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Viktor Popp is set to begin his studies in the Faculty of Engineering at the U of M this fall. // Photo by Katie-Chalmers Brooks

EMERGING: Meet Viktor Popp

July 5, 2016 — 
One of two incoming U of M students awarded the prestigious Schulich scholarship

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Op-Ed: The U.K. a house divided over Europe

June 29, 2016 — 
Thursday’s Brexit vote was fuelled, in part, by long-term skepticism and populist resentment about what Europe was seen to be doing for Britain

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University of Manitoba Admin building

New sexual assault policy approved by Board of Governors

June 24, 2016 — 
New policy is designed to provide support and training guidelines to assist in dealing with incidents of sexual assault

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Joanne Keselman

CANDID: Joanne Keselman’s exit interview

June 23, 2016 — 
She came to the U of M to become a school teacher, but then she discovered new passions – psychological methods, and academic administration

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Ahmad Byagowi grinning with the satellite

Will a tiny satellite answer life’s big questions? Huge U of M project hopes so

June 10, 2016 — 
'The university is loaded with beautiful projects, but this is very special to us. There has never been anything like this before'

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Deep in the heart of the Abell 2597 Brightest Cluster Galaxy, astronomers see a small cluster of giant gas clouds raining in on the central black hole. They were revealed by the billion light-year-long shadows they cast toward Earth. These ALMA data present the first observational evidence for predicted "chaotic, cold" accretion on a supermassive black hole. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Black hole weather report calls for clouds and cold intergalactic ‘rain’

June 8, 2016 — 
U of M faculty are part of an international team of astronomers that witnessed a never-before-seen cosmic weather event

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Research Days welcomes health researchers from across North America

June 7, 2016 — 
This week, hundreds of Canada’s best and brightest graduate students and postdocs will visit the Bannatyne campus

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Guy Berthiaume (left) and Ry Moran formalizing their new agreement.

NCTR and Library and Archives Canada sign agreement to safeguard Residential School records

June 3, 2016 — 
The memorandum of understanding will ensure the preservation of, and public access to, the records of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Residential Schools

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Jill Oakes (second from right) discusses plans for the airshow with her team and participants.

Today’s assignment: Hold an airshow

June 2, 2016 — 
UPDATED with statement from organizer

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Silhouettes of soldiers standing on a ridge at sunset

Canadian military personnel more likely to think about suicide but also to seek help, compared with civilians

May 24, 2016 — 
Canadian military personnel have higher rates of suicidal thoughts and of suicide attempts but are also more likely to access mental health supports compared with civilians, according to new research published in the CMAJ

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