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Globe and Mail: Medical school graduates face growing problems obtaining required residency positions

May 28, 2018 — 
More than many Canadian medical schools, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba seems to understand the current plight of the country’s medical students.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Be courageous in face of injustice, rights champion tells grads

May 28, 2018 — 
A teddy bear dressed in green health-care scrubs accompanied Dr. Cindy Blackstock as she received an honorary doctorate at U of M Convocation on May 24

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Globe and Mail: Governor General’s Innovation Awards: How six Canadian breakthroughs are making a difference worldwide

May 28, 2018 — 
As the Globe and Mail reports, past and present U of M faculty and researchers Gary Kobinger and Xiangguo Qiu have been recognized with Governor General’s Innovation Awards

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Desautels Faculty of Music

Desautels Faculty of Music appoints new faculty

May 28, 2018 — 
Karl Kohut (Assistant Professor, Jazz Bass) and Dr. Rebecca Simpson-Litke (Assistant Professor, Music Theory) join the Desautels Faculty of Music.

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"Colourful Spring" on Instagram by @chamara.87

Trending: For the weeks of May 28 – June 3

May 28, 2018 — 
Current hashtags, links and other social media bits & pieces

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Christine Stochl

Designing magic: Turning the mundane into something cool

May 28, 2018 — 
Christine Stochl wants to change how we experience brands

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Nunavut News: Chester teens drill for science

May 25, 2018 — 
A group of 12 students from grades nine through 11 at Victor Sammurtok School had a unique opportunity with the arrival of a pair of Winnipeg scientists in Chesterfield Inlet earlier this month.

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First-year dentistry student Gladys Yeung took part in Sharing Smiles Day on April 25 // Photo by Cleve Kim

Announcing a major gift that will rename the College of Dentistry

May 25, 2018 — 
The College of Dentistry will receive the largest gift in its history on May 29.

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Flag lowered for professor emerita

May 25, 2018 — 
The flag will be lowered on May 25, 2018 for Jennifer Shay

Lakeisha Barkman and Jerome Harper, shown here with their supervisor Prof. Shirley Thompson, won the audience prize for best student presentation at this year’s H2O conference.

First Nations and students collaborate on cleaner water

May 24, 2018 — 
Survey results were presented by H2O program student Lakeisha Barkman on May 18 at the University of Manitoba’s fifth annual First Nation water and sanitation security conference

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