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Alumni News
Meet the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient for Lifetime Achievement : Network News
July 22, 2025 — Throughout his remarkable career, Rick Duha has exemplified what it means to lead with vision, integrity, and a deep commitment to community.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News
UM community mourns loss of Dr. John Wade, medicine dean emeritus : Network News
July 21, 2025 — Dr. Peter Nickerson, dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and dean, Max Rady College of Medicine, and the entire UM medical community are saddened to learn of the passing of a dear colleague, John Wade [MD/60], on July 17, 2025 at age 91.
CTV Morning Live: Fighting HIV stigma : UM in the News
July 21, 2025 — Dr. Zulma Rueda, Canada Research Chair in sexually transmitted infection – resistance and control at the Max Rady College of Medicine speaks to CTV Morning Live about how her team is tackling record-high HIV rates and stigma through community-led, Manitoba-made research.
Research and International News
The Conversation: More people are considering AI lovers, and we shouldn’t judge : Network News
July 21, 2025 — People are falling in love with their chatbots. There are now dozens of apps that offer intimate companionship with an AI-powered bot, and they have millions of users.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News
#ZeroHIVStigmaDay: UM researchers highlight urgent need to address HIV stigma and care gaps : Network News
July 21, 2025 — This #ZeroHIVStigmaDay, University of Manitoba researchers are working to reduce stigma and improve HIV care through science, collaboration with community, and the lived experience of those affected.
Faculty of Science News
CBC Manitoba: Manitoba researchers part of team working to unravel mystery of largest black hole merger ever detected : UM in the News
July 20, 2025 — Discovery helps us understand 'where we come from,' says U of M Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources News
CBC Manitoba: Move over, Jurassic Park. Manitoba was home to newly discovered 390-million-year-old extinct fish : UM in the News
July 20, 2025 — Manitoba paleontologist identifies, renames new classification of ancient fish
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources News
CBC Manitoba: Hail-focused research projects ‘long past due’ in Canada, U.S., prof says : UM in the News
July 20, 2025 — Projects aim to minimize damage by better predicting hailstorms, hailstone sizes
Faculty of Law News
Voices from the Naf River : Network News
July 18, 2025 — Dr. Kjell Anderson shares a glimpse of the research he has been doing this summer on the Rohingya Genocide based largely on the accounts of Rohingya survivors.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News
Free Press: From unpalatable to appalling : UM in the News
July 18, 2025 — The state of long-term care home food is tough to stomach for many residents and their loved ones





