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How Does Sleep Help Rewind the Body’s Clock?

December 9, 2025 — 
We asked heart expert Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at St. Boniface Hospital

In Canada’s Arctic, David Babb measures the thickness of an ice flow to determine if it’s safe to work on for the day, before deploying the full team

The Last Ice

November 25, 2025 — 
Researchers complete inaugural voyage of a little-known region of Canada’s Arctic that will be home to the world’s last surviving sea ice

From Idea to Market

November 13, 2025 — 
How entrepreneurship at UM is shaping a new ecosystem—and challenging start-up stereotypes

Chancellor Dave Angus sits on a sofa facing entrepreneur and alum Chris Schmidt

Ahead of the Curve

October 9, 2025 — 
Chancellor Dave Angus sits down with Winnipeg-based IT entrepreneur and UM alum Chris Schmidt for our new Bisons in Business series

James Blanchard, Executive Director of UM's Global Institute of Public Health, sits on a bench, with a framed photos on either side

It Takes a Village

October 6, 2025 — 
Acclaimed UM researcher and alum James Blanchard shares his journey in global public health

A collage image showing microgreens and roots in the shape of an EKG display

What Does it Take to Grow Vegetables that Fight Disease?

September 19, 2025 — 
UM nutrition scientist Miyoung Suh tells us about supercharged greens

An illustrated collage of a virus above a nose spray bottle

What Will Vaccines of the Future Look Like?

September 17, 2025 — 
Peter Pelka, a professor in UM's Department of Microbiology, weighs in

A collage illustration of a ship breaking through ice with open water behind it

What Are the Risks and Opportunities of a Changing Arctic?

September 17, 2025 — 
We asked Feiyue Wang, Canada Research Chair in Arctic Environmental Chemistry at UM

A figure standing on the top of the world with a triangle illustrating its voice, reflecting the northern lights

How Will Connectivity Change Life in the North?

September 17, 2025 — 
We asked Phi Ferguson, who leads UM’s Space Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Lab

The Namao sails on Lake Winnipeg

Listening to the Lake

August 28, 2025 — 
What is Manitoba’s inland ocean telling the scientists and locals sailing its waters? UM Today goes behind the scenes aboard a research vessel on Lake Winnipeg

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