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Representatives from Manitoba Pork serve pork on a bun to participants at Open Farm Day 2019 at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre.

UM friends, alumna honoured for contributions in philanthropy

November 12, 2019 — 
Three influential UM donors have been announced as recipients of the 2019 Manitoba Philanthropy Awards by the Manitoba Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

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The beach at Normandy on D-Day

In Remembrance: University of Manitoba alumni at Normandy

November 6, 2019 — 
We join in the commemoration of the noble and selfless actions of 150,000 Allied troops who landed at Normandy seventy five years ago, turning the tide of the Second World War

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Wolfgang Klassen presents his research at 3MT.

That time when … a Nobel Prize winner gave me a scholarship

November 5, 2019 — 
Student learns his scholarship was funded by a Nobel Laureate

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Alumnus Luther Konadu [BFA(Hons)/2019] won first prize, the Joan McConnell Award & Residency for Outstanding Work, for his piece Figure as Index.

Alumni win esteemed art prize

November 5, 2019 — 
Two School of Art alumni have won the prestigious Salt Spring National Art Prize

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The sketch drawn by Stefan Michalak of the UFO that he encountered near Falcon Lake in 1967

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The Falcon Lake UFO Files

October 31, 2019 — 
On May 20, 1967, something happened in the wilderness around Falcon Lake, Manitoba, that has never been adequately explained

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Dr. Catherine Cook, Vice Dean, Indigenous Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

UM enters new era with appointment of first-ever VP (Indigenous)

October 29, 2019 — 
Dr. Catherine Cook appointed to pivotal new role

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(L-R) Student Hilary Ransom, Asper Foundation’s Moe Levy, Leonard Asper, Gail Asper and UM President David Barnard.

The Asper Foundation creates unprecedented new entrance bursary

October 18, 2019 — 
The Asper Foundation has announced a $5-million gift to the University of Manitoba designed to remove barriers for students demonstrating financial need

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The rise and fall of United Grain Growers

October 17, 2019 — 
For much of the twentieth century, United Grain Growers was one of the major forces in Canadian agriculture. What happened?

Harvey Chochinov

Palliative care researcher inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

October 10, 2019 — 
Distinguished Professor Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov [MD/83, PhD/98], a leader in palliative care research, has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

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Jocelyne Thorpe, Scott Ormiston and Joyce Slater are three of the many professors recognized by alumni.

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Alumni name their fav UM profs

October 4, 2019 — 
We were overwhelmed with messages about faculty who taught challenging topics with ease; inspired news ways of thinking and creating; and expanded students’ horizons

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