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young people gather in a barber shop as part of an outreach workshop

Faculty of Arts

CBC Manitoba: University students, professor make space for men and boys to talk about mental health

February 10, 2025 — 
Student-led initiative, Black barbershop help create welcoming places for men and boys to open up

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Dr Julie Lajoie

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID

February 7, 2025 — 
Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need

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Dr Jared Bullard (photo credit Shared Health)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Province warns of 5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba, connected to Ontario outbreak

February 6, 2025 — 
Public health is notifying people who attended specific locations where they may have been exposed

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Fletcher Baragar, an economics professor at the University of Manitoba, says Canada should join forces with other nations facing Trump tariff threats — like Mexico, China and potentially the European Union — in order to strengthen economic ties over the next four years. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

Faculty of Arts

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba has few options to ‘Trump-proof’ its economy in next 30 days, experts say

February 5, 2025 — 
Looking to global markets a long-term option, but '30 days is not a whole lot of time': U of M economist

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Kyla Smith

Can we build a better MRI?

July 2, 2018 — 
Graduate student Kyla Smith is developing a silent and more accessible solution

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Nivedita Seshadri

Let your pancreas sleep

June 28, 2018 — 
Any new insight into diabetes’ nature carries immense worth, and PhD student Nivedita Seshadri has discovered something valuable

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Brad Cownden

Using supercomputers, math, and way-out-there thinking to study the big bang

June 25, 2018 — 
'There are amazing ideas in the pipeline'

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Carmine Slipski

Worth losing sleep over: our fight against superbugs

June 21, 2018 — 
How queer it is that life decisions and trajectories can pivot on petty events, like opening a toy on Christmas and then watching a movie

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Kevin Boreskie

Do we have to get old?

June 18, 2018 — 
We’re all getting older, but some of us age faster than others. It doesn’t have to be this way

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Mohammad Reza Kazemian

Bacteria, get out of my kitchen

June 14, 2018 — 
Graduate student Mohammad Reza Kazemian has found a way to banish bacteria from cooking surfaces

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