Outsmarting a Brain Tumour

Biochemistry and medical genetics Prof. Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie stands in a labcoat in front of a plain green background, looking up.

Outsmarting a Brain Tumour

October 7, 2022 —
This UM researcher’s latest discovery could prevent an aggressive form of brain cancer in children. She’s also finding new drug therapies—through the emerging science of cellular fingerprinting—that will dramatically shift survival rates in the coming years.

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An illustration of a cityscape in lines, with a small Ukrainian flag at the top left. One house is in full colour.

War from Afar

September 6, 2022 —
Donors stepped forward earlier this year with gifts to UM’s emergency bursaries fund, benefitting UM students from Ukraine navigating a new reality.

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An abstract illustration of a sun setting over a prairie field. Beneath the soil, tiny dots move around.

Secret Garden

July 25, 2022 —
Tallgrass prairies not only mitigate global warming, they’re home to biodiversity that took millennia to develop. Now they’re among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. Alumni trying to preserve the last grasslands show us what we stand to lose.

Taking on Climate Change

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A photograph in which a group of people walk on a sandbar underneath a bright, clouded sun. The photo is offset in a field of plain black.

I Was There

June 8, 2022 —
As a visual storyteller, UM alum Aaron Vincent Elkaim reveals the beauty and brutal truths tucked away in little-known communities, from northern Manitoba to the Amazon rainforest. Here he takes us behind the lens of some of his most meaningful captures.

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