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Winners and judges pose together with the Falling Walls Manitoba trophies.

Research and International

Introducing the 2024 Falling Walls Lab Manitoba winners

September 12, 2024 — 
Twelve contestants presented their groundbreaking ideas at the Falling Walls Lab Manitoba competition.

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A group of five Indigenous women stand together, smiling at the camera.

Indigenous

UM vice-president (Indigenous) extends condolences to the family and friends of AMC’s Grand Chief Cathy Merrick

September 6, 2024 — 
UM vice-president (Indigenous) Angie Bruce extends condolences to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), family and friends of Grand Chief Cathy Merrick, the first female Grand Chief of the AMC.

UM alum and donor Michael Nesbitt outside of the new Desautels Concert Hall.

WATCH: A symphony of support

September 3, 2024 — 
Donor Michael Nesbitt on the opening of the ‘world-class’ Desautels Concert Hall

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UM and community leaders cut the ribbon on the new Churchill Marine Observatory

Research and International

Churchill Marine Observatory opens for Arctic climate and environmental research

August 28, 2024 — 
UM celebrates the grand opening of the Churchill Marine Observatory.

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Chawla Research Lab

Research and International

New study explains how bread transformed the ancient world with help from UM researcher

August 23, 2024 — 
A major study co-authored by UM Plant Science researcher Dr. Harmeet Chawla in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences is revealing the evolution and origin of bread.

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View of the Middle Jurassic sedimentary rocks that crop out at Figueira da Foz, Portugal

Unveiling the Secrets of the Jurassic: an international collaboration exploring ancient oceans

August 23, 2024 — 
New project aims to give insights into our historic climate and entice Canada to re-join organization

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Sophie Caron is an incoming student in the Desautels Faculty of Music.

WATCH: A new stage for creativity

August 20, 2024 — 
UM students look forward to the grand opening of Desautels Concert Hall

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Michèle Sung kneeling during a wheelchair basketball game

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Bisons head coach helping lead the Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team in Paris

August 19, 2024 — 
Canada's senior women's wheelchair basketball national team will open their Paris 2024 Paralympic competition on August 29 in a game against China. Alongside them will be Bisons women's basketball head coach Michele Sung.

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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An aerial look of Fort Garry campus buildings and people walking on walkways.

UM to formalize freedom of expression guidelines

July 31, 2024 — 
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