The Magazine News Archive
![A ground squirrel.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GroundSquirrel_1200x900-150x150.jpg)
Wild Things
October 19, 2017 —
They’re accustomed to the questions, You work where? and You do what? U of M biologists trek to secluded corners—from the Amazon to the Arctic—to reveal hidden relationships and unknown habits in the animal kingdom, giving conservationists the insights to protect species as our global climate changes.
![A 2012 social experiment by American filmmaker and author Errol Morris revealed we are more likely to trust what we read if it appears in a font called Baskerville, which is more than 250 years old.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/SocialExperiment_MainImage_1200x896-150x150.jpg)
The Social Experiment
October 19, 2017 —
Everyday people are turning into researchers and putting human behaviour on view for all to see‚ and scrutinize. How are these experiments—often delivered through social media channels—challenging everything we thought we knew about ourselves?
![The Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Postcard photo by Aaron Cohen/CMHR](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Postcard_1200x735-150x150.jpg)
Just as I am
October 19, 2017 —
Joanna Hawkins knows well the barriers that exist in the world. Deaf since age three, the American Sign Language teacher and actress signs in videos played throughout the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
![John Kearsey. photo by Thomas Fricke](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/john-kearsey-150x150.jpg)
A treasure to be shared
October 19, 2017 —
This year I was blessed with the opportunity to experience directly the profound impact made by the University of Manitoba—not only here at home, but also around the world.
![David Barnard stands in ARTLab. photo by Mike Latschislaw](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Barnard_David-Art-Lab_1200x748-150x150.jpg)
Global Village
October 19, 2017 —
It was a University of Manitoba alumnus—philosopher and author Marshall McLuhan—who first introduced the concept of a “global village.”
![Zahra Baseri photo by Mary Rose](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Zahra-150x150.jpg)
Unveiling Zahra
October 19, 2017 —
Zahra Baseri’s school headmaster in Iran warned her often that girls shouldn’t ride bicycles. Any female who dared to do so would endure a painful fate in the afterlife.
![Grand Beach, with its three kilometres of white sand on Lake Winnipeg’s east shore, is often touted as one of North America’s best beaches. // photo courtesy of Travel Manitoba](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GrandBeach_1200x798-150x150.jpg)
Grand Idea
October 19, 2017 —
A cart at Grand Beach and some entrepreneurial spirit—that’s how the founders of clothing giant Mondetta got their start in the late 1980s.
![Moon photo by Reid Wiseman‚ courtesy of NASA](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/out-of-this-world-150x150.jpg)
Out of this world
October 19, 2017 —
Dr. Nathalie Sleno [MD/11] is a physician‚ pilot‚ mother of seven and one of 17 Canadians whom the Canadian Space Agency shortlisted to become the country’s next astronaut.
![archival images from University of Manitoba Digital Archive Collection](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/BullerDrawings_MainImage-150x150.jpg)
Treasure Trove
October 19, 2017 —
In an old cabinet in the Buller Building‚ faculty uncovered beautiful botanical images‚ diagrams and charts in ink and watercolour dating back to the early 1900s.