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Free Press: Pandemic highlights widespread societal ageism

October 28, 2020 — 
Dr. Michelle Porter weighs in

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Acquisition International: Alumna named best wealth management businesswoman

October 26, 2020 — 
Asper Alumna named Canada's best wealth management businesswoman.

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UM has two COVID-19 vaccine candidates under development

October 19, 2020 — 
A feature story on CBC notes that more than 100 groups around the world are racing to produce a vaccine against COVID-19,

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CBC: Mental health and health care workers

October 14, 2020 — 
Psychology professor provides insights

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Forbes: Imperative Messages From The World Food Programme’s Nobel Peace Prize: Remembering Frank Shefrin’s Role

October 13, 2020 — 
Hersh Shefrin reviews the history of the World Food Programme and how it got its start with the help of a 1934 grad from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.

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Washington Post: Authoritarian Nightmare

October 2, 2020 — 
Retired psychology professor's book getting noted

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Airship flying over Canada's North

Financial Post: Forget the Hindenburg!

October 1, 2020 — 
Our ban on hydrogen airships is misguided and needs to be revoked, prof argues

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US ag giant acquires company started at UM

October 1, 2020 — 
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, a Winnipeg grain storage research and product development company that started out in a UM electrical engineering lab has been acquired by AGCO, a U.S.-based multibillion-dollar agricultural equipment company.

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UM scientists partner with Indigenous team to salvage valuable research

September 28, 2020 — 
Because of COVID-19, UM researchers working on projects in the coastal regions around James Bay have been unable to access some equipment and gather data. Fortunately, they were able to coordinate with Indigenous environmental technicians to collect biological samples so that the data record could be preserved.

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UM physicists part of international team for historic first

September 24, 2020 — 
UM researchers on an international team of physicists have made the first precise measurement of the weak force between particles in the universe

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