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Lisa Engel talks while sitting on a chair at Banntyne Campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Money Matters

July 6, 2023 — 
Growing up in Regina, Dr. Lisa Engel had no aspirations for a PhD. But that changed after she started working as an occupational therapist at a regional hospital on Vancouver Island in 2007.

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Artificial intelligence in and beyond the classroom

July 6, 2023 — 
Asper assistant professor Wenxi Pu explores artificial intelligence (AI) in his teaching and research, curious about the implications of this evolving, sometimes disruptive, technology.

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Seven people walking together, shown from the waist down, with two wearing ribbon skirts and one in a Métis sash.

Indigenous

Walking Together

July 5, 2023 — 
A new report providing progress on University-wide efforts to create a culturally safe work and learning environment for Indigenous staff, students, faculty and guests; expand Indigenous leadership; and foster relationships with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities is now available on the UM website.

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Dr. Carla Cohn stands in an operating room.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

All Smiles

July 5, 2023 — 
Carla Cohn [DMD/91] has spent her 30-year career making a difference in the lives of little ones.

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Faculty of Education

Public Conversations About Privatization: Rejecting the Marketization of Public School Systems in Canada

July 5, 2023 — 
On May 26th and 27th, three University of Manitoba faculty co-hosted a symposium, Public Conversations About Privatization: Rejecting the Marketization of Public School Systems in Canada, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) in Toronto, Ontario.

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Faculty of Architecture

FAUM students win first prize and merit awards in the LYCEUM Competition

July 5, 2023 — 
Michael Fitzpatrick wins first prize and Brock Dueck wins a merit award under the competition hosted by LYCEUM this year, Old Town Mall - Reimagined. As the final project of their Environmental Design, Landscape and Urbanism studio, Emergent Futures, they worked with professor Marcella Eaton to respond to the design challenge of reimagining Old Town Mall in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 

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a photo of a laboratory experiment on a glass with colours

Faculty of Science

Innovative ideas and approaches: an inspiring interview with a recent microbiology graduate

July 5, 2023 — 
Andrew Hogan shares about pursuing his PhD for Microbiology while highlighting the significant resources and collaborations that shaped his academic journey.

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Photo of law students attending the Mayor's Artists Luncheon with left to rightDaniel Jordan, Lisa Haydey (2L), Natalie Mark, Anna Binta Diallo, Kassandra Taverner (2L)

Faculty of Law

Business Law Clinic Students at Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts

July 4, 2023 — 
As students from the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic stepped into the RBC Convention Centre on June 1st, 2023, the atmosphere seemed to buzz with creative energy. The room was filled with dancers, actors, playwrights, poets, filmmakers, and musicians: all celebrated guests at the annual Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts.

Students

Welcoming all new UM students

July 4, 2023 — 
If you are a new UM student and starting this fall, or you started this summer, you’re invited to participate in the many UM Orientation events we have planned for you.

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Headshot of Dr. Kaarina Kowalec

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

College of Pharmacy researcher uses genetics to find links between depression and MS

July 4, 2023 — 
Research aims to provide early interventions and improve mental and physical health outcomes for MS patients.

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