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a large group of people gathered around a table at the UM 2024 Better Together event.

Unlock your inner intrapreneur

February 13, 2025 — 
Practical tips to drive change and transform your work

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Graduands Sophie Harms and Tolulope Akinloye recite the UM Bachelor of Nursing page with their graduating class.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM celebrates largest nursing class at pinning ceremony

February 12, 2025 — 
The College of Nursing held its largest-ever pinning ceremony on Feb. 5, welcoming 146 new nurses to the profession. 

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Dr. Katie Mitchell-Koch, associate professor at the Department of Chemistry and Kara Loudon, undergraduate chemistry student

Faculty of Science

2025 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

February 11, 2025 — 
February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Faculty of Science is proud to have many brilliant women contributing to our community as curious students, visionary researchers, empowering leaders, innovative instructors, and insightful support staff. This year, we talked with Dr. Katie Mitchell-Koch, associate professor at the Department of Chemistry and Kara Loudon, undergraduate chemistry student about their experience as a woman in science, their proudest achievements, and the challenges they have faced and how they have overcome those.

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Composite image with four sections: high-contrast black and white portraits, a vintage picnic scene, a pixelated digital close-up, and a contemporary portrait of a woman with pink-highlighted curls in an art studio.

School of Art

Exploring Identity and Representation: Anna Binta Diallo Showcased in Three Major Winter Exhibitions

February 7, 2025 — 
School of Art Assistant professor Anna Binta Diallo is featured in three major group exhibitions this winter:

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Photo from left to right: Nicole Rutbeek (MSc Microbiology - UM, current position: PhD student, University of Copenhagen Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research) Tasneem Hassan Muna (MSc Microbiology - UM, first author on the study) Gerd Prehna (Associate Professor Dept. of Microbiology, Principal Investigator) Julia Horne (Undergraduate student, Faculty of Science UM - current)

Faculty of Science

UM students discover a new protein while investigating the question: “Why does Streptococcus make you sick?”

February 7, 2025 — 
Strep throat, something we’ve all had at some point in our lives, is caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes. Infection by Streptococcus can be fatal in serious cases and is the leading cause of death among flesh-eating diseases resulting in over half a million deaths annually. That scratchy, sore feeling at the back of your throat is a result of Streptococcus pyogenes infected by viruses called bacteriophages. These “phages” carry the genes for toxins that are responsible for strep throat, and when they invade Streptococcus pyogenes, they transfer these genes, enhancing the bacterium’s ability to cause infection.

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Dr. Keith Fowke, President Michael Benarroch, Dean Peter Nickerson, Chancellor Ann Mahon visit UM partner community clinic in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM partner clinics in Nairobi fear for HIV patients after Trump’s freeze on foreign aid

February 4, 2025 — 
For 45 years, the University of Manitoba has partnered with the University of Nairobi and the non-profit Partners for Health and Development in Africa (PHDA) to achieve successful STI and HIV research, prevention, care and treatment programs to the most vulnerable communities in Kenya and in Africa.

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Black History Month graphic showing a heart with red, yellow and green, against black background.

Share, celebrate, understand, participate: Black History Month 2025

January 28, 2025 — 
UM community members share their reflections

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Dr. Joanne Parsons kneels behind two youth volleyball players doing exercises.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Athletes’ Advocate

January 27, 2025 — 
Soon after Joanne Parsons [BMRPT/03, M.Sc./09, PhD/14] made the move from clinical physiotherapy to academia, she initiated a research project at a Winnipeg high school.

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Photo of Elise Epp a smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a blue and red knit dress.

Faculty of Law

Learning from Extraordinary Clients

January 27, 2025 — 
Elise Epp, a passionate graphic designer from Winnipeg, is spearheading a movement in the fashion industry, blending creativity with activism.

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Christina Litz faces the camera, standing in the seats of the stadium

Secret to their Success

January 22, 2025 — 
Transform women’s pro sports, zero-emission commuting and public health awareness? Check. UM alumni Christina Litz, Paul Soubry and Dr. Joss Reimer do big things from Manitoba and get candid about how they got here

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