The Magazine News Archive
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Taking Their Place
May 3, 2016 —
Donors are choosing to take their place to support the Front and Centre campaign. Read why.
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Lifetime Achievement: Edward Lyons
May 3, 2016 —
Every hour, expectant parents around the world are reassured of the health of their unborn child thanks to one of today’s most common diagnostic tools—the ultrasound—and one of its earliest pioneers, U of M’s Dr. Edward Lyons.
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Outstanding Young Alumni: Diana Nicholson
May 3, 2016 —
Engineer Diana Nicholson says she goes where she’s needed most. So far, that’s been to turbulent refugee camps in Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, and to the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
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Outstanding Young Alumni: Gary Wong
May 3, 2016 —
It’s not easy working in a hazmat suit in a Containment Level 4 laboratory. You get tired. You get dehydrated. And then there’s the small matter of working with the world’s most dangerous viruses. But Gary Wong wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Community Service: Karen Beaudin
May 3, 2016 —
Karen Beaudin has dedicated both her professional and volunteer life to helping the city’s most vulnerable.
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Service to the University of Manitoba: The Hong Kong Alumni Association
May 3, 2016 —
To its members, the Hong Kong Alumni Association feel like an extension of their family. For more than three decades they’ve fostered meaningful, long-lasting connections to the U of M among graduates in Hong Kong—home to one of the largest alumni populations outside of North America.
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Professional Achievement: Emmie Leung
May 3, 2016 —
With her University of Manitoba commerce degree, Emmie Leung [BComm(Hons)/76] started a one-woman recycling operation and grew it into a $100 million family of companies that has shaped how we protect the planet for future generations.
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The Winnipeg Chair
May 3, 2016 —
You might want to sit down for this story. Especially if you are lucky enough to own a Winnipeg Chair.
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Field Notes
May 3, 2016 —
For this new section we asked Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, OC to show us some of his favourite things.
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Curtain rises on John J. Conklin Theatre
May 3, 2016 —
“Now we have a world-class stage,” says award-winning playwright Ian Ross [BA/92] on the unveiling of the John J. Conklin Theatre inside the newly renovated Taché Hall.