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2025 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

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2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients revealed

March 13, 2025 — 
Celebrate UM’s 66th Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented by TD Insurance—honouring UM alumni whose work is shaping Manitoba and the world.

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Inspire and engage: Host a booth at TEDx Winnipeg 2025!

February 7, 2025 — 
TEDx Winnipeg is inviting the UM community to showcase big ideas, research, and innovations at the upcoming TEDx event on May 29, 2025

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

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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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The training facility classroom at MIM provides easy access to the equipment and helps foster colloboration. // Photo by Katie Chalmers-Brooks

Grand opening for Manitoba Institute for Materials

July 11, 2016 — 
Every material is on the table for examination and improvement at the newly renovated and outfitted $16.7-million Manitoba Institute for Materials (MIM), which officially opened July 8

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Kevin McEleney, the MIM facility manager, prepares a sample for testing. // Photo by Katie Chalmers-Brooks

Through the lens

July 11, 2016 — 
The microscope is the first of its kind on Canadian soil and one of only 10 across North America

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Issiah Lozada, a fourth year chemistry student, collaborates with CIC.

Composite collaboration

July 11, 2016 — 
The CIC has been a key player in spurring economic growth and developing innovative new materials for industrial applications. One of the most recent collaborations is a project between FibreCITY, a division of CIC, and MIM

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