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Olympic opportunities started with a bronze medal

The 1936 Olympic Games started dean Douglas Brown on a path studying the modern games

Brown’s dissertation, Theories of Beauty and Modern Sport: Pierre de Coubertin’s Aesthetic Imperative for the Modern Olympic Movement, 1894-1914, explored the “father” of the modern Olympic games, Pierre de Coubertin and the origins of the origins of the games themselves. 

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The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law has been named one of three law school recipients of a grant under the the Intellectual Property Clinics Program, which promotes intellectual property education, awareness, and capacity building. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the 2023–2024 recipients of support on May 1, 2024. The grant will support the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts and be used to enhance IP training for law students participating in these Clinics at the Faculty of Law.

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