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Global Winnipeg: ‘You want to help’: Social media scam plays on emotions, U of M expert says

July 17, 2024 — 
‘You want to help’: Social media scam plays on emotions, U of M expert says

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CBC Manitoba: Though it may be tempting one expert warns against using AI to write your resume

July 11, 2024 — 
Though it may be tempting one expert warns against using AI to write your resume

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CBC Manitoba: How a Manitoba beach got E.coli

July 10, 2024 — 
How a Manitoba beach got E.coli

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CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba farm paves way for AI in agriculture

July 9, 2024 — 
Manitoba farm paves way for AI in agriculture

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General Science Internship Program (GSIP)

July 6, 2024 — 
Work-integrated learning (WIL) has become fundamental to the Canadian educational experience, equipping students with practical skills and experience necessary for success in the workforce. The Faculty of Science is excited to offer a brand-new work integrated program to students in the B.Sc. General degree program.

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Associate Dean (research), Faculty of Science, Steve Whyard smiling standing in front of trees on campus during the summer (2024)

UM Faces and Spaces: Steve Whyard

July 5, 2024 — 
Learn more about Steve Whyard, associate dean (research) in the Department of Science, professor of Biological Sciences, and his efforts to control pests, such as mosquitoes, through RNA technology.

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Mazdak Khajehpour, wearing a black shirt, sitting in a chemistry lab, smiling at the camera.

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Mazdak Khajehpour receives the Michèle Auger Service Award from the Biophysical Society of Canada

July 4, 2024 — 
Khajehpour is an associate professor in the department of chemistry who is not only an established and accomplished researcher but also an advocate for engaging students and faculty in creating a community for biophysical research in Canada. One his contributions cited in the award is his 

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A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in a NASA rendering of a nova (NASA)

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CTV Winnipeg: If you look at the night sky, you may notice a new star shining down on earth

July 4, 2024 — 
If you look at the night sky, you may notice a new star shining down on earth

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Aedes aegypti mosquito Date: 2006 Content credits: Prof. Frank Hadley Collins, Dir., Cntr. for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Notre Dame

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CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba research looking at release of sterile mosquitoes to control population

July 3, 2024 — 
Manitoba research looking at release of sterile mosquitoes to control population

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Healthy foods, including carrots, strawberries, red pepper, kiwi, blue berries, tomatoes, melon, salmon, avocado, olives and corn.

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CBC Manitoba: The connection between food insecurity, fungi and wild rice

July 2, 2024 — 
The connection between food insecurity, fungi and wild rice

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