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(L-R) Dr. Jacky Baltes at the opening ceremonies for the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary; Venla Hovi brings her Bison pride, and gloves, to the ice in Pyeongchang. // Photo by @VenlaHovi on Twitter.

Olympians among us

February 13, 2018 — 
Venla Hovi and Professor Jacky Baltes are two Olympic athletes who call the U of M home

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Faculty of Science

Puzzling it out: solving the mysteries of molecules, one spectrum at a time

February 13, 2018 — 
For the uninitiated, microwave and infrared spectroscopy is the study of the movement of molecules on a microscopic level. Van Wijngaarden and her team research the properties of these structures, including the way they interact with one another. Crucial to our very existence, molecules make up everything in our world, including us.

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@umindigenous and other student groups like @umasacouncil and @milsa.robsonhall attended a vigil at The Forks to march and stand by the Boushie family, captured on Instagram by @umindigenous

Trending: For the week of February 12 – 18

February 13, 2018 — 
Current hashtags, links and other social media bits & pieces

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Jennifer Hensel

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Mental health project to test ‘virtual care’ for rural Manitobans

February 13, 2018 — 
Study will test “virtual care” tools, such as videoconferencing, with the goal of increasing access to mental health care for rural Manitobans, thanks to support from AstraZeneca Canada.

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Faculty of Science

Chances are: statistics Professor Elif Acar tells how a science project changed her life

February 12, 2018 — 
As a statistician, Professor Elif Acar knows all about how to calculate the probability of a given scenario, taking into account scores of different variables. However, as skilled a statistician as Acar is, it’s unlikely she would ever have been able to predict her current situation as a professor of statistics at a Canadian university, given the facts of her own childhood.

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Faculty of Science

Professor Hélène Perreault, recognized for outstanding work in mass spectrometry

February 12, 2018 — 
Professor Hélène Perreault was awarded the 2017 Fred P. Lossing Award, given by the Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry (CSMS).

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

AG e-news February 12, 2018

February 12, 2018 — 
News and events from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

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Photo by Brianna Mairs on Instagram/Brianna travelled to Ecuador for #altreadingweek

February Instagram photo contest

February 12, 2018 — 
Share your photos during Winter Term Break and you could win

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Wpg Free Press: Hundreds attend peace rally after acquittal verdict in shooting death of Boushie

February 12, 2018 — 
'We are here today to commit to a spirit of change'

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Faculty of Arts

Joint statement on the Stanley trial verdict

February 12, 2018 — 
The Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, with other units at two other universities have released this joint statement on the Stanley trial.

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