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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Faculty researchers tackle projects thanks to federal funds

September 5, 2023 — 
Researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences received grants worth over $1.1 million in 2023 from the Government of Canada

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On the University of Manitoba campus, 279 families grow their food in plots in the Rainbow Community Garden. The garden has been there for 15 years and in a time of major food inflation it's only becoming more popular. . Katherine Dornian / Global News

Global News Winnipeg: Winnipeg’s Rainbow Community Garden grows connections and weeds out food inflation

September 5, 2023 — 
Winnipeg’s Rainbow Community Garden grows connections and weeds out food inflation

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University of Manitoba Students' Union vice-president Liam Pittman and president Tracy Karuhogo say the union is working with the university to make sure students know AI apps like ChatGPT should only be used with their instructors' approval. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

CBC Manitoba: AI tools like ChatGPT can be useful, students say, but students’ union warns of tough penalties for cheating

September 5, 2023 — 
AI tools like ChatGPT can be useful, students say, but students' union warns of tough penalties for cheating

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EMILI’s managing director Jacqueline Keen and EMILI’s director of agri-food data stand near a weather station at Innovation Farms on Aug. 16. (Winnipeg Free Press)

Winnipeg Free Press: Betting smart money on artificial intelligence

September 5, 2023 — 
Betting smart money on artificial intelligence

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Adjunct political studies professor Christopher Adams

CityNews Winnipeg: Manitoba NDP kick-off their election campaign

September 5, 2023 — 
Manitoba NDP kick-off their election campaign

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Male student wearing a plastic glove and looking at a smartphone.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM-developed ‘smart glove’ offers hand therapy remotely

September 5, 2023 — 
As part of an international scholarship, Silas Müller, a biomedical engineering student from Stuttgart, Germany, has spent the summer at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences conducting validation testing on a new telerehabilitation tool that will help people who need physical therapy on their hands.

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Research and International

Four new Royal Society of Canada scholars named at UM

September 5, 2023 — 
Four UM professors have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the country’s most esteemed association of scholars and scientists.

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national postdoctoral day

Faculty of Graduate Studies

A showcase of UM’s postdoctoral excellence in research speaking competition is coming soon!

September 5, 2023 — 
2023 UM 3MP Competition Details

Asper School of Business

Investing in student success

September 5, 2023 — 
Investing in student success involves resources, workshops, tutoring, funding opportunities and the like. But often the first step is creating communities where students know that there are other people who see their potential and their struggles and truly care about their success.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Male teachers in short supply

September 5, 2023 — 
Cameron Hauseman, assistant professor of educational administration in the Faculty of Education spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press on a story about the shortage of male teachers in schools.

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