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Creating sustainable food systems

February 15, 2017 — 
NSERC supports conservation agriculture study

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Canadian and U.S. flag image from Photo Phiend/Flickr.

Should academics boycott U.S. conferences if the travel ban is in place? Public forum discussion on Feb. 15

February 13, 2017 — 
The discussion will serve as an opportunity for fellow academics to debate what is an ethical response to the actions and proposed action of the new U.S. administration

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A temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria is destroyed by ISIS

Destroying antiquities, explaining ISIS

February 8, 2017 — 
Professor Tina Greenfield gave a recent campus lecture arguing why we should care about ISIS destroying artifacts in the “cradle of civilization"

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Major infrastructure funding announcement

January 23, 2017 — 
A major infrastructure funding announcement will take place at the University of Manitoba on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

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Pills image from iStock.

Study finds drugs that can reverse nerve damage

January 18, 2017 — 
People who suffer from chronic numbness or pain and tingling in their extremities, caused by diabetes or other conditions, might soon get relief

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Game-changing solutions coming soon

January 17, 2017 — 
Four cross-faculty teams have been selected to challenge for Game Changer’s grand prize

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Manitoba and Genome Canada invest in research in Canada’s Arctic

January 16, 2017 — 
$4-M investment for genomics research in oil spill preparedness and emergency response in Arctic marine environment

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Competitors from the 2016 Three Minute Thesis competition.

Jan. 23 deadline for Three Minute Thesis competition

January 9, 2017 — 
Three Minute Thesis challenges graduate students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so they can be presented concisely to a non-specialist audience

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Game Changer.

Game Changer deadline set for Jan. 11

January 6, 2017 — 
The 2016 edition of the Game Changer competition extended its second phase, to allow students more time for their solutions and to submit their teams

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Top research stories of 2016

December 22, 2016 — 
From bee houses and gravitational waves, to brain lasers and artificial sweeteners... we report on some great research from 2016

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