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Interns from previous Indigenous Summer Student Internship Program

Faculties and units can participate in the 2021 Indigenous Summer Student Internship Program : Campus News

February 12, 2021 —  The internship is a great opportunity for UM Indigenous students to receive valuable experience in their field of study.

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Fragments of Sappho? The 2014 discovery was of five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second. ('Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene,'1864, by Simeon Solomon)

Lovers of Sappho thrilled by ‘new’ poetry find, but its backstory may have been fabricated : UM in the News

February 12, 2021 —  Little of Sappho of Lesbos' poetry survives, and what does is fragmentary. Obbink’s discovery was remarkable because it preserved the final five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second, making it one of the longest continuous sequences of Sapphic verse.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Nine grad students receive Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize : Network News

February 12, 2021 —  The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to nine exceptional graduate students in 2020.

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Faculty of Education News

Faculty to host forum on surveillance in PSE assessment : Network News

February 12, 2021 —  The Faculty of Education is hosting the second of two online forums on Wed., Feb. 24, to address concerns about educational assessment that have gained increasing attention during the pandemic.

Faculty of Science News

UM helps launch first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Indigenous app : News

February 12, 2021 —  A groundbreaking app created by University of Manitoba researchers in close collaboration with Indigenous partners will help support Indigenous communities around the world as they act to caretake their own health and well-being

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Flag at half-mast for Mark Thibert : Network News

February 12, 2021 —  The flag will be lowered on Friday, Feb. 12 in memory of Mark Thibert

A worker cuts roses to be shipped to the U.S. and Europe at a flower farm in Madrid, Colombia, in August 2020. // AP Photo/Fernando Vergara

Valentine’s Day: COVID-19 wilted the flower industry, but sustainability still a thorny issue : UM in the News

February 11, 2021 —  s Valentine’s Day approaches, and the chill of winter lingers, it leaves one wondering: Where do all these flowers come from?

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UM Board of Governors - Nominate a UM alum today!

Alumni News

Help define UM’s future : News

February 11, 2021 —  Nominations are open for the Board of Governors' alumni representative

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The International Criminal Court

Child victim, soldier, war criminal: unpacking Dominic Ongwen’s journey : News

February 10, 2021 —  Kjell Anderson, assistant professor and Director of the Master of Human Rights program at UM, discusses

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New Academic Jobs – February 10, 2021 : Network News

February 10, 2021 —  New Academic Jobs - February 10, 2021

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