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Faculty of Education

SSHRC Connections Grant given to academic faculty

September 15, 2023 — 
Two academic faculty projects are funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant

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Asper School of Business

Asper exchange program helps BComm student adapt to the unfamiliar

September 15, 2023 — 
International business major Will Lazarenko’s Asper School of Business experience has been remarkably unique: he adapted to remote learning during pandemic closures, studied abroad through Asper’s international exchange program and lived beneath the sounds of war in Ukraine on a self-initiated humanitarian mission.

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CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Yamaji Country. ​Credit: CSIRO/Alex Cherney​

UM professor Jayanne English interviewed for her role in discovery of potential polar ring galaxies

September 14, 2023 — 
UM professor Jayanne English interviewed for her role in discovery of potential polar ring galaxies

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Student Deanne Nixie Miao smiles while sitting at a microscope in a lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Deanne Nixie Miao seeks genetic clues to hearing loss caused by cancer drug

September 14, 2023 — 
Master's student investigates how the drug cisplatin affects gene expression changes at the single-cell level in the inner ears of mice.

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Portrait of assistant professor Kiran Pedada

Winnipeg Free Press: Asper Marketing prof, Kiran Pedada on converting Lowe’s stores to Rona

September 14, 2023 — 
Kiran Pedada, an assistant professor of marketing at the Asper School of Business spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press about the concept of running two parallel big box brands.

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Yvonne Lawley, an assistant professor of plant science at the University of Manitoba, said cover cropping isn’t new, but the focus is extending the growing season into the early spring and late autumn. (Aaron Sousa/CBC)

CBC Edmonton: How a traditional farming practice is cropping up across Alberta

September 14, 2023 — 
How a traditional farming practice is cropping up across Alberta

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Canadian Press: Former Manitoba premier Gary Doer offers support to former party ahead of election

September 14, 2023 — 
Former Manitoba premier Gary Doer offers support to former party ahead of election

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Faculty of Law

What action on Indigenous law could mean for everyone

September 13, 2023 — 
Inaugural interdisciplinary conference open to community

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Rows of students in white coats are standing. They are each holding an open folder, and reading the Community Code off a piece of paper.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dentistry, dental hygiene students pursue their dreams

September 13, 2023 — 
When Cody Magun donned his white coat at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s White Coat Ceremony last week, he was one step closer to realizing his dream of becoming a dentist.

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Students

Grow Your Community Fund

September 13, 2023 — 
As a key strategy for advancing the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Manitoba, Laurie Schnarr, Vice-Provost (Students) introduced the Grow Your Community Fund in winter term 2023.  

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