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Basketball takes over parking lot E on the Bannatyne campus during the summer.

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CTV Winnipeg: How wildfire smoke is impacting youth sports in Winnipeg

July 31, 2025 — 
How wildfire smoke is impacting youth sports in Winnipeg

Kirsty Muller speaks at a podium.

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Heart Medicine

July 30, 2025 — 
When Kirsty Muller [BN/14] was in her final year of nursing studies at UM, she was not looking forward to her practicum in mental health.

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Dr. Judy Zetaruk stands in front of a building wearing a parka. A sign behind her reads: "Medical Services. Oxford House Nursing Station. Services medicaux. Poste de soins infirmiers Oxford House. Canada."

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Serving the North

July 29, 2025 — 
From the large window of her dental office in northern Manitoba, Judy Zetaruk [B.Sc./86, DMD/90] can watch eagles soaring over a tree-lined lake.

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A graphic image showing a female soccer player and sociocultural factors highlighted in magnifying glasses.

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UM study explores ‘gendering’ of girls’ sports injuries

July 28, 2025 — 
A new four-year study led by a University of Manitoba researcher in partnership with Sport Manitoba has received over $384,000 in funding from the Government of Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to improve sporting environments for adolescent girls in sports historically dominated by boys.  

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X-ray of the human body highlighting the liver and the Hepatits C virus.

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CTV Winnipeg: ‘A silent disease’: Manitoba hepatitis C numbers on the rise again

July 28, 2025 — 
‘A silent disease’: Manitoba hepatitis C numbers on the rise again

Two instructors guide students in a dentistry lab as they examine dental models.

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Kids discover health-care careers at UM summer camp

July 24, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences welcomed students back to its Biomedical Youth Program (BYP) Summer Camp — a week-long immersive experience where youth explore careers in the health sciences through hands-on learning. After a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the camp returned this year with new programming. 

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Dr. Mojgan Rastegar, wearing a lab coat and plastic gloves, holds a dish of cells.

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Bio-banking Hope

July 24, 2025 — 
More than a decade ago, Dr. Mojgan Rastegar gave the keynote address at an Ontario meeting focused on Rett syndrome, an incurable neurodevelopmental disorder.

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Group of campers in lab coats during a medical workshop.

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CBC Manitoba: Summer camp gives Winnipeg kids, youth hands-on science experience

July 24, 2025 — 
Summer camp gives Winnipeg kids, youth hands-on science experience

Dr. Anil Menon poses for a photo in the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry's general dental clinic. He leans against a dental chair.

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Seniors’ Smiles

July 23, 2025 — 
Dr. Anil Menon is on a mission to improve the oral health of seniors living in long-term care homes – one smile at a time.

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Dr. Zulma Rueda smiling at the camera in her lab.

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CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba researchers working to put end to HIV stigma

July 22, 2025 — 
Manitoba researchers working to put end to HIV stigma

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