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Valcourt poses for photo in front of 12 framed drawings of the CMHF laureates. Text on the wall reads "Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureates."

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Med student, passionate researcher wins CMHF Award

October 20, 2022 — 
Max Rady College of Medicine student Emelissa Valcourt is a winner of the 2022 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award.

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Six UM leaders among most powerful women in Canada

October 19, 2022 — 
Six women in the UM community have been named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022.

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Raccoon in a tree

Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity, UM study reports

October 18, 2022 — 
Racist segregation housing practices in the USA have had a genetic impact on urban wildlife, a new study by University of Manitoba in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.

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Democratizing data: new interactive map empowers Canadians to access immigration data

October 17, 2022 — 
'We’re giving greater access to data, and as a citizenry, we shouldn’t have to sift through tables to find useful data.'

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A nursing student wears a virtual reality headset and hand controls while another student works at a computer station behind her.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Nursing students enter virtual reality world

October 17, 2022 — 
Students in the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have a new high-tech way to learn this year, with the addition of immersive virtual reality (VR) to their curriculum.

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Photo by Colin Corneau showing a person sitting in quiet contemplation with a book in their lap. They sit beside a window covered with a translucent white curtain.

Students

A new space to connect, reflect and belong

October 17, 2022 — 
UM’s Spiritual Care office has moved to a new location of 521A/B UMSU University Centre and they are officially welcoming the UM community to the new Multi-Faith Centre with a week-long open house.

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Members of the Biomedical Design Team stands smiling and posing for the camera.

Price Faculty of Engineering

Biomedical Design Team Design Life Changing Tool

October 14, 2022 — 
The team designed a grocery bag holder to assist people who use a wheelchair to be able to travel with more bags and more independence.

President’s message on search to fill Vice-President (External)

October 14, 2022 — 
The search process to formally fill the role of Vice-President (External) has begun.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies

When old bones are young

October 13, 2022 — 
Jose Sanchez's PhD dissertation makes a novel and innovative contribution to anthropology and the forensic sciences.

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Eight men grouped together in gymnasium, smiling.

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

History-making hoops team keeps winning feeling alive

October 13, 2022 — 
This past weekend, members of the 1976 national championship winning Bisons men’s basketball team and their families got together to shoot some hoops and rewatch some of that championship game on the court of Investors Group Athletic Centre (IGAC).

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