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CTV: Canadian CubeSat project

June 7, 2023 — 
As CTV reports, UM CubeSat 'Iris' launched Monday, June 5 at 11:47 a.m. local time.

Winnipeg Free Press: Hoping to yield rice results

May 16, 2023 — 
An initiative that began last fall has started to grow and might soon see wild rice, a culturally important crop, become a staple on dinner tables.

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Fresh food - fruit.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Free Press: Startling results in youth nutrition study

May 2, 2023 — 
Children today are the adults of tomorrow. As today’s adults we are responsible for equipping our kids with the best tools to be healthy now and in the future.

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Extended Education

Global News: University of Manitoba holding course on media literacy, indentifying misinformation

May 1, 2023 — 
"This course is for everyone." - Cecil Rosner

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Extended Education

The Manitoban: U of M introduces media literacy program

April 12, 2023 — 
“Everybody depends on media for understanding what’s going on in the world, so you have to be able to properly read the messages that come at you, whether it’s in media stories or on social media.” - Cecil Rosner

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Extended Education

Jewish Post and News: Cecil Rosner to teach new course on media literacy

April 4, 2023 — 
"It’s designed to help people decode news media, spot disinformation, and it teaches techniques of investigative journalism so people can find information on their own. " - Cecil Rosner

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Graphic of T-Rex with mouth closed.

Multiple outlets: Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips

March 31, 2023 — 
A new study suggests that predatory dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, did not have permanently exposed teeth as depicted in films such as Jurassic Park, but instead had scaly, lizard-like lips covering and sealing their mouths.

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Extended Education

CBC: New program at the University of Manitoba teaches media literacy

March 30, 2023 — 
“Things journalists think about… ordinary people can be given the tools to verify information.” - Cecil Rosner

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Extended Education

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M program puts media literacy in spotlight

March 29, 2023 — 
“In one way or another, everybody consumes media. Therefore, I think it’s important everybody understands how to read it." - Cecil Rosner

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Julienne Stroeve

National Geographic: Arctic ice is getting thinner by the day—and sea life is suffering

March 17, 2023 — 
Professor Julienne Stroeve's work gets noticed

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