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From Manitoba to Berlin: Breaking Walls in Antibiotic Resistance!

November 5, 2025 — 
Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden and Luma Clarindo Lopes are heading to the 2025 Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin.

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James Blanchard, Executive Director of UM's Global Institute of Public Health, sits on a bench, with a framed photos on either side

It Takes a Village

October 6, 2025 — 
Acclaimed UM researcher and alum James Blanchard shares his journey in global public health

Jerry Daniels standing in the middle of a vacant building

A Bison at the Centre of Transforming Communities

May 5, 2025 — 
Grand Chief Jerry Daniels talks healing, campus life and redeveloping the Hudson Bay building

Randy Ambrosie, Commissioner of the CFL, stands on green turf holding a football

A Bison at the Centre of Canadian Football

March 27, 2025 — 
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie explains how UM shaped him, on and off the field

Amanda Lang standing in a broadcast studio

A Bison at the Centre of Financial Journalism

February 14, 2025 — 
Amanda Lang tells us why there’s nothing boring about business reporting

Diane Roussin stands in front of a colourful mural, looking at the camera

A Bison at the Centre of Social Innovation

December 18, 2024 — 
How UM alum Diane Roussin, project director of The Winnipeg Boldness Project, is co-creating solutions with residents in the city’s Point Douglas neighbourhood

Charlie Spiring stands in downtown Winnipeg

A Bison at the Centre of Finance

November 21, 2024 — 
UM alum Charlie Spiring set himself apart and grew a $10-billion investment firm

Isha Khan standing in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

A Bison at the Centre of Human Rights Education

November 7, 2024 — 
UM alum Isha Khan shares her journey to CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Raj Bahl, Ash Modha and Prashant Modha stand in a retail space for Mondetta

Bisons at the Centre of Sustainability

October 4, 2024 — 
How these founders of Mondetta—all three UM alumni—built a clothing giant in sustainability from Manitoba

William Prince, holding a guitar case in his right hand.

A Homecoming

July 4, 2024 — 
Singer-songwriter and science grad William Prince shares how UM shaped his path, in advance of headlining the Desautels Concert Hall’s inaugural show this fall

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