mahamud Haque stands in front of his poster that is pinned to a bulletin board.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Student research excellence lauded at dentistry Research Day

June 22, 2022 — 
Students focusing on infection, workflow and dental implants were recently announced as winners of the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s annual Research Day. 

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Dr. Mary Jane McCallum stands at a lectern. She holds an eagle feather and wears an honorary Doctor of Laws degree gown and hat.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

HD recipient Mary Jane McCallum: ‘Advocate for a better, healthier and more just life for all Canadians’

May 26, 2022 — 
At the 143rd Spring Convocation, Dr. Mary Jane McCallum encouraged the graduating dental and dental hygiene students to continue pursuing knowledge and wisdom so they can give back to society to make it a better place for those who aren’t yet born

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Closeup of a 2022 tassel on a graduation cap.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate

May 18, 2022 — 
Manitoba’s newest health professionals will graduate on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies

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