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Nolan De Leon holds his signature skateboard on the red carpet at the Falling Walls Lab in Berlin.

Research and International

Taking the stage at the global Falling Walls Lab in Berlin

November 15, 2024 — 
UM Falling Walls Lab grand-prize winner Nolan De Leon took the main stage at the global Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin, Germany.

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Research and International

Can mental illness be passed down through generations?

November 14, 2024 — 
Dr. Amani Hamad, assistant professor of community health sciences, has been awarded a prestigious Canada Research Chair in population data science and data curation.

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Research and International

Four Canada Research Chairs announced at UM

November 14, 2024 — 
Recently, the federal government announced support of four Canada Research Chairs (CRC) at UM. This includes three new CRCs and one CRC renewal.

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three people posing by EGM backdrop, middle person holding glass award.

Price Faculty of Engineering

2024 Technical Excellence Award

November 12, 2024 — 
Alfaro is a geotechnical engineering professor, his work spans geosynthetics, ground improvement and permafrost engineering as well as stabilizing Winnipeg's riverbanks and protecting the city's century-old aqueduct from ground vibrations.

The Zovoilis research team wears labs coats and gloves, smiling in their lab .

Research and International

UM researchers using AI to improve cancer research and early detection of genetic diseases

November 7, 2024 — 
UM researchers are developing new genomics methods with the potential to reveal the genetic mechanisms behind human health and disease.

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A oral pathologist examines the inside of a patient's mouth.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

First-ever oral cancer screening pop-up clinic held on Bannatyne campus

November 4, 2024 — 
More than 100 people were screened for oral cancer at a pop-up clinic held in the Brodie Centre atrium.

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Researcher Eric Collins stands on the deck of the Churchill Marine Observatory

Open Water

October 22, 2024 — 
As climate change melts sea ice in Manitoba’s subarctic, northern communities explore Churchill’s future as a shipping route connecting the province to the global supply chain. See how UM scientists at the Churchill Marine Observatory are helping navigate the path forward

Jody Stark with a plaid jacket standing on a rock that overlooks the ocean - she is smiling at the camera

Desautels Faculty of Music

Music Education for a Prairie Town: Decolonizing and Indigenizing School Music by Focusing on the Local

October 11, 2024 — 
Dr. Jody Stark has received just over $60 000 from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to develop and pilot a local music pedagogy that responds to and incorporates various music scenes and ways people make and enjoy music in Winnipeg, Canada.

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Dr. Ryan Zarychanski in a hospital room.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM team receives $6.9 million to test pneumonia treatment and expand network of research sites

August 13, 2024 — 
An international, UM-led clinical trial to assess the effects of a steroid drug on patients hospitalized with pneumonia has been awarded $6.9 million by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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Sabine Mai

Research and International

Medical breakthrough provides hope for early risk stratification of a deadly blood cancer

August 8, 2024 — 
Dr. Sabine Mai publishes groundbreaking study shows early risk stratification of smoldering multiple myeloma, a precursor state to multiple myeloma, a deadly form of blood cancer.  

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